
Zyros
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I came into the conclussion that the concept of an all-powerful god can't exist at all, and it's not because of injustice or evil in the world or any other bs.
Emotions are product of chemical-fueled impulses and their nature is to overtake the individual. This already rules out any religion whose god can be angered, can love or can be dissapointed for example, as a god should always remain in absolute control of themselves, which means zero emotion. Some strong emotions also usually come from the (in varying levels) unexpected, so that rules out omniscience either.
Speaking of which, any negative emotion comes from things not being like one would like. If a god is unsatisfied with the current state of things then that god is bound by time. Even if the god has the power to change the thing that dissatisfies them, the fact that there is even one instant in time in which things are not the right way means that this god experiences times in a linear way and is chained by it, otherwise unsatisfying event wouldn't even "take place". Being absolute perfection and creator of existence clashes directly with being tied to the rules of time, as an absolute god is supposed to exist outside of it.
The other reason are the concepts of desire and change. A desire comes, again, from something not being in a state that satisfies you. When I experience the desire to go from point A to point B, that means i'm not already in point B. That means i'm not all powerful, and, like in the former point, i'm bound by the power of time and there is a state of things (me being at point A) that unsatisfies me at a given time. At last, perfection is something (or a state of things) in which ANY change would result in worsening it. For a single entity to be the originator of existence, it should be absolute. Creating the universe we know is an act of change, which shouldn't happen if there was a perfection existing already. That change would then come from a desire (even if we can't comprehend the path/ways of god, any change always comes from a desire or at least a will) which brings us to desire = not perfect again. And the fact that there was no universe at some point and then there is one, again ends with the point of bound-by-time = no perfection/absolute power. In addition, removing time from the equation (because god shouldn't be bound by it) means that there is not a "thought process" going on in order to come up with the will for change, because thoughts and sentience go hand in hand with experiencing time, so god can't be sentient either, as sentience was developed as a means of adaptation and survival in the first place.
So, creation and time are not compatible with a single perfect entity being the all-and-everything. If anything "divine" exists, its definitely not the portrayal of a single sentient entity people usually do of god. This would only leave us with many-gods religions, since those do not need a single absolute entity, but allow for gods to not be perfect, be subjected to rules, and be compatible with time, emotion and change. But polytheist religions sound even more fairytale-like and ridiculous than the monotheistic ones tbh.
Emotions are product of chemical-fueled impulses and their nature is to overtake the individual. This already rules out any religion whose god can be angered, can love or can be dissapointed for example, as a god should always remain in absolute control of themselves, which means zero emotion. Some strong emotions also usually come from the (in varying levels) unexpected, so that rules out omniscience either.
Speaking of which, any negative emotion comes from things not being like one would like. If a god is unsatisfied with the current state of things then that god is bound by time. Even if the god has the power to change the thing that dissatisfies them, the fact that there is even one instant in time in which things are not the right way means that this god experiences times in a linear way and is chained by it, otherwise unsatisfying event wouldn't even "take place". Being absolute perfection and creator of existence clashes directly with being tied to the rules of time, as an absolute god is supposed to exist outside of it.
The other reason are the concepts of desire and change. A desire comes, again, from something not being in a state that satisfies you. When I experience the desire to go from point A to point B, that means i'm not already in point B. That means i'm not all powerful, and, like in the former point, i'm bound by the power of time and there is a state of things (me being at point A) that unsatisfies me at a given time. At last, perfection is something (or a state of things) in which ANY change would result in worsening it. For a single entity to be the originator of existence, it should be absolute. Creating the universe we know is an act of change, which shouldn't happen if there was a perfection existing already. That change would then come from a desire (even if we can't comprehend the path/ways of god, any change always comes from a desire or at least a will) which brings us to desire = not perfect again. And the fact that there was no universe at some point and then there is one, again ends with the point of bound-by-time = no perfection/absolute power. In addition, removing time from the equation (because god shouldn't be bound by it) means that there is not a "thought process" going on in order to come up with the will for change, because thoughts and sentience go hand in hand with experiencing time, so god can't be sentient either, as sentience was developed as a means of adaptation and survival in the first place.
So, creation and time are not compatible with a single perfect entity being the all-and-everything. If anything "divine" exists, its definitely not the portrayal of a single sentient entity people usually do of god. This would only leave us with many-gods religions, since those do not need a single absolute entity, but allow for gods to not be perfect, be subjected to rules, and be compatible with time, emotion and change. But polytheist religions sound even more fairytale-like and ridiculous than the monotheistic ones tbh.
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