The only deity consistent with a world (it purportedly created and sustains) ravaged by natural afflictions (e.g. living creatures inexorably devour living creatures; congenital birth defects; etc), man-made catastrophes and self-inflicted interpersonal miseries is either a Sadist or a fiction – — 180 Proof
As Epicurus concludes "then why call him God?"Can we assume they aren't omnipotent? — TiredThinker
You tell me. Epicurus' "Riddle" (linked above) suggests some essential "prerequisites. Whatever they are, they should make the entity worthy of being worshipped (i.e. worthy of being called a "god"), no?What are the prerequisites of being a god? — TiredThinker
I hear plenty say that a god couldn't exist because there is simply too much suffering in the world and good behavior isn't regularly rewarded. So if there was a being one could call a god what qualities would they have to have to exist in this world? — TiredThinker
I can't speak to original sin or if that's a real thing. But biology is just how energy changes forms. If a deity is limited you can't really be sure what options they have. I'm not even going to assume this god created us or started anything from scratch. — TiredThinker
So if there was a being one could call a god what qualities would they have to have to exist in this world? — TiredThinker
So you agree that a single god with unlimited knowledge must be sadistic, or indifferent in terms of morality? — TiredThinker
What about the concept of humans being made in the image of a god, but far short in abilities? — TiredThinker
And if a god were in fact all powerful would the term "scale" even mean anything? — TiredThinker
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