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@Matt_Dillahunty@theArdenHart I'm a big fan of the YouTube channels. I'm agnostic, but I feel like the best definitional argument for the closest thing to a god wouldn't be necessarily for a supernatural being and definitely Not the monotheistic Abraham god, but a more general definition most polytheistic mythos would define a god that is defined by Oxford Language provided by Google as "A superhuman being or spirit worshiped as having a power over nature or human fortunes."
Now, with this definition, we have three requirements to fulfill. First, superhuman. Which is defined as having or showing exceptional ability or powers. This definition by itself is too broad, but I think it's acceptable to say that anything that is beyond the capability of a human being would be considered superhuman.
The second requirement is that the being in question must be worshipped. That's also a broad term and I think if the being in question has an established religion would qualify for this.
The third and last requirement for this definition would be to either have control over nature or over human fortune, which the latter could have two different meanings. Fortune either means wealth or chance/luck. Of course, you could also define fortune as a prophecy. I feel like either would work. Nature would be either power over weather/climate, or plants/animals, or something as such. (The only reason I'm explaining all of this is to provide parameters or something we can use to validate whether something could be defined as a god or not).
Now, the being I would argue that meets this definition that isn't supernatural would be defined by the Latin term, Deus ex Machina, which in Latin means God from the Machine. Of course, in literature, it's a device that basically means that the protagonist gets saved by god or some device that wasn't foreshadowed and seems to come out of nowhere. But for this argument, I'm literally arguing for God from the Machine. I think machines are potentially the closest thing to a god that we can define.
It meets the superhuman requirement (Of course it lacks a conscious mind as far as I'm aware of, not even AI has proven to have consciousness, however, the definition above never had a requirement of Consciousness). Literally, machines can do just about anything better than humans can. Computers can calculate any mathematical problem within seconds that would take humans at least a few minutes, some a few hours. We cannot match the speed at which a computer can process information. Also, computers have the ability to perform several different functions at the same time if the processor has multiple cores. As far as I'm aware, humans aren't able to think more than one thing at a time. Not only are they far superior than humans at processing information, but machines can lift weights that would crush a human being. They can travel at speeds far beyond any human being is capable.
As far as being worshipped, there is actually an established religion that worships technology. There's a term to define any type of worship of technology as technopagnism. But there is an actual religion called Way of the Future that worships Artificial Intelligence. I'm not making this up.
Lastly, I think we can all agree the power computers have over our entire economy. We have people using AI to mine cryptocurrency. People have been using bots to artificially inflate the price of penny stocks to create a pump and dump scam. All sorts of programs predict stock market movements, weather patterns and all sorts of things such as outcomes of sports games and what not. As far as the definition goes, computers have significant power over our economy. In fact, if the internet would ever go offline globally, we'd have a financial crisis the likes we've never seen before.
In conclusion, a computer meets the three requirements within the definition of a God provided by Oxford Languages. Of course, I personally would not grant it a godhood due to several reasons. The lack of a provable consciousness. The lack of autonomy, meaning computers do not necessarily have the capacity to take action of their own accord. As far as I know, computers and machines alike, require some type of prompt in order to perform an action. Usually programming runs on if than statements, so if this happens than this action happens. So most programs or machines require some type of circumstance that would prompt it to function.
Without those two things, I would never consider a computer to be godlike. Now, if we ever come across some type of cybernetic being that has the capacities like that of which we see within movies like the Matrix or Terminator, where Machines not only have this autonomy but also have power over others, and in the case of the Matrix, power to create a simulated reality where they nearly have absolute power within it that would match what those who follow the Abrahamic religions believe their god holds, (Of course, even within the Matrix, they do not have absolute power within the Matrix, or people like Neo or Morpheus wouldn't be able to leave it or have free will). That would be a god-like being.
Unrelated side note, it's ironic that these kinds of misogynist manosphere groups have tried to kind of take ownership of the concepts of the Matrix and the Redpill when the story itself represents the completely opposite philosophical views such as anticapitalism and has an underlying allegory for the trans experience. It was, after all, created by two Trans sisters. I just find that a bit funny that these people using the term redpill for their idea of truth (mostly as an excuse to hate women and minorities) really have no idea what red pill and the matrix really meant philosophically within the movie series.
@theArdenHart Did you see the trailer for the live-action Avatar The Last Airbender Netflix Show? It looks promising. Hopefully far better than the last attempt at live-action avatar.
Side question, did you read the books on Avatar Kyoshi? They're pretty amazing. I really enjoyed the series
@theArdenHart Also, I didn't like the severing either. I didn't care for the mecha either. And even if they did use the mecha, it seemed like they completely forgot her super sayan spirit giant mode. (Even though I hated that whole part, but if it's established then they should use it).
@theArdenHart I agree. The villains were amazing, but the series as a whole felt disjointed due to each season feeling like a separate story.
Right!? And I felt Nickelodeon were such cowards for not showing Korra kissing Asami. It's obvious they were romantically together.
@theArdenHart Of course, that's an oversimplification. Here's the actual study below. That showed a clear difference between sex and gender that can happen during pregnancy. https://t.co/J7BGfRrBOj
@theArdenHart And that the hormones that influence a person's genitalia can be completely different than the ones that influence the brain. So a person can easily have male genitalia while not being exposed to testosterone during brain development which causes having a feminine brain
@theArdenHart I agree with everything you said. I also thought Korra was very underrated. I thought her character arc was great. She literally went through a huge struggle, losing her connection to the Avatars and I feel like ppl toss all of that out claiming she's a mary sue or whatever.
@theArdenHart Side note, that dude's post is ridiculous. They're probably the same person bashing people publicly on their "promiscuity" while in private, jerking off to the same content or even more extreme stuff. Check their browsing history and I bet it'd be loaded full of trans porn.
@theArdenHart Hey, just saw your show On the Line with Matt Dillahunty on Pride and enjoyed it. I've been a fan of Matt's debates and that was the first time I saw your show, so I just wanted to say I appreciated hearing your views.