(December 31, 2020 at 6:08 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(December 31, 2020 at 4:51 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote: Well, yes, it depends on what we mean by God, but I think most people would agree a God cannot be malicious. Of course there can be an afterlife without a God. But I think there can be no God without an afterlife.
Truth is not a democratic proposition. It doesn’t really matter that ‘most people’ think God is not malicious. The mere possibility that God MAY be malicious weakens your argument.
Why can’t there be a God without an afterlife?
Boru
How do you define "god" then, if it can be malicious? I thought "god" is usually defined as some sort of an omnipotent, benevolent and omniscient being. That's what all this theist/atheist debate is all about, the ontological argument is arguing for a "perfect being", the problem of evil is arguing against an omnipotent, benevolent and omniscient being, and so on.
