RaspK wrote:

DanDare wrote:

CarlPierce wrote:DanDare you won't be laughing when the stars are right.

Of course I will be. I'll be laughing and gibbering in the Mountains of Madness. Tekillili!

All of you should really check ye olde Deities and Demigods AD&D supplement...

Ah memories. I had 1st edition brown box D&D and the Greyhawk, Black Moor and Gods, Demigods and Heroes supplements. I gave them all to a Canadian friend when he left Australia. Sigh.

DanDare wrote:

RaspK wrote:

DanDare wrote:
Of course I will be. I'll be laughing and gibbering in the Mountains of Madness. Tekillili!

All of you should really check ye olde Deities and Demigods AD&D supplement...

Ah memories. I had 1st edition brown box D&D and the Greyhawk, Black Moor and Gods, Demigods and Heroes supplements. I gave them all to a Canadian friend when he left Australia. Sigh.

Awed; seriously.

Get a life!

one of the titles on the page says "under costruction". Who can correct it ?

aban57 wrote:one of the titles on the page says "under costruction". Who can correct it ?

Somebody needs to take charge, eh aban57?

Must reactivate this - I still have the spreadsheet somewhere, which includes info on geographies, cultural affiliations for some, and info on the gods themselves. Anyone know how to wikify a spreadsheet?

I don't think there's a easy, automated way to do it MoS. I've tried some of the online converters to turn Excel and Calc files into HTML webfiles, but the results vary: http://goo.gl/4ptrB

There are process to convert spreadsheets into SQL tables, but that is beyond my skill set and my pay grade. I bet you LIFE knows how to do it though.

Does this list exclude demons, malevolent beings or devils. Satan's superpowers are way better than God's!

No it doesn't. And agreed, Satan is helped out though by not being as hypocritical and self-contradictory as the Abrahamic god.

Made of Stars wrote:This thread has been wikified.

The objective is to collate the names of deities created by humans to give some meaning to the world around them. For the purposes of this project, and loosely speaking, a 'god' is something that is used to explain natural phenomena in the absence of proper naturalistic understanding. This includes 'personifications' of natural phenomena, motive spirits, and spirits used to explain incidents such as lottery wins, drownings, cot/crib death, and so on. The unnamed god of intelligent design creationism counts here too.

Improvements to the wiki can be discussed here.

The God of Abraham (perhaps the unnamed god of intelligent design, but who knows how He did it) is NOT something that is used to explain a natural phenomena. no explanation of any natural phenomena is necessary in our (Catholicism's) definition of God. if all things about nature were known, there would be no reason whatsoever to disbelieve in God because there is no phenomenon on which He relies. now, many Christians do use God to explain the unexplained, but that has no bearing on what God really is. refer to the Catechism of the Catholic Church for more information on this matter. I think your idea is interesting, it could be a very cool read (if it is not overly biased towards any of the gods or lack of gods) but i think it would be a good idea to either change the criteria or leave the God of Abraham out of it because He does NOT fit the criteria.

JTRizzle wrote:The God of Abraham (perhaps the unnamed god of intelligent design, but who knows how He did it) is NOT something that is used to explain a natural phenomena.

Genesis. Book of.

Made of Stars wrote:

JTRizzle wrote:The God of Abraham (perhaps the unnamed god of intelligent design, but who knows how He did it) is NOT something that is used to explain a natural phenomena.

Genesis. Book of.

that is an allegorical tale. God's existence does not rely on this story. as i said, Christians have and do use God to explain natural phenomena, but that is NOT what He is. He is a self contained entity, He in no way relies on a description of any natural event.

On giving games away, isn't this an extremely dangerous practice and is not the number of gods out by a factor of is it 7?

The number I am alluding to was proposed when the world's population was far less and gives a result of about 2000 gods per person. Is that a reasonable estimate?

Do cats have gods? What about gods of aliens? Do we need to factor in a Drake Equation?

JTRizzle wrote:

Made of Stars wrote:This thread has been wikified.

The objective is to collate the names of deities created by humans to give some meaning to the world around them. For the purposes of this project, and loosely speaking, a 'god' is something that is used to explain natural phenomena in the absence of proper naturalistic understanding. This includes 'personifications' of natural phenomena, motive spirits, and spirits used to explain incidents such as lottery wins, drownings, cot/crib death, and so on. The unnamed god of intelligent design creationism counts here too.

Improvements to the wiki can be discussed here.

The God of Abraham (perhaps the unnamed god of intelligent design, but who knows how He did it) is NOT something that is used to explain a natural phenomena. no explanation of any natural phenomena is necessary in our (Catholicism's) definition of God. if all things about nature were known, there would be no reason whatsoever to disbelieve in God because there is no phenomenon on which He relies. now, many Christians do use God to explain the unexplained, but that has no bearing on what God really is. refer to the Catechism of the Catholic Church for more information on this matter. I think your idea is interesting, it could be a very cool read (if it is not overly biased towards any of the gods or lack of gods) but i think it would be a good idea to either change the criteria or leave the God of Abraham out of it because He does NOT fit the criteria.

I wonder if you are the only believer that thinks their god is different?

I hate to break it to you but your invisible friend is no different to all the other invisible friends. They are all silly little fairy tales, some more amusing than others.

JTRizzle wrote:

Made of Stars wrote:

JTRizzle wrote:The God of Abraham (perhaps the unnamed god of intelligent design, but who knows how He did it) is NOT something that is used to explain a natural phenomena.

Genesis. Book of.

that is an allegorical tale. God's existence does not rely on this story. as i said, Christians have and do use God to explain natural phenomena, but that is NOT what He is. He is a self contained entity, He in no way relies on a description of any natural event.

I think this is a discussion you need to have with your fundamentalist friends first, then we can talk. I don't really debate Sophisticated TheologiansTM any more. I've found that the last step towards atheism is best completed on one's own.

Clive Durdle wrote:On giving games away, isn't this an extremely dangerous practice and is not the number of gods out by a factor of is it 7?

Shhh! We only need to worry if the lights start going out.

A stage earlier surely, an order by a Tibetan monastery for a computer? Actually, would a smart phone do now?

Yeah, prolly.