Not that speculative fiction really influences my personal philosophy, but in reading Bank's Matter I am reminded why I doubt rather than I am assured that there are no gods. If you believe in some sort of technological singularity, its easy to imagine how an intelligent entity such as a human being can raise themselves to an existence that is well beyond what we now experience; sublimation or transcendence. And if one can raise themselves one level, what's to say that there are not many levels above our own?
So that set me to wondering; would those of you among us that are religious consider the possibility that their supreme being(s) was at one time something similar to what we are today? And to those of you that are atheist; would you consider the possibility that there may be entities in the universe, evolved from lower life forms that could for all intents and purposes be considered gods? Doug GSV Heavy _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
