IsoSpandy@lemm.ee to Asklemmy · 2 months agoIs there a specific religious term for the belief "God exists and he is evil"?message-squaremessage-square197fedilinkarrow-up1346arrow-down126file-text
arrow-up1320arrow-down1message-squareIs there a specific religious term for the belief "God exists and he is evil"?IsoSpandy@lemm.ee to Asklemmy · 2 months agomessage-square197fedilinkfile-text
I am not an atheist, I genuinely believe that God exists and he is evil, like a toddler who fries little ants with a lens.
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMindlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoEpicurus already teared a hole in that argument 2300 years ago.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThey don’t believe it because it makes any kind of sense, so arguments against their belief mean nothing to them.
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMindlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoOne could also ask that if they deity is so far from conventional logic that understanding its motives are impossible and/or everything is “secret” then what even is the point of worship.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoBecause god would never send leopards to eat their face.
Epicurus already teared a hole in that argument 2300 years ago.
They don’t believe it because it makes any kind of sense, so arguments against their belief mean nothing to them.
One could also ask that if they deity is so far from conventional logic that understanding its motives are impossible and/or everything is “secret” then what even is the point of worship.
Because god would never send leopards to eat their face.