WOTMQ: With Great Power...
One of the things that kills me about Christians and religious apologists in general, is that they never really seem to remember who they're defending. And at the top of the "Oh yeah, I forgot" list is God's omnipotence. Being all-powerful means that there are a lot of things you simply can't argue in defending God because he could have done it otherwise. Even if that means just creating everyone already in heaven as our two other (Religion Makes People Stupid) videos demonstrate.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Blessed be all of your names. And of course, enjoy! B
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The god could have created the universe in which you would do A, but it created the universe in which you do B instead. So it's god that decided you'd do B, not you. The coercion is in the act of creation.
To continue the path of logic: so faith is just a means to escape from your own responsibility and to greenscreen reality. For many, it (often subconsciously) creates a safe space, where they are united with their imaginary friend and other believers.
I've said it many times, when you look at the book of genesis through this lens, it's just bafflingly stupid and machiavellian. God could have....not made a tree of knowledge...not made a serpent....not made a serpent that could talk....not made the tree accessible to Adam and Eve....not made Eve believe the serpent....not allowed the serpent to know what the tree did....it's just so much effort to punish humanity, it doesn't make any sense. If you want to be an evil asshole, just be an evil asshole. Don't try making a Rube Goldberg machine to justify it.
As I've said many times, if —a BIG "if"— gawd exists, I'll gladly take outer darkness, thank you very much. Who would want to spend an afterlife with such a sick, cruel, psychopath?
Melania?
My favorite phrase for all things like this is, "Proof by vigorous assertion". If I'm shouting, I'm not listening or thinking.
I'm gonna use that. That's a good one!!!
If god is omnipotent and omniscient, it would be impossible for us to have free will since god already knows the outcome. Consequently, there is no need to be good or bad by any standard since you are an impotent observer in your actions. It also implies that there is no way into this god's heaven since that requires the free will to reject sin and choose obedience. Is there a door in this room? Help!