(October 1, 2012 at 9:17 pm)will_alltogether Wrote: However, if the God of the universe were actually an evil overlord who created the universe and the people in it so as to inflict suffering on them ...
How could a god be evil or good. This would require desire and we still have the question of "What could god possibly desire?".
Superman II Wrote:Ursa: You are master of all you survey.
General Zod: [bored] So I was yesterday. And the day before.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy