Do you WANT there to be a God?

[Tim]

@Dan_Eastwood

Not sure here. Perfect morality in the best possible universe sounds like a Star Trek episode where someone has found yet another way to create a dystopia. It seems like a good idea in principle, but the practical aspects could be terrifying.

I would expect that a god who was Omniscient as well as Omnibenevolent and Omnipotent would be able to do a better job of avoiding dystopian aspects than the limited mortal writers of Star Trek could imagine – or would want to imagine – lacking the dystopian aspects, I rather suspect the episode would be rather boring.

@jmk00001

So, my question is, who among you can relate to his sentiment? Or, more than simply relate, perhaps you wholeheartedly agree?

Not even slightly.

@jmk00001

All argument and evidence aside, do you want there to be a God?

That would rather depend on what God we are talking about.

I rather doubt that I’d have any problem with a genuinely Omnibenevolent, Omnipotent, Omniscient God. I just don’t (like @Faizal_Ali) accept that such a God would have created the universe we live in, or any of the monotheistic religions I’ve encountered.

@jmk00001

I suppose this question is directly mainly to Nagel’s fellow atheists (and agnostics) here.

I may be an atheist, but nothing that I’ve read of or about Nagel’s opinions to date makes be believe that I am his fellow in anything beyond that very bare fact.