@UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish • 3 months agoDon't blame Satan if things don't work out. It's God's plan right?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square219fedilinkarrow-up1976arrow-down133
arrow-up1943arrow-down1imageDon't blame Satan if things don't work out. It's God's plan right?lemmy.ml@UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square219fedilink
minus-squareRadioactive ButtholelinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoMaybe god itself doesn’t have free will and is only acting according to a proscribed set of fundamental laws.
minus-square@Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 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 ButtholelinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 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.