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    25 days ago

    Omnipotent, omnipresent, and benevolent, yes.

    • @inv3r510n
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      5 days ago

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

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        55 days 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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          75 days ago

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

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            45 days ago

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

            • @inv3r510n
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              35 days 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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      45 days 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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        45 days 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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          25 days ago

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