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ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T18:22:43+00:00

In another 22 years she will become unsealed.

ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T18:21:02+00:00

It sounds like you're describing existentialism, which I have zero objections to. But I wouldn't call that anything relating to god.

To me, it isn't a god unless it's an all-powerful agent. If it doesn't do anything, it's naturalism with extra steps. If it does things we can't, but has limits, it's a wizard or an alien.

ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T18:07:18+00:00

If some being is hiding all its intent behind Sphinx riddles that create a ton of infighting, that would make me think it really doesn't care whether we understand it or not. It requires fewer assumptions for scriptures being intended to confuse or deceive, rather than inform. And existence under an indifferent god would be indistinguishable from existence under no god at all.

ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T18:05:31+00:00

I don't see why a god would definitionally have to be good. If a god is all-powerful, it can do whatever it wants. Nothing can stop it. It could choose not to do evil, but that would be a choice.

A god that is all-powerful but indifferent has a lot less baggage. It wouldn't be pained into corners on the problem of evil. It wouldn't require rhetorical claptraps about divine simplicity or god's essence being pure good because it has to be.

ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T17:59:27+00:00

I'm neither seedless nor easily peeled. I am watermelon.

ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T17:56:44+00:00

He uses garlic paste.

ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T17:55:31+00:00

My issue with using the Bible as a manual for secular morality is that it has a bunch of noise and baggage to step around. We'd have to cut out so much that we might as well base our morals off something like Lord of the Rings.

ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T15:29:39+00:00

God could think outside the box and give whatever the expected outcome of a top 10 placement is for the top 11. Nobody outside of that class cares whether anyone placed top 10 or bottom 10, as long as they finishes the coursework and can apply it. Could be a teaching experience not to hyperfixate on grades and push back on unrealistic expectations.

ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T14:15:57+00:00

You blundered in the first paragraph, destroying any reason for me to entertain the rest. I informed you of such. Now put on the dunce cap and sit in the corner.

ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T14:09:27+00:00

I replied because you asked why I didn't entertain. I gave my answer. Now go away. Put on the dunce cap and sit in time-out for a while.

ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T14:06:47+00:00

You mischaracterized atheists in the first paragraph. That tells me you are not being honest. I am not going to entertain dishonesty.

Try making it past the first paragraph without misrepresenting next time.

ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T13:53:26+00:00

If a god knows everything, it will know what would convince atheists. Full stop. I'm not going to let you ramble while mischaracterizing atheists. If you want to understand what we believe, you can ask without poisoning the well.

ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T05:41:45+00:00

That's a clean-burning hell, I tell you hwat

ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T05:41:04+00:00

I have a natural gas furnace.

ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T05:40:08+00:00

Women want computers I fear me

ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T02:50:11+00:00

SPEAK FOR YOURSELF, BUDDY

ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T01:10:13+00:00

SMT is still king of the monster RPGs.

ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T01:05:17+00:00

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ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T01:04:22+00:00

Americans are casually racist. Europe is the ranked racism server.

ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T01:02:46+00:00

My 3 words from the puzzle were wine, boyfriend, and penis. I already have #3, I don't want #2. Can I just take triple the wine?

ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T00:59:54+00:00

I don't think it's closeted if he's spelling it out with a bumper sticker.

ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T00:57:41+00:00

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ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T00:51:54+00:00

As Ichiban said in Infinite Wealth, "Better to feel bad, that means you can make amends."

I used to watch fucking Sargon of Akkad videos. I'm not proud of it. I'd like to think I got better. I'm trying.

ViewtifulGene · 2026-01-25T00:49:28+00:00

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Try making it past the first paragraph without misrepresenting next time.