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      21 month ago

      Omnipotent, omnipresent, and benevolent, yes.

      • @inv3r510n
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        Benevolent is very debatable gestures widely at genocide and children dying of cancer

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          51 month ago

          Indeed.

          Note that I’m not claiming anything, just pointing out the traditional philosophical parameters of what-is-or-isn’t-‘god’.

          • @inv3r510n
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            71 month ago

            Even going by their own books calling god benevolent is a stretch

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              41 month ago

              Which - oh that god. Yes. That one is particularly, um, violent.

              • @inv3r510n
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                31 month ago

                I’m referring to the abrahamic one…. I don’t know enough about Hinduism or other religions that have gods to have an opinion on them.

      • @samus12345
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        41 month ago

        It is impossible for a being to be omnipotent, omniscient, and benevolent given the amount of suffering in the world. They can only be two of the three at most:

        Omnipotent + omniscient = Knows about evil, can stop it, but chooses not to.

        Omnipotent + benevolent = Can do something about evil and wants to stop it, is too oblivious to on a large scale.

        Omniscient + benevolent = Knows about evil and wants to stop it, is powerless to do anything significant about it.

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          41 month ago

          Yeah, that’s the way most people see it.

          As it happens, people don’t generally talk about it very much. For some reason.

          • @samus12345
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            21 month ago

            If they’re believers it’s because god is “good” no matter what he does or allows to happen.