daddyjones

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[–] daddyjones -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

None of this is new or hasn't been thought about, written about and deflated for centuries. I doubt you have any theologians shaking in their boots.

The meaning of omnipotence as it translates to Good has always been nuanced. There have always been things God can't do - sin being the obvious example. You could debate whether he can, but just never would because of his character, but it amounts to the same thing and has been orthodoxy for centuries.

The apparent contradictions on the Gospels (especially synoptic) have been done to death. Debated and answered more times than you've had hot dinners. There is no serious theologian or biblical scholar who would hear that argument and be at all concerned by it.

Honestly the same applies to the idea of a good god and suffering.

[–] daddyjones 3 points 7 months ago

Unless you claim, as OP did, that you can actually disprove it.

I agree that the Bible is not sufficient in the sense that it proves anything or sews up their arguments, but to suggest its historical value as evidence is the same as modern day fiction is absurd.

[–] daddyjones 4 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Yes, you said that, but what exactly?

[–] daddyjones 4 points 7 months ago (11 children)

How can you prove the Christian God doesn't exist?

[–] daddyjones 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Mammals don't need to be pregnant to lactate or, at least, they need to have been pregnant, but, after that, as long as they keep being "milked" they'll continue to lactate. I know you weren't necessarily saying otherwise, but just for clarity.

I used to work with a guy who genuinely thought all dairy cows were forcibly kept permanently pregnant in order to produce milk.

[–] daddyjones 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

If we're just using "magic" to distribute animals then I want a Wombat who's been magically shattered to actually make a good pet and who won't burrow under the fence into my neighbour's gardens.

Or a puppy.

[–] daddyjones 8 points 7 months ago

I'd change what I booked for the honeymoon. We went to Turkey and it was too hot and we both got sick.

I'd have just booked a cottage somewhere nice here in the UK.

[–] daddyjones 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Domestic cats. Partly because they poop in my garden, but mostly because they're secretly planning to take over the whole world and enslave the human race.

[–] daddyjones 4 points 7 months ago

My wife and I both grew up in the eighties/nineties and this was exactly her attitude for years. It was only when I went ahead and grew one anyway - despite her reservations - and she decided she actually likes the way I look with it and now won't let me shave it off!

[–] daddyjones -1 points 7 months ago

I couldn't be bothered to read all (or even much) much of this, but it really doesn't feel like Google search is dead...

[–] daddyjones 2 points 7 months ago

Initially I was just curious and I've always loved playing with new (to me) tech. Then I began to really appreciate various things about it - not least the high configurability. As I learnt about OSS I began to also appreciate that success of things as well.

[–] daddyjones 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Which is obviously not what I was saying at all...

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