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    21 days ago

    It should be so easy.

    “God created doctors. Therefore, abortion is also part of God’s plan.”

    But you can’t logic someone out of a position they didn’t logic themselves into.

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          21 days ago

          Are you asking why evil exists? It’s because either we have evil in the world, or every human being is a slave. Would you rather be free, or a slave?

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              Sure. If God made us so we could never do anything wrong, we would be lower than slaves - we’d be programmed robots. It seems that God would rather have people who are able to choose to do good or wrong rather than be forced to do only good. Would you rather be free to choose to do right - be free - or would you rather be unable to do anything wrong ever - be a slave/robot?

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                If a god exists the way Christians describe it, it’s a sadist and will be getting a very stern talking-to from me.

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                    An omnipotent being choosing to let you do wrong so that it can punish you if you do, is sick and twisted through any lens. The usual response is “God can’t be understood by mortals” but that’s a thought-terminating cliche…

                    “Be free or be a slave” is a false dichotomy. It is very easy to imagine a being that has free will and a huge range of creative and artistic expression while also being limited from doing harm. No limitations could apply to an omnipotent creator, so the only reason for the status quo would be its choice. And frankly if there was intelligence behind this design they could have done a hell of a lot better.

                    God is a fiction humans created to personify the apathy of nature so that we could cope better with our existence.