RE: Christianity; the World's Most Violently Persecuted Religion
December 13, 2024 at 1:03 pm
(This post was last modified: December 13, 2024 at 1:15 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Sheldon got every form of apologism over this right in mentioning that the resolution is to limit one or both descriptors. So it can know everything except that which would make it impotent, or do everything except that which would make it ignorant. The whole thing is kind of moot in that people don't tend to believe in rational gods. You could repair any given god to make it explicitly logical and the faithful will simply reject that in favor of one miracle or another. People don't go to theistic gods for logic. They go to gods because they have an impossible ask. A desire. A demand. An idea of how the world should be which only makes sense in the context of it not being that way in mere reality.
Thus - the conceptual need for some super-powered intercessory agent, a personal thing that can be bargained with, defining traits of all theistic belief-sets. A thing which can remake reality. A thing no rules or circumstances can bind.
Thus - the conceptual need for some super-powered intercessory agent, a personal thing that can be bargained with, defining traits of all theistic belief-sets. A thing which can remake reality. A thing no rules or circumstances can bind.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
