/lit/ - Literature

>the Holy Trinity confuses me
Father, Son, Holy Spirit
it's like this:
Mind, Body, Soul.
the soul is analogous to the Father: invisible, source.
the body is analogous to the Son Jesus: obviously.
the mind is analogous to the Holy Spirit: connection between soul-and-body/Father-and-Son.

Again,
Author, Protagonist, Flow.
The Father is the Author of reality, Jesus is the Protagonist whom the Author self-inserted Himself into the story as, while experiencing Flow so that the story writes "itself".

>muh rock lifting paradox
Jesus is the solution to that paradox
He made the rocks, couldn't lift them while retaining His divinity/omnipotence.
In simpler terms: God has power over His power.

>muh problem of evil
Evil comes from man's abuse of his free will
God gave us reign over reality and our decisions are our own and don't make Him guilty of our guilt. (eg, car dealerships aren't bad because of drunk drivers)
Also, God is not a negative utilitarian. His morality isn't "never let evil exist", but rather, "let people love me by their own choice"
God is Good.
also, you don't get define "Good" as "never let evil exist"
Also, God will destroy evil anyway so its temporary and doesn't really exist to begin with. it's not real.

>but free will and God's knowledge of the future are mutually exclusive!
that would only be the case if God's knowledge of the future comes from a vacuum. It doesn't. It comes from us. Specifically, your free will decisions determine God's knowledge of your future free will decisions.
>but free will doesn't exist!
you didn't choose to say that
dismissed
>out of ape theory
I'm not part of your species
dismissed
>objective truth doesn't exist
that's not objectively true
dismissed

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>nothing happens without his consent.
Correct.
Now understand this: you would be (ab)using your free will privileges to make it so that God does consent to letting it happen.
But God is Holy!
You attack His Holiness when you abuse your free will like that.
God shouldn't have to make the decision between actualizing your free will choice and your resultant annihilation, or no to both.
Can you not feel His pain when you put God into that situation?

>>21612345
I've detached myself from buddhinm