RE: The logical consequences of omnipotence
February 6, 2013 at 7:59 pm
(This post was last modified: February 6, 2013 at 8:07 pm by Ryantology.)
They believed in a God who would destroy them if they thought he wasn't good. It's not very complicated.
I am not being egotistical because I hold no pretensions of perfection. I put more emphasis on human suffering because it is my nature to feel more empathy towards humans than to other life forms, though I do have concerns that this is a flawed way of thinking. I do not believe nature is flawed because I would have to believe it was designed to believe that the design has flaws. I accept the fact that this life holds everything of value because it is all we have. I accept the fact that injustice and unfairness exist because there is no objective standard of either and there is no God controlling all of it.
You have to understand, there are no contradictions to be had in my worldview. I am a sentient being in a dumb, natural world. I do not have to reconcile any of it with the whims of a god, and the consequences of omnipotence have no practical meaning to me. Every problem I point out is a problem only if one takes your assumptions at face value.
Quote:Are you being egotistical perhaps? Do you put too much oness upon human suffering rather than any other creature, for example? Is the design of nature fundamentally flawed? Can injustice, in the form of one sided justice = no one can do bad, trump the freedom to act as a free agent? No matter what you desire, your only ability would be to only do good? You want heaven first. This life holds nothing of value to you.
I am not being egotistical because I hold no pretensions of perfection. I put more emphasis on human suffering because it is my nature to feel more empathy towards humans than to other life forms, though I do have concerns that this is a flawed way of thinking. I do not believe nature is flawed because I would have to believe it was designed to believe that the design has flaws. I accept the fact that this life holds everything of value because it is all we have. I accept the fact that injustice and unfairness exist because there is no objective standard of either and there is no God controlling all of it.
You have to understand, there are no contradictions to be had in my worldview. I am a sentient being in a dumb, natural world. I do not have to reconcile any of it with the whims of a god, and the consequences of omnipotence have no practical meaning to me. Every problem I point out is a problem only if one takes your assumptions at face value.
