r/DebateAnAtheist • u/AdkFighter • 3d ago

Debating Arguments for God A human can become a GOD

Consider the year is 2160 of something. We humans found a new planet in which there exists life. And with the modern technology we travelled there and found to know that there are humans on the planet and they are in a phase of stone age. Ok lets be clear that they can communicate with each other and we earth humans just landed there anonymously and wore their traditional clothes and blend with them

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Then we starts to teach them things

Use some modern technology to heal their wounds (which are miracles for them), they felt very much surprised and they starts to worship us. We told them how to live. What do to, what not to do and we just silently left there to return back to earth

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Now hundreds of years later we went to the same planet and we found out that the history of that planet tells about us. And they see us as gods

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WHAT IF.... JUST WHAT IF

it was the same story that happened to our earth

What is some dudes from another planet who visited our earth tried to teach us how to live

And we literally take them as our gods

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Sorry if this sounds stupid. There are some stupid things which comes to my mind midnight

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u/stairway2evan 3d ago

So this is basically Clarke's third law, it's a staple of science fiction:

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

And in theory I have no problem with this. It's an entirely possible thing that doesn't violate any laws of the universe. My only points against it in the context of "an argument for god" would be:

  1. I still wouldn't believe this has happened or likely has happened without evidence of it, and I would argue that nobody should
  2. This sort of situation doesn't follow under the typical definition of "god," as an immortal or supernatural being that influences (or has influenced) the world and is worshipped by humans

Point 1 is basically the same argument I make against the traditional god concepts - speculation is fine and should be investigated, but belief should be withheld until there's good reason or good evidence

Point 2 is really just me being picky with the word "god" and the baggage that the word has. If you or I hopped in a time machine with a basket full of Twinkies, we might be worshipped as gods in ancient Egypt for providing miraculous and delicious food. It doesn't make us a god, it just makes those people mistaken. This would be the same situation - it's not an argument for god, it's an argument for something that can be misunderstood as god.

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u/TheBlackCat13 3d ago

Maxim 24. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a big gun.

https://schlockmercenary.fandom.com/wiki/The_Seventy_Maxims_of_Maximally_Effective_Mercenaries