[lbo-talk] Neo-Lamarckianism???? Come on!

[John Thornton]

Shane Mage wrote:
>>> Name one thing we know that is incompatible with such
>>> a belief.
>>>
>>> Good luck.
>>>       
>> Are you asking me to name one thing we know is incompatible with the
>> idea of a god?
>>
>> A non-physical consciousness that transcends time...
>>     
>
> This may well be true of the monotheist's God.  But the idea of that  
> god, despite its majescular honor, is only one among a vast variety of  
> gods
> none of whom claim such transcendant status. Our ancestors worshipped
> very physical gods.
>
>
> Shane Mage

I'm open to a better definition of god but since the discussion was 
pertaining to what scientists today (or perhaps in the 20th/21st 
century) believe concerning god and how that belief may or may not 
violate the known physical laws I'm not certain the gods worshiped by 
our ancestors in pre-scientific times is germane. It was for this reason 
more was not incorporated into a working definition of god for this 
discussion. If you know of any currently working and sane scientists who 
worship ancestral gods of physical form please let me know.

John Thornton