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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's not that deep:
1- In the case of natural evils: C. God causes them, but they are morally neutral from the spiritual perspective. If what matters is salvation and glory to God it doesn't change anything if you died by tornado or by anything else, and inevitable death might even be a net positive individually and to others (Ind: the person might repent about something, social: seeing the frailness of life leads to less self love, while increasing compassion)
2- In the case of human caused evils: B with an asterisk. Given that He has imposed upon Himself the restriction of respecting free will, He won't stop people from doing evil deeds, even though He wants them to do good and He can make them do it. Why God chooses to do it like this is a mistery and doesn't really matter, but it seems to be because He wants people to freely choose to worship Him.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

hear me out.

what if it's actually B and C?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Pretty sure every pope is a multimillionaire (or at least lives exactly like one) without having to answer this question 🫤

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So for the sake of a thought experiment:

in this thought experiment B or C or both is the case:

what is the best course of action?

comply with regulations and hope to get on the good side or suffer the consequences of the alternative

worship doesn't require benevolence. fear keeps people in line just as well.

pretty sure thats the case for many religious people. telling you the god isn't "good" would upset the rules, so why would they

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