Yes. Villain-victim, parent-child, husband-wife, rich-poor, etc. But I think the biggest is villain-victim. There's soooo much emotion fueling that relationship. — frank
Do you know who Dr. Phil is? He's pure evil. — T Clark
No. You're thinking of Franco. — T Clark
The plans of the mind belong to man,
but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,
but the Lord weighs the spirit. — Proverb 16
I would not ever do anything and be eternally at peace with that.So, supposing you were a deity, what would you do and why? — Benj96
Blissful contentment.What would be your characteristics?
I wouldn't define myself or anything else ever.As in how would you define yourself?
To be.And what would be your motives?
Neither. My eternal bliss would be complete (or sufficient enough) for me to be forever oblivious of everything including myself.Would you be an active force in the world/reality or merely a passive observer?
. An obvious follow up question in this respect is where does the "Hero" fall in this arrangement between victim and villain. As most understand a hero to neither be a victim nor a villain. Furthermore most of those faith-inclined idealise God as a Hero. — Benj96
However depending on who you ask, God can also be a villain - an omniscient, omnipotent entity that doesn't answer your begging or rectify your suffering. For others God is the perfect victim - wherever unjust persecution and sacrifice appears in writings on the topic. — Benj96
Do you think the disparity between how much knowledge any individual desires would cause issues? Perhaps person A wants omniscience and Person B wants just enough knowledge to survive in blissful ignorance. How do you resolve privacy issues, intellectual property etc when some people know almost everything and others know little.
Do you think everyone would feel happy being provided with everything they could possibly want? Do you think things would lose value, boredom would kick in? Do you think people would still have a sense of purpose or motivation to work towards anything? Perhaps some people will always be unhappy regardless of what you offer them? — Benj96
Do you think everyone would feel happy being provided with everything they could possibly want? Do you think things would lose value, boredom would kick in? Do you think people would still have a sense of purpose or motivation to work towards anything? — Benj96
Perhaps some people will always be unhappy regardless of what you offer them? — Benj96
Haha. An important statement. Would you get bored with your limitless abilities and time? Would there be a certain angst or dread that you did so much in 1 week and have billions or maybe trillions of years left on whatever clock you decide. What might you do differently if you were disenfranchised with being this being forever? — Benj96
A destructive God? Interesting, because most deities are basically otherwise. People believe in God because it creates life and things. — javi2541997
The nickname seems to be contradictory with the real goodness nature of Shiva. — javi2541997
A destructive God? Interesting, because most deities are basically otherwise. People believe in God because it creates life and things. — javi2541997
I never heard from Yahweh. — javi2541997
Jesus is, by some accounts, his son. — Tom Storm
Why does most deity want to be the father of Jesus? — javi2541997
I think it would be more reasonable to ask: "If you were Jesus, what would you do?" — javi2541997
I think it would be more reasonable to ask: "If you were Jesus, what would you do?" — javi2541997
According to one apocryphal account, Jesus did run away - to France, I think, with Mary Magdalene - to live out his life under an assumed name and have kids. — Vera Mont
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