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[–] blade_barrier@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Like, did you meet a person who unironically blames satan for everything bad that's happening to them?

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 53 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Reminds me of the Epicurean Paradox:

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[–] Doctor_Satan@lemmy.world 37 points 3 days ago (2 children)

If you read the Bible with a purely objective mind and come away thinking God is the good guy in the story, I have some serious questions about your morality and ethics.

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

"Love and worship me or you'll be sent to hell for all eternity hehe"

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Username checks out?

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 54 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Yup.

The teachings of Christianity don't make any fucking sense. (Unless you're willing to gaslight yourself for a lifetime.)

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 31 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Now now, don't discount free reign to also gaslight others for a lifetime as well. And judge and shame others too. It's great for complete assholes.

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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 28 points 4 days ago (10 children)

Did god not have the power to give us free will without also giving us evil?

  • Had the power but opted not to: god is himself some part evil

  • Didn't have the power, did the best he could with the tools he had: god is not omnipotent.

Pick one.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Going by the Bible, it's both. He acted with malice and proved himself to not be omnipotent many times.

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[–] CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net 15 points 3 days ago

What’s the use of being god if every run-down schmuck with a two dollar prayer book can come along and fuck up your plan?

- George Carlin

https://youtu.be/PlzbFxYy08c

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Church dilemma - knowing the will of God vs affirming that God's ways are inscrutable, According to convenience

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

You have the freedom to choose God or face an eternity of unimaginable suffering.

[–] dontbelasagne@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (12 children)

No good god would make an unlasting punishment. if you have forever, then even Hitler, Dahmer would have enough time for a finite punishment. Even the worst people in the world don't deserve a unlasting punishment.

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[–] FrostBlazer@lemm.ee 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

I don’t think many Christians would actually argue for that first point tbh. It’s not something Biblically portrayed as one of God’s gifts. Free will is portrayed as something that was given conditionally, but taking from the tree of knowledge and specifically eating the fruit of knowledge is known as man’s first sin in the Bible.

I think it’s a bit of a metaphor for a parent wanting to shield their child from the harshness of reality, but as the sheltered child grows older they often want to know more about the outside world and in doing so become exposed to the cruelty. This was my own experience with religion growing up. A teacher of mine one day sat us down and pleaded the above with our class, as many of us grew to see through the veil of how reality looked.

In retrospect I think some things about the world make sense to not be told about, depending on one’s age. However, I think other things should never be hidden, have been hidden, or done in other cases.

Side note: I think the idea of God’s plan is for people to hold love for one another. Lots of people lose sight of what they are called to do and how they are to act though. They’re called to love their neighbor as their self, called to love their enemy, and called to forgive others for their transgressions. I personally think people are called to do good works in conjunction with holding faith, as people are called to act righteously in this life.

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[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Had to drop a friend when he told me that "God sent Trump to us to stop abortions"

[–] blade_barrier@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

His perspective on the world went too deeply against mine. I couldn't take the hypocrisy anymore.

[–] blade_barrier@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dunno. Dropping friends due to politics seems totally cringe. Civilized people should have the option of "let's not talk about politics" instead of breaking up relationships.

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

When someone shows me they're a terrible, ignorant person I act accordingly.

[–] blade_barrier@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago

I thought he said that Trump was sent by God or something.

[–] Dropper_Post@lemm.ee 6 points 3 days ago

That is exactly true. Life is only about 3 things: food, reproduction and dealing with boredom. Humans add so many colours to that, that it looks like we do more than those 3 things so that's where you might see free will.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well, since this is a religious discussion, I'm a Christian. It's always God.

Job 1:6-12 very clearly shows God granting permission for Satan to test Job.

1 Kings 22:19-22 shows the "court in heaven" and God soliciting ideas from spirits for enticing Ahab to attack Ramoth Gilead, where he will die. When a good suggestion is made, God grants permission.

Exodus 10:1-2 states clearly that God hardened Pharaoh's heart to not let the slaves go, so that God could display his "signs" (plagues).

Satan is a liar, and the father of lies.

Romans 9:19-21 NIV

One of you will say to me: “Then why does God still blame us? For who is able to resist his will?” But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’ ” Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 15 points 3 days ago (18 children)

Wow, sounds like a cruel deity that's definitely not worthy of worship.

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