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How God became so powerful and cruel?

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How God became so powerful and cruel?
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How God became so powerful and cruel?
June 28, 2020 at 7:39 am (This post was last modified: June 28, 2020 at 7:42 am by purplepurpose.)
If we presume that God exists. How he gained so much power and became such sadist that torturing people for him became as mundane as eating lunch?
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RE: How God became so powerful and cruel?
June 28, 2020 at 7:43 am
Job security?

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RE: How God became so powerful and cruel?
June 28, 2020 at 8:17 am
We could ask the same question about so many human despots, and the answer in either case probably amounts to the same thing as each is an expression of the other.
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RE: How God became so powerful and cruel?
June 28, 2020 at 8:18 am
Absolute power is granted to absolute assholes.
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RE: How God became so powerful and cruel?
June 28, 2020 at 8:36 am
(June 28, 2020 at 7:39 am)purplepurpose Wrote: If we presume that God exists. How he gained so much power and became such sadist that torturing people for him became as mundane as eating lunch?

Because lies have to become bigger and bigger to overwhelm common sense scrutiny.
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RE: How God became so powerful and cruel?
June 28, 2020 at 10:57 am
It's what humans want.
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RE: How God became so powerful and cruel?
June 28, 2020 at 11:13 am
(June 28, 2020 at 10:57 am)brewer Wrote: It's what humans want.
"T'was ever thus." Gods are what we want them to be. A ferocious god will protect us from the guys on the other side of the river. They'll punish people on this side if those folks aren't doing what is required, like giving the fat fucking priests enough for "sacrifices". (Gods get the smoke, priests get what's left.)
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RE: How God became so powerful and cruel?
June 28, 2020 at 11:23 am
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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RE: How God became so powerful and cruel?
June 28, 2020 at 3:34 pm
(June 28, 2020 at 11:23 am)no one Wrote: Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
A lot of chief petty officers would disagree with you. We went well beyond "absolutely". Hehe
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