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Don't blame Satan if things don't work out. It's God's plan right? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago (12 children)

Did god not have the power to give us free will without also giving us evil?

  • Had the power but opted not to: god is himself some part evil

  • Didn't have the power, did the best he could with the tools he had: god is not omnipotent.

Pick one.

[–] Earflap@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Maybe god itself doesn't have free will and is only acting according to a proscribed set of fundamental laws.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's the point - the christian god is presented as all powerful, all knowing, and all good. The existence of evil in our universe shows that to be a lie.

[–] Earflap@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago

I think this is a really interesting read on the matter: https://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/godTaoist.html

Christianity has gone completely off the rails and isn't the answer, but that doesn't necessarily mean there isn't a god.

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