This whole silly tangent started with you saying "I don't believe in this, but...".Octavious wrote: ↑Thu Nov 03, 2022 7:50 am
That you have failed to understand the idea doesn't make it silly. There is one individual soul over which God cares deeply that lives many lives. It is a simple illustration that the universe can exist in a system that is fundamentally fair to all human souls. And if one such possible system exists there are almost certainly others that you may find more pleasing.
Why are you arguing from a position you don't believe in? If you don't think we actually are constantly rebirthed as the same soul while under a unitary god, why are you arguing in favor of it?!?
Just argue for what you really feel is how the world works, or establish some better point for this stupid hypothetical. And I would like to say the point you claim for it is very stupid. You've established "fairness" as just a random lottery while doing nothing at all to address the actual criticism of suffering, and then claim you figured out the solution to the problem with god being omni-belevont.
God is good and fair because hey, maybe in some other life, YOUR foot could be the neck of the peon instead of being a peon! In what meaningful way would I be me if my "soul" was in the body of someone who is nothing like me, has no memories of me, and is a massive asshole?!?
Well, maybe they can throw some bitchy one-liners out there. Hopefully that aspect of Doom stays eternal.