Masimatutu@lemm.ee to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 year agothink about that rulemedia.mstdn.socialimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1676arrow-down11
arrow-up1675arrow-down1imagethink about that rulemedia.mstdn.socialMasimatutu@lemm.ee to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 year agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoWhy is a god simply being capable of lying not worth following? If he’s capable and chooses not to, isn’t that a better god than one who can’t lie?
minus-squareUriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoWell this god installed thirteen billion years of red-shifted light from the furthest visible stars. Last Tuesday.
minus-square𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoIf God is to be regarded as an authority figure, punishes you for telling lies, and can himself lie, God is to be trusted no more than the police. In fact, we should be challenging God like we do with the police. Which kind of explains a lot about this country.
minus-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoBeing able to lie doesn’t make you a liar or untrustworthy. Lying does.
Why is a god simply being capable of lying not worth following? If he’s capable and chooses not to, isn’t that a better god than one who can’t lie?
Well this god installed thirteen billion years of red-shifted light from the furthest visible stars. Last Tuesday.
If God is to be regarded as an authority figure, punishes you for telling lies, and can himself lie, God is to be trusted no more than the police.
In fact, we should be challenging God like we do with the police.
Which kind of explains a lot about this country.
Being able to lie doesn’t make you a liar or untrustworthy. Lying does.