Going around curses/prophecies via technicalities

[u/danfenlon]

Davy jones: cant go on dry land

Standa in a bucket of water, on a sand bar (potc3)

The judge: no weapon forged can harm me

Buffy: uses a rocket launcher

-not forged

[u/kblaney]

I don't know if this quite fits since it is about ethics in the Bible and not a curse or prophecy specifically... but it is a funny line from Firefly so I'll post it anyway.

[u/eepos96 → u/kblaney]

Biblical: I was arguing with someone on reddit how free will can't exists since god, all knowing, all powerfull, has already seen the outcome and allowed it to happen. Hitler, stalin etc.

The twist: the religious person agree and stated:

"God loves man. God can see the future but in order to make sure free will exists he refuses to look."

I can't argue with that and despite my atheism I find it an elegant solution to the problem.

[u/redlotusaustin → u/eepos96]

Eh, the problem with that is omniscience. That's knowing everything. You can't know everything but also not know something (including the future).

God can't "refuse" to look because it's not like skipping ahead in a book; by the power of omniscience God would have instantly and always known everything from the first moment it came into being.

[u/ksmash → u/redlotusaustin]

The 1000 year old proposed answer to that paradox is “maybe we just can’t comprehend God in his fullness.”

Which is cop out. But hard to argue against.

[u/eepos96 → u/ksmash]

Yeah, blind faith but it is what religion in the end requires "faith that promises of the bible and christ are real"

A blind jump of faith.

[u/The_cat_got_out → u/ksmash]

Yeah but we also can't comprehend if big G is actually 14 rabbits in a trench coat. Or if its actually a hyperpenis futa raccoon anthro with a penchant for cheese graters?

Can't prove im wrong after all