So, am I God?

Question

I recently recieved my phd, and am continuing research for my University. I'm an instructor for freshmen courses in physics and philosophy. One day a student asked me if we were "God". This question is not so uncommon.. many people contemplate whether we manifest our desires and wishes through human action inplace of devine intervention. For me, it's never been a personal question. We've constantly considered the question in a collective sense "are 'we' god".. but I never really stopped to think, "Am I God?".. I can't make the tv remote float over to my hand, but I can pick it up. I can't just make myself a millionare, but I can work to become one.. So I thought: "what can God do, that I can't do?" I want to hear your answer. Mainly because I'm interested in the types of thing's people commonly give credit to God for. Before you answer contemplate these: "Do we operate on the same mass/scale that 'God' would?" "Do you know for sure we can't do that?" "What evidence supports you?"

Other box didn't give me enough room to finish:

Lastly, don't pose universe creation as an answer to the question, Science has fairly proven that God did not create the Universe. However, if God exists, did he set into motion the chain reaction (if it can be described as such) which started the creation of the Universe? I can set into motion the creation of something, whether it was my intention or not. For example, I can die, fall over, and accidently land on a domino rally set which causes the first domino to fall and so on until the end of the reaction.

One more thing, the question I'm seeking to answer isn't some gratification of ego, where I think I'm God, everybody loves me etc etc. The question I'm asking you is what can GOD do that humanity cannot do?

Argh.. people just read the title of topics and not the body huh? no one has answered the question correctly.

I'm going to re-ask this question, but reword everything. Thanks for taking time to answer.. last two answers were thoughtful.

Answer 1

There is nothing that God could do that Man cannot because there exists the potential in Man to do so; the unbounded Human Potential. Anything that can manifest change in the Universe through cause and effect can be, itself, effected and therefore observed and measured. Were those causes and effects known to Man, he could replicate it or reduce it to provable science, given enough time.

Although there is a problem that Kurt Gödel proved with his Incompleteness Theorem which basically showed participants inside a system cannot resolve fundamental truths because they are untraceable, scientifically speaking. That makes it difficult to do something God could, but I am aware I am limiting my imagination and certainly some bizzaro world science could be discovered.

Though I do think that it would have to be a "we" as God and not an "I" because everything in nature seems to run in parallel. Our neurophysiology is even built for it; Mirror Neurons are a recent discovery in neuroscience that fire in tandem when you observe someone preforming an action. You literally feel (empathize) what the other person would be experiencing, although at a much mote muted level. This is the mechanism for language acquisition, social behavior, and cringing with an "ouch!" when you see someone kicked in the crotch. It seems we as individuals are built to be smoothly joined experientially.

Answer 2

Basically, you could be God, but it's not really a matter of choice. If, say, you were convinced you were all-powerful, who could argue otherwise? Nothing would change your mind, so you could continue to believe you were God, and do all the things you wanted to do. If you think you are something, then you are, because you can't perceive anything beyond your perception. Your mind is your whole world. Everything you will ever experience or know doesn't exist beyond your own brain. Whatever's out there, we will never know; our mind won't let us view unadulterated reality (at least not without drugs), it has to filter it first. But, the problem is, most of us know we're not God. You do too, I think, but if you were to suddenly become mentally ill, you might have a chance.

Answer 3

Think about this. It's said that God can be all places at once. God invented time for man. So that our minds would have a linear reference to things. He has no need for time. That's how he can be all places at once. Because there is no "at once" for him. It also explains his name "I Am". He has always been, and will always be. Sounds like he has this time thing down pat.

Answer 4

Some of us are anti-christs posing as christians and hate more than love. I assure you it is for freedom of choice and decision. Nothing is as it seems and it will never be what you want if you let people be your wisdom. God Orderly Direction. and money is power and god is absolute.

Answer 5

God is the unopposable parental force that is directing each entity at any given time. I can be my dog's God in that i control it, and direct its daily activities. The IRS can be my god when it forces me to pay taxes or go to jail. It's the parent who cannot be challenged. In summation, God is individualised.

Answer 6

It's pretty obvious your phd isn't in science.

If your religion assigns you as god then you certainly are in your own mind. Since you are given the ability for free thought then you have a perfect right to believe you are a pomegranate if it makes you happy.

Maybe you're "manbearpig."

Answer 7

Read Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita and practice TM and you will know .To make it simple you can be God. God is you, you just don't know yourself.

Answer 8

"I am the vine (Jesus); you are the branches (believer). If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit (do something of worth that is consistent with the will of God); apart from me you can do nothing (everything you try to accomplish outside the will of God is worthless).

Notes are mine, otherwise verse is from biblegateway.com
John 15:5

Answer 9

i may very well be god...
how do i know i'm not creating this world around me, through my subconscious and conscious desires, emotions and beliefs....what i'm trying to say is , what if reality is not constant, but created by the individual, throgh perceptions and desires...if i create my own reality, am i not God?

Answer 10

The fact that you have to ask yourself if you are God proves that you aren't.