loqi comments on Maybe Theism Is OK - Less Wrong

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Comment author: loqi 10 April 2009 10:33:54PM 0 points [-]

As a least convenient world exercise, what is the most rational belief in God that you can think of?

The most rational belief in God I've encountered is probably this characterization of the Mormon God. I have no idea if it resembles the official doctrine at all, but it's far more coherent than most theistic dogma I've run across.

Comment author: badger 11 April 2009 12:53:20AM 1 point [-]

I was about to respond with something very similar. I grew up LDS, and while the religion is filled with contradictions, their conception of God by itself seems much more tenable than generic Christian belief. It is official doctrine that God (or "Heavenly Father") is a physical being, bound by the laws of the universe. My father-in-law, a professor at an LDS university, believes that God is neither omnipotent nor omniscient. Few Mormons would go that far, but it is still consistent with doctrine.