What role would religion have in a post-singularity society?

[blazedaces]

Requiring tangible evidence is self defeating to begin with, because it assumes tangible evidence is the only way to deduce truths in the world. But we didn't use tangible methodology to prove that tangible methodology is true. This proves tangibility is not necessary to deduce a truth.

The SM is a complex, physical being existing in space and time. God is nothing like that.

It isn't suggested that tangible evidence is the only way to deduce truths in the world, only one of the ways. It is a way many prefer though, and while I don't feel like going into it at the moment (if you want me to I will) one could easily compare tangible methodology to other methodologies and see higher efficiencies in it...

Also, YOUR view of God is not THE ONLY view of God...

-blazed

 

[rvkevin]

If I'm wrong, could you please elaborate on what Dawkin's argument is exactly?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX5lc80YzKk

This should give you some idea of where he's coming from.

 

[Dre89]

Blazed, I never said my idea of God was the only one, but any formulation sophisticated enough to be worth addressing doesn't sucumb to the SM argument.