• Optional@lemmy.world
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          Indeed.

          Note that I’m not claiming anything, just pointing out the traditional philosophical parameters of what-is-or-isn’t-‘god’.

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        It is impossible for a being to be omnipotent, omniscient, and benevolent given the amount of suffering in the world. They can only be two of the three at most:

        Omnipotent + omniscient = Knows about evil, can stop it, but chooses not to.

        Omnipotent + benevolent = Can do something about evil and wants to stop it, is too oblivious to on a large scale.

        Omniscient + benevolent = Knows about evil and wants to stop it, is powerless to do anything significant about it.

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          Yeah, that’s the way most people see it.

          As it happens, people don’t generally talk about it very much. For some reason.

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            6 天前

            If they’re believers it’s because god is “good” no matter what he does or allows to happen.