• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    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.

    • samus12345@lemm.ee
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      15 days ago

      Going by the Bible, it’s both. He acted with malice and proved himself to not be omnipotent many times.

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        15 days ago

        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"

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          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.”