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  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    God.

    Specifically the version of God that is simultaneously all good, all knowing, and all powerful.

    Were our universe created by such a being, evil could not exist: our reality would be very, very, very different compared to the dumpster fire that we all get to experience.

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      17 hours ago

      I was going to say that I kind of wish The Devil existed, because then we would know that truly horrible people would eventually face damnation, and in a way it’s nice to imagine that cosmic justice could exist.

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      2 days ago

      almost all the GOD in media portrays very similar to the bible ones, cruel, amoral, highly apathetic, and wrathful, probably as way to not upset snowflake christian viewers.

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        19 hours ago

        But also because that’s the only way evil in the story can actually exist, and thus actually reflect the suffering and conflict in real life. The Triple-O God can’t exist, as evidenced by gestures at everything

        Even if the Christian God was real, Omnibenevolence is the first characteristic to be dropped, as the Bible already depicts a cruel, wrathful, egotistical and petty God.

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      2 days ago

      Agree, but I was think more like the Greek gods. They’re far more interesting.

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        1 day ago

        Interesting definitely, but idk about actually living under that lore… Top boss God is a horny mofo that’ll stick it in anything with a hole, with or without consent, sometimes immediately after shapeshifting into a bull or something; and all of the other gods are some degree of petty or mischievous.

        …which honestly is kinda how life is under the US government, so… pass!

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      2 days ago

      i’m glad you wrote it before i did : your take is much more detailed and thaurough than mine on this idea.