No it doesn't, it just happens to be a benefit from evolution happening.
Anyways, I don't understand why people want to call things gods, Energy isn't a god, the universe isn't a god, and mankind isn't one eighter, since we're not supernatural as far as I know. We didn't create the universe, we don't have magic powers, everything we do can be explained with natural means.
You can claim that we're closing in because of this and that.
But on the other hand I could claim certain jellyfish are closer on godstatus because they are almost immortal.
Are gods immortal? I'm quite sure that in many religions, Gods are in fact not immortal.Anyways, I don't understand why people want to call things gods, Energy isn't a god, the universe isn't a god, and mankind isn't one eighter, since we're not supernatural as far as I know. We didn't create the universe, we don't have magic powers, everything we do can be explained with natural means.
You can claim that we're closing in because of this and that.
But on the other hand I could claim certain jellyfish are closer on godstatus because they are almost immortal.
The thread is not about supernatural hat-tricks, either. God status doesn't actually mean a God but in a way it could create one. If you've seen the movie Avatar (if I remember right) the blue tree people with the tree that could even store memories (consciousness?) is more what I mean. Technological advancements further empower the God state in different areas.
Last edited by Thes; 2012-12-29 at 10:22 PM.
This is silly, what is a godstatus to you thene? Supernatural is the one thing everyone seems to agree on, I'm pretty sure that most gods I've heared of are atleast not capeable of dying of age eighter, so what IS a god to you thene?
I haven't seen avatar, strange as it might seem.
Last edited by glowzone; 2012-12-29 at 10:25 PM.
Firstly sorry to be pedantic, but it should be god with a small "g", with a big "G" it becomes the proper-noun of a particular god.
Humanity has been bending nature to its whim for millenia now; there are breeds of animal that only exist because of our interference, we make crops grow on infertile land and even re-shape the land to fit our desires. It does seem that we have taken qualities attributed to the gods and made them our own.
Being able to create life is, in my opinion, what constitutes god status. Everything else is just a state of tech or science that we haven't discovered yet. There's a thread going on about the marvelous scientific progress that has happened in 2012. We are getting closer and closer to being able to mimic what the gods of religion/myth/whatever have been able to do...except create life. If/when we learn how to do that...we have become gods. I can't even imagine what we'll be like if that ever happens. We'll probably be immortal (in the sense that time will not kill us), physical/mental perfection, be able to travel to planets at a convenience. So many possibilities.