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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Wait, why is an asshole move? He figured out a way to figure out who ought to be rewarded for all eternity after a moment's existence, that's pretty amazing. Think how much of art etc is grappling with the concept of death or non-existence. God instead figured out, "hey, here's a way to sift through a bunch of people with free will and temptation and reward the good ones for all eternity." I'd be impressed!
I mean, I agree but only because I think you're not using the word you mean. (Masochist enjoys harming themselves, you probably mean sociopath or somesuch.) And yeah, I think you'd have to be a masochist to create this potential for infinite reward and then have ungrateful snots running around bitching about a temporary inconvenience.
Why would God create a system to "figure out who ought to be rewarded" when he already knows that information? He's omniscient, he knew that information since the beginning of time, no system required.
If he needs to create this system, he is not omniscient.
If he chooses to create this system anyway, including creation of childhood cancer and starving puppies, then he is evil.
Of course I meant sadistic, you're right. I guess my coffee was bad.
As for the rest of your answer, I don't understand why you show understanding toward a being that had every opportunity, and it explicitly chose to play a cosmic game that seems to serve no purpose other than its own amusement.
But George Carlin said it best: