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When is something a god?

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NosyNed
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12-02-2004 11:15 AM

The Third Law
To paraphrase A.C. Clark's third law:
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Any sufficiently powerful being would be indistinguishable from a god.
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Based on our current technological powers the people of 1st century palestine would surely consider us to be gods.
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