mmoa_writes

Mainly, essentially, because they exist. If anything exists, then it can be found by means of specific investigation. It isn't a question of the old excuse that the gods go by rules of their own - those rules will be as much a part of nature, albeit a part that we as humans cannot partake of (not that that is anything new: I'm still a little peeved that I can't see using UV light...), as the rules that govern the mundane. We can still find them, is my point.

that's a really interesting point. the counter from the religious folk might be called the Ploy of the Incredible Shrinking God. this remarkable Deity is there, deeply connected and involved with the physical universe, until, of course, you look at the Deity or the Deity's work with scientific instruments. at that point, the evidence of the Workings of the Finger of God disappears. so, like, is the God one of those entangled quantum variables, like momentum and position? or energy and time?

for if the Deity is not physically coupled to the universe, um, what Point is It? and if It exists only as an Object of adoration and belief, what and why does it precisely matter what form such an Object takes? and in that case, oughtn't there be an economics or at least a utility theory of religion: which form of Deistic invention is the most beneficial for people to believe in? clearly, that determination should have psychological input. and, if it does, and given that psychologists are, for the most part, a representative for reality to counter most people's fleeing of it, perhaps the answer is that the best Deity is in fact none.