• De_Narm@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I never got this. They say he is omnipotent, therefore he does not perceive time in a linear way like we do. He knows everything that ever was, is and will be all at once. So there is not much to test here. Either he does the things needed to make me a believer or he doesn’t. It’s his choice and not mine. Free will is meaningless here, even if it does exist, he does already knows my choice before I make it or he is not omnipotent.

    • Jose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      “Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?” - Epicurus

  • Chunk@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    You are an omniscient and all powerful God.

    You create someone who is tortured and killed in a war at the age of 2.

    You are a benevolent God because you helped that person experience the full spectrum of what life has to offer.

    The 2 year old did not acknowledge your supreme authority because you did not give it a developed brain to grasp the concept and so they burn in hell for eternity, never able to fully comprehend what happened to them. Their entire existence is one of suffering and unexplainable agony.

    You are a benevolent God.