Proof that I am God.

[Certainty]

I know the title is fairly silly, but I just wanted to make quite an interesting point:

The only thing that I can know is real, is my own mind. As I (relative to my understanding) am as a person myself the most real thing I know/ And for all I know everyone else may not be "real"

Anselms law states:

God is the greatest possible thing thinkable, and that therefore because existing is far greater than not existing. God must exist.

Therefore, is it not fair to say? That as god must be real (as it is far greater than not being real) And the only reality I can be certain of, is my own.

God therefore can only be me, as I am the most real thing imaginable to me.

I am god? - discuss.

 

[Exiledoomsayer]

My mind is blown.

 

[Tuddrussell]

You are certain of your reality? how did you come to that conclusion?

I for one doubt that you exist. I also doubt that I exist. Prove one of us exist, and then we'll have a contest to judge which of us deserves the god title more.

 

[Certainty]

My understanding of reality, can only be in my mind. I am certain to myself that my minds exists, because I am my mind, therefore my mind is real by my minds definitions.

or more simply: "I think, therefore I am"

 

[Tuddrussell]

Yes, but why are you certain? Is this just an innate feeling, or did you come to this conclusion based on evidential deduction?

I came to the conclusion that I am real purely form a pragmatic standpoint. I exist because it is to my advantage to think that I do, whether I am or not is irrelevant.

 

[Certainty]

I can think, therefore I can percieve with certainty that I am real. For there are no possible ways for me to be capable of thinking, which don't require an existance/reality.

Would believing in an existance really act as an advantage though?

 

[Tuddrussell]

You say that you exist, and that may be true, but what is "YOU?" Moreover, what do you consider being "REAL" to entail? You could certainly be a real fake person.

You could be mistaken that you are thinking, for example computer programs can be made to insist (without merit) that they have thoughts and feelings.

I'm a writer, and my characters sometimes insist that they are real and that they have their own thoughts and feelings. How can you be certain that the thoughts you have are your own, and not imposed by some outward force?

In other words, are you the puppet or the puppeteer?

Belief in existance is an advantage because not doing so is a disadvantage.

To believe that I am not real is to suppose that my actions do not matter, to suppose that I am real is to believe that my actions do matter. In either case my options are to do what is in my best interest.

Basically, whether I am real or not doesn't change how I should live my life. It changes how I percieve my life.

 

[Gracchus]

I am god? - discuss.

Tat tvam asi. That is the Hindu belief. See for instance: "The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are" by Alan Watts.

 

[variant]

Nevermind.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

I know the title is fairly silly, but I just wanted to make quite an interesting point:

The only thing that I can know is real, is my own mind. As I (relative to my understanding) am as a person myself the most real thing I know/ And for all I know everyone else may not be "real"

Anselms law states:

God is the greatest possible thing thinkable, and that therefore because existing is far greater than not existing. God must exist.

Therefore, is it not fair to say? That as god must be real (as it is far greater than not being real) And the only reality I can be certain of, is my own.

God therefore can only be me, as I am the most real thing imaginable to me.

I am god? - discuss.

I question the premise that something real must be greater than something not real, in that something real must conform to reality and be self-consistent. Something not real has no such limitation.

 

[GrowingSmaller]

You are mortal therefore you cannot be a necessary being who "must exist" therefore you cannot be the God concept in question.

 

[Exiledoomsayer]

You are mortal therefore you cannot be a necessary being who "must exist" therefore you cannot be the God concept in question.

How do you know you or him are mortal have you ever died?

 

[elopez]

I am god? - discuss.

You are only god in your own mind. Subjectively that is. Sounds like the god complex.

 

[Tuddrussell]

^As far as you know he is only not god in your mind. Subjectively that is. Sounds like a reverse god complex.

 

[elopez]

^As far as you know he is only not god in your mind. Subjectively that is. Sounds like a reverse god complex.

As far as I know, according to the OP that is, I only exist. He may not even exist at all and especially not as god. So not only is he not god but may not exist in the first place. Oh, and I am not the one questioning the status of myself as a god.

 

[Tuddrussell]

According to the OP only HE exists. You or I may not exist at all.

Would inverse reverse god complex fit better? Either way you know what I mean.

 

[elopez]

Yes, and also according to the OP only we know that we personally exist just as he only know he exists. So, he may not exist at all in our mind. Again, that is all according to the OP.

So no, your point is unclear.

 

[Tuddrussell]

...In other words we all either exist or we don't exist? That's kind of obvious.

 

[variant]

Proof that two examples of sophistry don't lead us to worthwhile conclusions when mixed.

 

[Antarctika]

Yes, and also according to the OP only we know that we personally exist just as he only know he exists. So, he may not exist at all in our mind. Again, that is all according to the OP.

So no, your point is unclear.

Satan is clearly blinding you.

Repent to the one true God .