RE: Epicurean Paradox
April 6, 2012 at 7:38 pm
(This post was last modified: April 6, 2012 at 7:48 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
The world is rife with "necessary" suffering then, I suppose? Trouble is , this calls the omnipotence bit into question again. Nothing is "necessary" or "unecessary" for an omnipotent being. No conditions need be met, case in point, there is no "need" of anything at all. Omnipotence has a very specific meaning. Remove anything and you are left with "extremely powerful, but not omnipotent" (also addressed by the argument). Able and willing, but still nothing (as you seem to be arguing for) does not criticize or invalidate any part of the argument, in fact, it repeats a conclusion from that very argument....
There's a reason that all attempts at apologetics with regards to this argument (an argument that is as old as the hills) rely on a complete redefinition of terms. We fucked up when we formulated our idea of a triune god, we fucked up hard. Understandable, since no one has ever had any idea what a god actually is/was in the first place.
There's a reason that all attempts at apologetics with regards to this argument (an argument that is as old as the hills) rely on a complete redefinition of terms. We fucked up when we formulated our idea of a triune god, we fucked up hard. Understandable, since no one has ever had any idea what a god actually is/was in the first place.
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