(July 12, 2024 at 12:52 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(July 11, 2024 at 7:38 pm)Paleophyte Wrote: Every living creature is born into a universe where it's necessary to kill in order to live. That might fit a malevolent god but militates against any benevolent deity.
Yep. "For God so loved the world that he gave his son ..." and his cows ... and his sheep(le) ... and them chickenfooted things ... and some nice hogs, 'cept cain't everyone eat 'em ... and some broccoli, except they don't count because they're not alive once we chop 'em ..and ..
It's the old Jethro Tull lyric: "He who made kittens / put snakes in the grass".
For God so hated the World, that he slew his only misbegotten son, that whoever disbelieves in him should not perish, but have everlasting torment.
I'm pretty sure I can make a better case for a malevolent deity than any apologist does for their warm and fuzzy god. Problem of Evil? No, that's a feature!
And the broccoli should probably count double. That crispy crunch you get when you bite into a vegetable is an indicator that you've just gnawed upon a living organism. At least we carnivores have the decency to kill our food before we start biting chunks off.