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CosmicSkeptic asks the question. Could God be evil? (Original Post) Lady Freedom Returns Aug 2021 OP
There is no g-d, there is NATURE, elleng Aug 2021 #1
And nature sucks too I_UndergroundPanther Aug 2021 #5
I mean, if we compare his kill count in the Bible Moebym Aug 2021 #2
All evil is pre-approved by God. keithbvadu2 Aug 2021 #3
Yes I_UndergroundPanther Aug 2021 #4
People never did stop multigraincracker Aug 2021 #6
God, Schmod. Might as well debate whether the number five is Croney Aug 2021 #7
There is no such thing. PirateRo Aug 2021 #8
The god of the Bible is a psychopath wackadoo wabbit Aug 2021 #9
That's why I enjoy bringing this up when religious people bring up Pascal's wager Lady Freedom Returns Aug 2021 #12
I had to Google Pascal's Wager Random Boomer Aug 2021 #13
Nah, He isn't evil. He's just insane. Midnight Writer Aug 2021 #10
I have been enjoying putting this theory to Christians that... Lady Freedom Returns Aug 2021 #11
Well this is what some Gnostics believed RFCalifornia Dec 2021 #14
"God" is neither good nor evil Flo Mingo Dec 2021 #15

keithbvadu2

(40,120 posts)
3. All evil is pre-approved by God.
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 01:03 AM
Aug 2021

All evil is pre-approved by God.

If you believe in an all knowing, all powerful, omnipotent God.

PirateRo

(933 posts)
8. There is no such thing.
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 07:37 AM
Aug 2021

Stop it. This crap does not exist.

The creation myth of a people are stories by primitives ton explain the world. The are not actual accounts of any history.

I couldn’t care less if a non-existent, fictional invention is good or evil. I do care that these bizarre are and false statements steal time and life that people can use to important works, like exploring, extending human life, curing disease, educating people, redistributing wealth, and, of course, masterbating to internet porn.

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)
12. That's why I enjoy bringing this up when religious people bring up Pascal's wager
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 04:36 PM
Aug 2021

They like to just drop it and go to some other site, page, discussion, or channel.

Between this and asking, with everything going on with Covid, where is their god now?

They go on a preacher rant at me for not believing, I'm going to put ideas in their heads to chew on.

Random Boomer

(4,250 posts)
13. I had to Google Pascal's Wager
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 08:32 PM
Aug 2021

My goodness, what utter nonsense.

I suppose if you believe the Earth is 6,000 years old these kind of arguments seem worth having. But I happen to believe the Earth is billions of years old and humans have only been around for about 250,000 years. It's hard to take Christianity -- a belief system conjured up a mere 2,000 years ago -- very seriously. It's trendy now, but a flash in the pan generally speaking.

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)
11. I have been enjoying putting this theory to Christians that...
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 01:11 PM
Aug 2021

bring up Pascal's wager. Glad CosmicSkeptic did this video.

Flo Mingo

(494 posts)
15. "God" is neither good nor evil
Tue Dec 7, 2021, 05:56 PM
Dec 2021

Nor an entity with commanding and omnipotent powers.

"God" is early mankind's attempt to conceptualize what there was no science to explain.
Thunder/Lightning
Eclipses
Weather events

Who knows exactly when in human evolution someone decided to use the concept to influence others into a dogma of practice and beliefs. But we should label that the beginning of the end of civilization.

I submit that "God" is Physics. Physical science playing out perfectly without fail for time without end.

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