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[–] 6 points 1 day ago* (3 children)

I disagree. I think there is a case to be made that you could be omnipotent but stupid. Consider an omnipotent god which has the capacity to increase its own wisdom, but chooses not to for lack of wisdom. Consider an omniscient god which can see all things, or even know all things, but cannot process all things in their context at the same time (or could make itself able to, had it the wisdom to perceive the problem). Consider an omnibenevolent god which seeks good outcomes, but for lack of wisdom does not successfully accomplish them. Consider an omnipresent god who's definitely here, right now, in this moment, but just doesn't understand enough of the context of all things to realize why it needs to pay attention to this set of events in particular, since it can just know about it afterward with its omniscience.

No, we require a fifth potential quality of a completely perfect divinity (a quality clearly lacking in whatever divinity formed this cosmos): Omnisapience. An omnisapient, omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent, omnibenevolent deity would never create this universe, but such an entity would be, definitionally, perfect. It seems, indeed, that the lack of omnisapience in a divine creator would be a requirement for the problem of evil.

"It is a tale told by an idiot: full of sound and fury, signifying nothing"

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    An omnisapient, omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent, omnibenevolent deity would never create this universe

    Unless such a deity decided to create all universes in which there exists at least one entity which would prefer to exist, instantiating all other entities in such a universe as philosopher's zombies...

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 child)

    Excellent point! I hadn't considered the possibility of a scenario where the whole universe is created for the sole benefit of a single real inhabitant, presumably oneself.

    I still maintain the necessity of omnisapience as a quality.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    Excellent point! I hadn't considered the possibility of a scenario where the whole universe is created for the sole benefit of a single real inhabitant, presumably oneself.

    He did a pretty bad job, you guys keep fucking around instead of worshiping me.

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