UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 16 days agoDon't blame Satan if things don't work out. It's God's plan right?lemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down11
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-linkDon't blame Satan if things don't work out. It's God's plan right?lemmy.mlUltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareSterile_Technique@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoDid 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.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoGoing by the Bible, it’s both. He acted with malice and proved himself to not be omnipotent many times.
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·15 days agoJod introduced the idea of freewill to the board. Lucifer said “That’s a bad idea, chief. Free will would ruin them.” Jod cast him out. Humans fucked everything up. Jod sent his CTO, Jesus to try and fix it. It went poorly. Lucifer said " I told you so"
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days ago“What if you gave them free will AND ALSO gave them the knowledge of the true nature of existence, rather than relying on them figuring everything out via very obviously man-made religions?” “Naw.”
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.
Going by the Bible, it’s both. He acted with malice and proved himself to not be omnipotent many times.
Jod introduced the idea of freewill to the board.
Lucifer said “That’s a bad idea, chief. Free will would ruin them.”
Jod cast him out.
Humans fucked everything up.
Jod sent his CTO, Jesus to try and fix it. It went poorly.
Lucifer said " I told you so"
“What if you gave them free will AND ALSO gave them the knowledge of the true nature of existence, rather than relying on them figuring everything out via very obviously man-made religions?”
“Naw.”