zloubida comments on God and Lucifer were chatting one day

[–] zloubida@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

God can't create a squared circle. He did not decided that, it just is. If you think that this kind of limitation makes him not omnipotent, then again, I'll happily recognize that he is not omnipotent. But I'll still hold that he can do everything possible.

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[–] SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 3 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Then who or what determined what is possible?

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[–] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 hours ago (1 child)

Nobody and nothing. If you read the beginning of Genesis carefully, God doesn’t create out of nothing; he transforms matter that is already there. Of course, it’s a myth, not a practical description of the beginning of the universe. But it suggests that some things simply are. I think the laws of logic simply are, or, put differently, God is logic itself. He can’t go against himself. He is his own limit.

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[–] SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 1 point 1 hour ago

Huh. As an atheist, I've always heard the argument that the universe is far too complex to have just happened on its own, and that God was the maker. Which makes no sense to me, because God is complex enough to make the universe, and God just happened.

Actually, upon reflection, this explanation makes more sense to me, that God is a part of the universe and created humans. I may not share what belief, but it's interesting. Thanks for sharing!

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