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susieq0044@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 days ago

Pope Leo seems to be a nice bloke; yet he developed lung cancer. Other world leaders are killing people left & right, yet keep on living. How can this be explained, other than God doesn’t exist?

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Pope Leo seems to be a nice bloke; yet he developed lung cancer. Other world leaders are killing people left & right, yet keep on living. How can this be explained, other than God doesn’t exist?

susieq0044@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 days ago
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  • Undoobitably@fedinsfw.app
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    4 days ago

    Plenty of other, more concrete evidence that (the abrahamic) god doesn’t exist. But hey, if that’s what convinces you then kudos.

  • TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    “Only the good die young” -William Martin Joel

  • Drunk & Root@sh.itjust.works
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    7 days ago

    JD Vance decided to send him an email or smt

  • shittydwarf@piefed.ca
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    9 days ago

    This is the bad timeline, evil is rewarded

    • damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      Also known as Kalyug.

      • guycls@lemmy.world
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        9 days ago

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_Yuga

  • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    “god works in mysterious ways”

    “but that’s all bullshit”

    “god works in mysterious ways”

  • Platypus@sh.itjust.works
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    9 days ago

    So, so many ways.

    https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/evil/ offers some good discussion.

    • susieq0044@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      9 days ago

      Thanks, looks interesting!

    • ChunderBustickles@piefed.nz
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      9 days ago

      Aww man. I tried getting Kagi’s LLM to summarise the examples and refutations and even that’s proving too much for my burnt out brains…

  • ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    God isn’t catholic

    • trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      But is he mormon or protestant?

      • gdbjr@piefed.social
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        9 days ago

        He is a scientologist. And his real name is Xenu.

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          9 days ago

          Eru Iluvatar is not a scientologist. I have a number of books, not just one, that say as much, so it must be true.

        • basiclemmon98@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          9 days ago

          LIES! He is spaghetti!

          • gdbjr@piefed.social
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            9 days ago

            May His Noodly Appendage Touch You

  • lmdnw@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    The universe was depending on good people killing the bad people.

  • weps@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    if you look at how cancer develops

    that doesn’t need God… that just happens here on earth as a random lottery / your life choices

    • NehpetsDoom@lemmy.zip
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      9 days ago

      And not from corporations poisoning us…

      • weps@lemmy.world
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        that’s life choices. these corporations produce nothing but for people

  • cattywampas@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    The theological explanation from Catholic dogma would be along the lines of God doesn’t really interfere with the day-to-day goings on of the world.

    • granch_bibblyfibble@piefed.social
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      9 days ago

      Is prayer actively discouraged in Catholicism?

      • freeman@feddit.org
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        No, you can and should beg god for devine intervention that he probably doesnt do and thank for his gracefullness which he hasnt shown. Or at least whoreship him, because he is so great and benevolent while he is hearing the prayers and letting good people die nevertheless. Or maybe there werent enough prayers yet, for THE POPE.

        It all makes a lot of sense you see.

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        9 days ago

        “God works in mysterious ways” is the only “explanation” religious clowns have. It’s 100% post-hoc justification. If they’re bad, they deserve it. If they’re good, then they must secretly be bad and deserve it. If they’re really good and don’t deserve it, then, “God works in mysterious ways”. Always. Every time.

        There is no questioning faith, only declaring heresy to such clowns. If things didn’t work out for you, it’s not a systemic problem here, it’s because you deserved it!

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    9 days ago

    Or god likes the pope too and wants to hang with him but to do that he has to kill him.

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      9 days ago

      Enoch would beg to differ

  • FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
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    8 days ago

    Have you considered the possibility that God is an incompetent moron?

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      8 days ago

      In any decently run universe this guy would have been out on his all-powerful ass a long time ago.

  • 𝕲𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍🔻𝕯𝖃 (he/him)@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    I’m an antitheist, but just to play along:

    God is real, and he’s a fucking asshole.

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    As an atheist, and a devils advocate (Gods advocate?? hmm), my friend used to tell me that God knows best, and every unexplainable events could be explained by God seeing further than us, therefore having a long-term goal. Meaning, to achieve this noble goal, it is paramount to bestow cancer upon the pope (suffering is closely tied to Christianity after all), while also keeping billionaires alive.

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    God’s interests are confined to the ocular, he doesn’t do lungs.

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