Where did God come from?

[swamidass (S. Joshua Swamidass)]

@Patrick

God = i

I think we have gone down this path before…

@swamidass

God is much like i or \sqrt{-1}, a fundamental part of the structure of reality, that some ignorantly think is a fiction.

@Patrick

Yes God is much like imaginary numbers, a fundamental part of how the human mind can create abstract tools to explain the structure of reality. Although a fiction or abstraction, some of these fictions can be very useful. Other fictions have outgrown their usefulness.

@swamidass

True, the analogy, like all analogy, does break down quickly.