The logical consequences of omnipotence

[The Grand Nudger]

It has, yes. I wasn't just typing randomly.

We all have attributes which some other people do not find appealing. These attributes aren't necessarily faults (although in people they can be).

We typically suppress these things on a first date. If we continue to see the other person, we gradually let ourselves be more fully known. As this continues, we reassess each other and one party usually breaks it off at some point.

If we suppress certain aspects of ourselves, the pool of people we can successfully interact with is relatively large. As we let ourselves be known more deeply, the pool shrinks. There are more first dates than tenth dates, more tenth dates than weddings, more weddings than 25th anniversaries.

However, there is a trade-off. If we suppress, than the relationship is superficial - we have a wide but shallow pool. As we open up, there are fewer takers, but the relationship is deeper.

BTW, this applies to friendships as well, not just romantic relationships.

Neither approach is right or wrong. Some people like having many friends or serial short-term relationships. Nothing wrong with that.

Now apply this to God. For instance, the Bible says god is jealous. Some people don't like that. He is judgmental. Some people don't like that (or at least claim they don't).

Okay, np, applied to a god. It has attributes which can be faults.

Could God have abvoided showing his jealousy? I suppose so. He could have prevented the snake from being in the garden. He could prevent people from liking anything better than they like him.

Could he have avoided showing that he's judgmental? I suppose so. He can apparently keep people from sinning in the next life, so he could do so here as well.

Could a god have done this? Says who?

So, we only know about certain parts of god that no-one can take offense to.

As I said, it's an eternal first date.

What parts are those, those that no one can take offense to?

God could have chosen that. He didn't. He chose fewer, deeper relationships over many superficial ones.

LOL, I think it's more likely that your imagining what -you- might do as a god that could do anything. I see no reason to assume or conclude any of this, I'm going to try to keep my shit together at the notion of having a "deep relationship" with a fairy. Sorry bud.

It's not "simply assuming," it's analyzing and discussing.

Really, because I didn't see much of anything at all up there but assumptions. How much of that did you expect to float?