Lot of philosophers have said that God is the super mind. Each human being have a mind. All these minds are different. And at the same time all these minds have lot of similarities. If we create the super mind with all the good qualities of all of humans we get a super mind - this is one of the interpretation of God.
This human super mind has to be different that of a lion or any other animal. Lions vision is catered to find a pray. This shows that the makeup of a lions brain is very different of humans. The male lion kills the cubs not sired by him, then the mother of the cubs willingly cohabit with it's cub killer. This behavior is nonexistent in humans. So configuration of brains of lions and humans are very different. God of lions will be different from God of humans.
The world is perceived by our brains. When we define the qualities and attributes of the world around us, we assume that we can do a good job doing it independent of our brains. This is a mistake. It is evident from the discoveries of quantum theory and connected subjects of physics.
For instance 1+1 = 2 or A and B is true if and only if A is true and B is true, these are eternal truths according to our brain. What if we are wrong! What if these are just constructs of our brains. suppose someone has a gut feeling that 1+1 is not 2. Then we say that he is a lunatic. We have a group of people who has a gut feeling that 1+1 = 2. These are the normal people, these are the scientists and so on.
These normal people cannot comprehend how two distant particles can be entangled in such a way when qualities of one is derived the distant other half derives the opposite. When it is observed entities behave like particles and when unobserved behaves like waves.
The classical theories that can be comprehended by our brains cannot explain these pronominal.
If at some stage we can come up with a theory that could explain these effects then we can put in our basket of understanding our environment, what is happening. Sometimes it may not be possible. At the time when people considered the earth is flat not a globe they could not comprehend certain phenomena. They could not in the beginning understand that world is a globe even after someone explained it. In this way gradually people started believing earth is a globe. Now if someone say it is flat he will be considered as a lunatic
Similarly try to explain the properties of a torus to a two dimensional creature. If the torus is vertical and cut by a horizontal plane we get only two circles. Suppose the torus is horizontal the the circles will be one inside the other. If the torus is slanted the circles will not have the same center. This is what a two dimensional creature will see. In no way you will be able to explain to this two dimensional creature, what a torus is. But there is a certain tool where it can be done. It is mathematics! Using a algebraic equation of a torus, a two dimensional creature will be able to know it's properties. In this way using mathematics we have come to know most of the intricate details of our surroundings. But we can never be able to know all the details. When a new theory in physics is formed we come to know certain details. But we miss a lot.
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