@AhvaMarton@AndrewGeczy@CP24 I think from that story it's the lesson that is important (like many in the bible) whether it happened or not. No matter how much evil there is don't let it change you
@BigBadBob35@AndrewGeczy@CP24 Exactly my implication! I wanted to be proven or convinced otherwise, that a God still does exist despite events like these
@AhvaMarton@AndrewGeczy@CP24 If there is a heaven I think it's more about if you lived a meaningful life and helped others that will determine if you go to heaven
@GShinkage@AndrewGeczy@CP24 If he's omniscient and omnipotent how can he not? I would expect him to at least stop the terrible things, not every little bad thing.
@NotFrodo@AndrewGeczy@AhvaMarton@CP24 I'd argue that it's more the values and way it brings people together that helps humans flourish. Positive psychology at work, not God
@GShinkage@AndrewGeczy@CP24 Well these three together - omnipotent (all powerful), omniscient (all knowing), and omnibenevolent (all good). If God has these 3 things, why is there still amazing people dying in such terrible ways?
Makes it unlikely, but not impossible that a God of this version exists imo
@GShinkage@AndrewGeczy@CP24 By God I mean the one Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) believe in. That God is omnipotent, omniscient, just, omnibenevolent, and omnipresent.
I do believe a higher power (as Andrew describes) surely exists somewhere in the universe
@AhvaMarton@AndrewGeczy@CP24 The way I see it, there's either no God or Gods (it is purely human created evil or goodness) or there are many Gods including evil ones. If we have one God who is omniscient, omnipotent, and benevolent, tragedies like this should not happen to kind souls
@GShinkage@AndrewGeczy@CP24 Because of numerous tragedies like this one, I do not. The existence of an omniscient, omnipotent, and benevolent God does not make sense