Maybe it’s sulferine

I am a dark mysterious thing!

I think I can handle it. 😄

Expansion with that intention, certainly.

I’m suddenly both curious and terrified to go and check if there’s any rule 42 of Squid Daddy.

It’s interesting to consider the definition of real in that sense then, because many experiences do not have an objective cause, or at least not one that directly correlates to the subjective experience.

God, evil, ghosts, happiness. They’re real In the sense that we can experience them, however, the shared understanding largely comes from an internal place, a necessary agreement of experience with the concepts of its objects.

Sorry, I’ll clarify!

I mean that atheists engage in the meaning making process you describe, so they have clear ideas of evil to help them with that.

Whilst divinity is largely the preserve of the theists, in their myriad variety, evil is a moral concept invented and defined by all individuals and groups, whether Consciously or unconsciously.

Is this what Thomas Aquinas was talking about when he was discussing dancing on the head of a pin? 😁

So, Is there a C?

Like, if A (god set this in motion with foreknowledge) is true then B (god did so with intention to arrive at the anticipated outcomes) is not also true?

Is there another answer? God set All this in motion knowing what would happen, and yet the outcome was not his intention? 🤪

I don’t think that’s true, if you see what I said I was explaining it as a conditional statement, rather than a belief.

Certainly, that was the Gnostics viewpoint. It has as much merit as any other

No, I’m totally not a believer in a deity or anything like that. Given the quantity (and quality) of internet discussions around the topic I can understand how you might have gotten to that idea.

Personally I’m more interested in how humans arrive at their different ideas of evil, whilst holding very firm to their particular views, a process which is much like how people invented their gods only it also happens amongst the athiests.

Edit. Wanted to add that people don’t build massive monuments to teapots or build cultural identities around them, so far as I know, so I think you’ve raised a false equivalence there.

That’s certainly one definition of evil, yes

Of course if you believe “God” set all of this in motion and with foreknowledge then even those seemingly random events have god’s intent behind them, yes?

Well, we have a word for god so we must have a concept of god.

Even if there’s no objective phenomenon which corresponds to the concept, the subjective experiences alone are worthy of attention and consideration

Love it.

Are you thinking of omelettes?

Sorry, you only get $400 thousand, not $400 million.

It’s like you don’t get the idea at all!

Fair enough. They’re really only needed for the few Linux users who have relationships in order to save time to talk to people.

I am giddy. Best meme so far this year

At least people will be able to remember she looked like Julia Roberts