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God has no sex as he is, LITERALLY God, omnipotent, omniscient creator
and he didnt create evil, he created free will
and if he was to destroy all evil, why do you think he wouldnt start with us?
That's weird. The Bible is pretty specific about god's gender. God created everything but not evil? So god didn't actually create everything then? Or is he just powerless to stop it?
If he destroyed all evil, why do you think he wouldnt start with us?
That's not the point. HE, as you refer to HIM as, can either be powerful enough to destroy all evil or is not good so does not stop evil from happening. Whether eradicating evil destroys you or not is irrelevant. Your existence contradicts your teachings.
So your penis having God, that used his penis to impregnate a virgin and cuck her fiance, is either not all powerful or not all good. Which is it?
why is your mind imprisoned in the physical?
the Virgin Mary was impregnated via a miracle, and remained sinless
he is all powerful and all good, he just CHOOSES not to destroy us and took the punishment for us because he loves us
So you can't explain any of the contradictions and your cult is a scam. Got it! This is the point in the conversation where you've realized that your belief system is a lie but since you've been forced to believe from a young age you just keep saying non sequiturs so you don't have to admit that god might not be real. I promise that if you can let reality in you will feel a lot better. When you realize there's not some invisible scumbag reading all your thoughts and constantly judging you for them, you'll be able to love yourself and others. You'll realize that religion actually makes it harder to be good.
What else is there? Be prepared with actual evidence. Vibes don't count and "muh faith" is a cop out fyi.
You just keep saying over and over again that an all powerful and all good being created evil and allows it to exist. Such a being could instantly remove all evil without destroying anything. If a being with this power does not do that then they are not good. If they are good but cannot remove evil then they are not all powerful. You can't have both no matter how many times you say something that completely contradicts itself.
Loves us enough to torture us for eternity if we happened to not believe some crap that makes absolutely no sense, contradicts itself constantly, and was written by 2000 - 60000 year old men who thought that the sun goes around the earth and disease was caused by being smote for bad deeds due to ignorance about reality. Not their fault but still. Strange how religion continues to get smaller the more truth we learn about reality. Mount Olympus used to house gods until someone climbed it. Yahweh was the god of the sky until we invented the telescope. They just keep getting less and less powerful.
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blind hatred isnt a good way to live, Frater
open your mind
?
you are superimposing a modern understanding to the Bible
you are not willing to learn
you have accepted in your mind that "religion is bad that is that" and are afraid of change
Believing something that makes no sense is the opposite of being willing to learn. Stop pushing your nonsense on people just because you're afraid of a god that clearly doesn't exist
I wasnt raised Catholic I converted
You're ignoring all of my questions on purpose because your god does not exist and you know it. Stop trying to push it on other people.
He exists
if he were to destroy all evil, why do you think, frater, he wouldnt start with us?
Because if he's all powerful he would not have to. But he's not
he is a fair judge, and to destroy ALL evil, he would have to destroy all human beings
he wouldnt do that
God is good
An all powerful being could easily destroy evil without destroying humans. It could have never have created evil to begin with. You're the one saying it's all powerful. You're contradicting yourself. Is it all powerful or would it have to destroy humans to destroy evil? You cannot have both
there is not one earthly human that has never did something evil
and we have been gifted free will by God
Not sure what you mean.
I get it man. When you're at church you can all just say whatever you want and everyone nods their heads. But if you want to come out into the real world and push your harmful rhetoric on others you need to be prepared to answer questions. So just saying things that don't make any sense and expecting people to go along with it won't work like it does in your echo chamber. You need to actually explain yourself.
https://catholicus.eu/en/why-does-god-allow-evil-and-injustice-a-catholic-look-at-the-mystery-that-most-troubles-the-human-heart/
Oh that's fun. Read through it and it's a long winded regurgitating of what you already tried to pull off without success. It avoids actually answering the question of why your god isn't powerful enough to eradicate evil while preserving humans and free will. Then still claims your god is all powerful. Can't have both no matter how many Bible verses you quote or paragraphs you write while not answering the question.
The great part of this article is that it gets even more morally bankrupt than you have been. After lots of exposition about how it's ok that evil exists cuz reasons and God is mysterious etc, it goes on to say:
The ends justify the means. It's ok that a good and all powerful god sits back with some popcorn and allows all this suffering to happen because some day when he gets around to it, he will rapture everyone who believes and continue to torture everyone who doesn't. Catholicism is truly evil for being ok with this and has no place in a moral society.
The old, just trust bro. This is the one that is always the actual answer. It's always at the end because of how flimsy it is but it's always there because it's really obvious that god does not exist. Plugging your ears and saying I don't care really loud over and over is the only way to keep believing. "Yeah we know it's completely idiotic to believe this stuff but believing things that make no sense is actually a virtue! We call it faith instead of being gullible because that sounds better."
how does it contradict itself?
I've demonstrated that many times and you refuse to acknowledge it because you're unable to.
you have not
You're illiterate then. Your god is either not all good or is not all powerful. If your god created evil then it is evil. If it didn't create it and can't stop it then it's not strong enough to do so. I've explained this at least three times and you've ignored it on purpose.
Open your mind and see that your religion's lies are hurting people.
free will, we have been given free will and a rational soul and intellect
that is why we are made in his image
it is us that choose to do evil
An all powerful being could give free will and also eliminate evil. I thought nothing was impossible for your god. Unless your god is actually not all powerful. Or maybe just doesn't exist
https://catholicus.eu/en/why-does-god-allow-evil-and-injustice-a-catholic-look-at-the-mystery-that-most-troubles-the-human-heart/
Posting this as if it's a non partisan article or a source is hilarious
saying theologians are biased on theology is like saying that old anti vaxx "gotcha"
"experts are biased on the issue"
Correct
free will without free will?
Yeah, sounds impossible. Unless of course, you're an all powerful being that can do anything, even something impossible.
https://catholicus.eu/en/why-does-god-allow-evil-and-injustice-a-catholic-look-at-the-mystery-that-most-troubles-the-human-heart/