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We sure do live in interesting times

  • shortwavesurfer@monero.town
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    Jesus will soon return and take his chosen. I personally doubt that list will include me because while i think “god” may exist i dont think he pays attention to or really cares about us. He is just playing World of Tanksor something

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      I prefer this quote because, IMHO, a god does not exist…

      “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

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        Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?

        This part is quite scary when you think about it. If he did exist, and was able and willing to help, but he didn’t consider anything the world was doing as even a blip on his radar, what horrors are yet to come?

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        I’m a hard core atheist but those kinds of sayings always bug me as just being semantic word play. They essentially equate a higher being’s power with the ability to do something that is impossible simply based on the definitions of the words themselves.

        Can god create a square that’s a circle?
        No?
        Must not be a god then!

        Just silly. There’s endless valid arguments against the existence of gods without having to resort to linguistic trickery.

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      If God was truly benevolent, why did he allow all those kids to die in Sandy Hook & Uvalde, as well as allowing toddlers to starve to death across the entire country of Sudan?

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        Because there is no God. If there’s something out there, it’s not benevolent. Reality is far more than what we understand even in physics. Just read up on Roger Penrose but moreso, I don’t think there is any sway towards good or evil. Existence is just this.

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        Behind me, I heard the same man asking:

        “For God’s sake, where is God?”

        And from within me, I heard a voice answer:

        “Where is He? This is where – hanging here from this gallows…”