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Grim Chieftain

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15. Or complicit

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 03:32 AM

Jul 3

Imagine any of us witnessing a horrible event and doing nothing. God, if there is a god, has witnessed them throughout history

"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?" - Epicurus, 341-270 BC

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God is either impotent or evil. [View all] Swede Jul 3 OP

Seems that way doesn't it? I'm not a believer so it doesn't matter to me... wcmagumba Jul 3 #1

That depends H2O Man Jul 3 #2

Man created god in his own image... Wounded Bear Jul 3 #3

I think God dropped us off purr-rat beauty Jul 3 #4

At this moment in history - I wish there were a heaven and HELL. yellow dahlia Jul 3 #5

And he always needs more money.. Permanut Jul 3 #6

Gods do not exist. They are a human invention. nt Celerity Jul 3 #7

Ding ding malaise Jul 3 #19

Or just maybe Timewas Jul 3 #8

or.....doesn't exist Skittles Jul 3 #9

Or a myth BigmanPigman Jul 3 #10

Or... love_katz Jul 3 #11

I really like this!!! hamsterjill Jul 3 #24

Or, is infinitely indifferent. Intractable Jul 3 #12

The Onion cleared it up years ago Easterncedar Jul 3 #13

Fictional characters can be whatever you want them to be JoseBalow Jul 3 #14

Or complicit Grim Chieftain Jul 3 #15

Or an asshole Stacey Grove Jul 3 #16

Or, a figment of our collective imagination, so he swings both ways...nt GReedDiamond Jul 3 #17

I ofen feel the same about humanity. Torchlight Jul 3 #18

I am agnostic Charmin One Jul 3 #20

God is either impotent, evil or nonexistent (n/t) PJMcK Jul 3 #21

"God" Mossfern Jul 3 #22

Definitely some kind of sadistic fuck dalton99a Jul 3 #23

Well, I sure don't have all of the answers. hamsterjill Jul 3 #25

Or Does Not Exist at All. MineralMan Jul 3 #26

If you are going to live forever in heaven you've got to have something to talk about. hunter Jul 3 #27

Locking. Lasher Jul 3 #28