This makes you a Pantheist then,
which is as fair a position to take as any, if that's what you like.
Seems to me though, and this is just my opinion, that the whole thing rests upon these ideas-
1. On the highest level of complexity the universe is so immensely powerful that you could credit it with intelligence
2. So why not call that God?
The problem I have with this is that it seems to be a bit of a cop-out. The word 'God' has a very specific, personal, meaning in our culture, and redefining Him like this seems like going out of your way not to offend the religious.
If you presented the same idea but gave it a scientific-sounding name instead, would it make any difference, would that make you a de-facto atheist?
( Zuowan, Fri 20 Mar 2009, 0:23, 2 replies)

Not A Cop-out

My beliefs probably offend the religious even more than atheists do.

And I'm not redefining God. It's just how I see Him. How other people choose to define Him is up to them. I don't give a monkey's either way.

And yes, you could give my beliefs a pseudo-scientific name but that wouldn't make me an atheist - I stll belive in God.

Cheers
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Fri 20 Mar 2009, 0:35, closed)

Sorry,
I appear to have been under the mistaken belief that you wanted to discuss / defend your ideas.
It seems that you don't.
( Zuowan, Sat 21 Mar 2009, 0:46, closed)

Actually, I don't think it makes him a de-facto atheist at all.
See, Legless moved from the UK to Australia, and is embracing their culture, which is very different to "ours" (I put that in quotation marks because I've been in merkinland 10 years).
I would say it makes him open minded, and that although he's not willing to accept organized religion, he's willing to accept that the UK version of "God" is not necessarily the same as the rest of the world.
Same idea - different name? Agnostic.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Fri 20 Mar 2009, 7:38, closed)

Considering Legless put me on ignore because I criticised his actions (riding a motorcycle, on a pavement, underaged, with no licence, then mouthing off to a copper who called him up on it) in a previous QOTW, I wouldn't use "open-minded" when describing him.
(Musuko, Thu 26 Mar 2009, 14:24, closed)