If everything has a purpose then evil doesn't exist

[emjay]

This is another new one on me. Is that what you believe? And in this conception of God would he be able to permanently limit himself or just temporarily? If I was god I'd certainly want to turn off omniscience from time to time, just to stop with all the spoilers in my entertainment But as to permanent limitations... ie god giving up his powers... that would make an interesting and thought-provoking story, and it to some extent did in Superman 2, when he walked into that machine and gave up his powers.

That's exactly the story of christ.  When god became a man.  Without that, it was wondered how the magic was supposed to work.  To be an adequate paragon/sacrifice..it was believed... - god had to endure what we endure. Bloodgod is all about that blood.

Yeah, I saw the parallels... prefer the Superman version though But in both cases they eventually get their powers back, so though there is some sacrifice it can't really be said to be the ultimate sacrifice.

I'm sorry BTW, I can see this is a dark thread, and perhaps my 'input' in someway makes light of it... as it might tend to do since I often arrive late to the party and from the periphery... but that was not my intent.