VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoChristian on Nextdoor didn't get the answer they wanteddiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square178linkfedilinkarrow-up1344arrow-down13
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minus-squareroot@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoHe didn’t want to create brainless automatons. Love has to be consensual to be love.
minus-squareSnoopSqueak@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIt’s not consensual under threat. That’s an ultimatum, not love. That’s using guilt and fear to manipulate us, not love. And, AGAIN: ALL-POWERFUL. No limits to his power, right? Therefore, no excuse for suffering. He wants us to suffer because he’s vain and cruel. Or, more likely, he does not exist.
He didn’t want to create brainless automatons. Love has to be consensual to be love.
It’s not consensual under threat. That’s an ultimatum, not love. That’s using guilt and fear to manipulate us, not love.
And, AGAIN: ALL-POWERFUL. No limits to his power, right? Therefore, no excuse for suffering. He wants us to suffer because he’s vain and cruel.
Or, more likely, he does not exist.