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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months ago

Why in 2024 do people still believe in religion? (serious)

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Why in 2024 do people still believe in religion? (serious)

return2ozma@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months ago
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    You’ve basically touched on one of the core logical issues at play in Abrahamic religions (and others). God is omnipotent and omniscient, or people have free will. It can’t be both.

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      Here is a nice visualisation of the logical paradox:

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      God knowing what you will do does not remove your responsibility of the decision you made.

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        This isn’t about responsibility, it’s about preventing suffering. If you could prevent a genocidal leader from being born, which you knew would save hundreds of thousands of innocent lives, why wouldn’t you? Because it’s that person’s “responsibility” that all of those innocent people died after all?

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        So is God powerless to stop people from committing evil?

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          Here is the answer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VoX-IkHVTE

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