Mach

Regarding the hypothetical discussion of a supreme being having created the universe, then abruptly stopped interacting with it. Are there conceptually justifiable reasons for this?

Starfleet had a similar directive. Don't we do this to some degree today even?

The prime directive from Star Trek
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The Prime Directive dictates that there can be no interference with the internal affairs of other civilizations, consistent with the historical real world concept of Westphalian sovereignty. It has special implications, however, for civilizations that have not yet developed the technology for interstellar spaceflight ("pre-warp"), since no primitive culture can be given or exposed to any information regarding advanced technology or the existence of extraplanetary civilizations, lest this exposure alter the natural development of the civilization. [...] even if that change is well-intentioned and kept completely secret [/quote]

So, perhaps a deity in our imagination, could be well justified in creating something, and then deciding before the implications were known, that he would let it take it's course *no matter what*, on the basis of non-interference.

I know that someone right now is starving that I could literally save with my time and effort and resources. I choose not save them (and so do each of you). Are we not all doing exactly the same as this on a smaller scale?

-Mach

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