UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoDon't blame Satan if things don't work out. It's God's plan right?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square219fedilinkarrow-up1983arrow-down134cross-posted to: Memes@europe.pubmemes@lemmy.world
arrow-up1949arrow-down1imageDon't blame Satan if things don't work out. It's God's plan right?lemmy.mlUltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square219fedilinkcross-posted to: Memes@europe.pubmemes@lemmy.world
minus-squareRadioactive Butthole@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoMaybe god itself doesn’t have free will and is only acting according to a proscribed set of fundamental laws.
minus-squareSterile_Technique@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThat’s the point - the christian god is presented as all powerful, all knowing, and all good. The existence of evil in our universe shows that to be a lie.
minus-squareRadioactive Butthole@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI think this is a really interesting read on the matter: https://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/godTaoist.html Christianity has gone completely off the rails and isn’t the answer, but that doesn’t necessarily mean there isn’t a god.
Maybe god itself doesn’t have free will and is only acting according to a proscribed set of fundamental laws.
That’s the point - the christian god is presented as all powerful, all knowing, and all good. The existence of evil in our universe shows that to be a lie.
I think this is a really interesting read on the matter: https://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/godTaoist.html
Christianity has gone completely off the rails and isn’t the answer, but that doesn’t necessarily mean there isn’t a god.