Itterind wrote:
Fire does freaky things to some people all of a sudden because they/we don't understand it fully, like with bullets in high speed. In such a way it could be viewed as alive, as humans are often unpredictable.
It is still little more then an apt comparison though.
But the level of aptitude is interesting; how do we define life? If we define it the strict biological way, then yes, we must accept that fire is not alive; whereas if we define it in a more philosophical sense, then it is possible that we coudl say fire was alive. Thus much depends on what we mean by "alive".
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Aren't discussions on the physical being of God a little presumptious? If God really exists wouldn't God be outside of our understanding, forever?
Depends on the precise nature of any deity; for instance, would the Greek deities be outside said comprehension? I rather suspect not; on the other hand the deity of Mosaic religions (ie, Judaism, Christianity, Islam) is ineffably definitionally and as such, yes, outside our understanding.