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Originally posted by novice
Herein lies the problem. I think Jim made the point that "God" would simply make us believe in him. It would just become so.
What if there existed a sufficiently advanced alien race with the technology to duplicate this phenomonon (do doo de doodo).
Presumably a race this advanced would, of course, have mastered the heretofore (to us) insurmountable problem of faster than light travel.
The point being, we would be as ignorant of the duplicity as a medieval serf confronted by a working television in his mud thatch hovel.
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actually, monkey made that point first.....i just agreed. on the assumption(which i do not happen to subscribe to) that there is a sentient god.
use the force, luke
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