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Lack of Belief Nov 14, 2022

An argument from non-God objects for #atheism

• If #God exists, and is perfect, a reality where only God exists is the best possible world.

• God, being perfect, should create the best possible world, which is this world with only God in it.

• But this is not the case. Our universe and many things that exist within it are not God.

• Therefore a perfect God does not exist.

#CounterApologetic

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Minshosh Nov 20, 2022

@lack G is not perfect, G is not good or definable by any qualifications subject to our tiny brains. I am curious who taught you this. My home faith is Judaism, the kind that is flexible and responsive.

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Lack of Belief Nov 20, 2022

@minshosh That's fine! If you don't believe in a perfect G, this argument isn't for you. It's more targeted toward a "classical Theism" or Christian conception of G.

I am curious about your beliefs, if you have a minute! To start with, if G is not definable to our tiny brains, what can we know about G? Can we even claim that G is real in any meaningful way?

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Minshosh

@lack 2/ As a chaplain, I have witnessed some pretty extraordinary things, perhaps these can be explained through neurochemistry as “final surges” but could also be invitations to get out of an empiricist-only view. Full transparency, after surviving separate major medical and violent trauma events, I might be a bit more “woke” on the spiritual side but truly feel every day is a gift that won’t last forever.