RE: The logical consequences of omnipotence
January 16, 2013 at 1:53 pm
(This post was last modified: January 16, 2013 at 2:09 pm by John V.)
(January 15, 2013 at 9:00 pm)Surtr Wrote: I can't take offense when he kills 70,000 people because David wanted a census? I can't take offense when he destroyed 60 cities to make room for the Jews? I can't take offense when he orders us to burn entire cities because one nonbeliever is present? I can't take offense when he allows slavery and rape?I think you need to work on your reading comprehension. That was a hypothetical.
I think you underestimate his jealousy.
(January 15, 2013 at 10:50 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Okay, np, applied to a god. It has attributes which can be faults.Can be, yes, but are not necessarily faults. Judges are judgmental, and jealousy can be merited.
Quote:Could a god have done this? Says who?Many atheists charge that God hypothetically should have done those things, so they apparently believe a god hypothetically could have done those things.
Quote:What parts are those, those that no one can take offense to?Love, kindness, etc.
Quote: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.Actually it came from pondering this passage:
Romans 9
22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23 and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, 24 even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?