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The funny part is that if there were a god (there isn't), he would absolutely be an asshole.
This assumes that if there was a god they are perfect and chose to make us with teeth that fail, bodies that get cancer, anger issues and mental health problems, etc
While that could be the case it could also be the case that if there was a god said god could just be a much higher level lifeform that could create galaxies and life and shit, but still was maybe not all that good at it. Like look at humanity. We can do crazy shit, we can make computers that do incomprehensible things to humans that existed as little as 50 years ago. But those computers still fucking suck and crash all the time, blue screen, lose data, etc.
Maybe there was a god that made humanity but he just wasn’t very good at it and as a result we now have cancer and war. and maybe they’re up there like “oh they’re deifying me, that’s super awkward bc it’s totally my fault their first child died of leukemia at 7 years old”. Or maybe they did all that and now they’re dead too because they’re not actually a god but just a higher lifeform and were deifying a loser that would’ve gotten a c on their biology homework
but there’s probably not one
An interesting argument. I don't think I've heard anyone seriously put this forward, only George Carlin (who was perhaps serious but not presenting it seriously).
I'm not trying to be funny, but would you also characterize "nature" as being an asshole?
if it was a sentient being making the choices - yes.
Gotcha. I guess I don't really see "God" as a sentient being exclusively, so applying characteristics to him has always been a challenge.
Well, it is in your lore book. We just extrapolate by reading.
The thing I find funny about Atheists is when they're like "uh why doesn't God stop evil??" And then you complain when He actually does something about it
We don't argue anything. We just cannot understand how an adult human still needs their imaginary friends to cope.