The God Conclusion
The God Conclusion is a logical deduction for faith in God. It's based on moral and practical assumptions that are consistent with current science and emerging technology trends. The deduction is not proof that God exists. Rather, it proves that if we trust in the compassionate and creative superhuman potential of our civilization then we should also trust in that which may qualify as God.
The conclusion is based on five assumptions. Two describe the general possibility space for the future of humanity. Three prescribe specific possibilities that we may prefer.
The assumptions amount to trust that we, as a human civilization, will evolve into a superhuman civilization. As a superhuman civilization, we will decentralize power. And we will create many worlds that emulate our evolutionary history.
The assumptions may be false. But there are strong reasons to believe that the general possibilities are true. And there are strong reasons to trust that we can make the specific possibilities true. Indeed, we should and even must make them true, according to some conceptions of the good life and human thriving.
When taken together, the assumptions prove that superhuman civilizations probably would be more compassionate than we are and a superhuman civilization probably created our world. In other words, if we trust in the compassionate and creative superhuman potential of our civilization then we should also trust that we have a superhuman compassionate creator.
In some religions, a superhuman compassionate creator may qualify as God. So trust in the superhuman potential of our civilization may entail faith in God. Atheism may entail distrust in our compassionate and creative superhuman potential. And it may be particularly incoherent to combine atheism with trust in the superhuman potential of our civilization.
God Conclusion
GC
BOTH superhuman civilizations probably would be more compassionate than we are
AND a superhuman civilization probably created our world
(God Conclusion from Compassion Conclusion and Creation Conclusion)
Deduction Support
Assumptions
CA
we, as a human civilization, probably will not become extinct before evolving into a superhuman civilization
(Courage Assumption)
AA
EITHER we, as a human civilization, probably will become extinct before evolving into a superhuman civilization (Extinction Hypothesis)
OR we, as a superhuman civilization, probably will centralize power (Singleton Hypothesis)
OR superhuman civilizations probably would be more compassionate than we are (Compassion Hypothesis)
(Alignment Argument)
DA
we, as a superhuman civilization, probably will decentralize power
(Decentralization Assumption)
GSA
EITHER we, as a human civilization, probably will become extinct before evolving into a superhuman civilization (Extinction Hypothesis)
OR we, as a superhuman civilization, probably will not create many worlds that emulate our evolutionary history (Abstinence Hypothesis)
OR a superhuman civilization probably created our world (Creation Hypothesis)
(Generalized Simulation Argument)
FA
we, as a superhuman civilization, probably will create many worlds that emulate our evolutionary history
(Fecundity Assumption)
Deductions
COC
superhuman civilizations probably would be more compassionate than we are
(Compassion Conclusion from Courage Assumption, Alignment Argument, and Decentralization Assumption)
CRC
a superhuman civilization probably created our world
(Creation Conclusion from Courage Assumption, Generalized Simulation Argument, and Fecundity Assumption)
GC
BOTH superhuman civilizations probably would be more compassionate than we are
AND a superhuman civilization probably created our world
(God Conclusion from Compassion Conclusion and Creation Conclusion)