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> So there are intelligent living things that influence our world that we can't see and don't understand? Funny, that sounds an awful like a God to me.

"influence" is an interesting word, because the difference is, if they influence or world in terms of nature, that's a wholly lot different than the concept of God, a powerful entity watching your every step, ready to place you on a burner for eternity at any point, if you don't please him or if he is just having a bad day.

Bacteria also influence our world, I would argue however, that they're quite removed from the concept of God.



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