In this situation, I could see it being done in order to announce that you have the power to alter reality on a whim, and really need people to get with the program.

So I would say it would depend on your other intentions, as if you have the creative power that is chested, you could easily bring someone back to life and place them in another scenario until they actually understand what you're trying to tell them.

I don't have enough information to ascertain whether or not the omnipotent being is evil or just a prankster.

[–] pixelscript@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Why do you have to "announce" your capabilities to beings you designed? Why do you have to onboard them to your "program" at all? If you truly are omnipotent, simply make beings that already know, and are already with the program. Assuming that is indeed what you want, why would you do anything else?

Are you throwing in extra steps for your own amusement? Just as a prank? Why? You're omniscient. You already know how it ends. What's amusing about it?

You are either toying with beings you created to be non-accepting and deliberately presenting conditions that won't convince them, or you're lacking one or both of omnipotence or omniscience.

An argument straight from the edgy teen atheist textbook, sure, but nonetheless one I have yet to see a compelling rebuttal for.

[–] Cranakis@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But, by your argument, you do have enough evidence to rule out benevolence, no?

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

No not really, my friends and I fuck with each other all the time, but we never do permanent harm or majorly inconvience each other.

If I could just snap my fingers and rewrite reality, I'd totally put those closest to me through a haunted mansion to be just by a serial killer, maybe even have them die a couple of times as a joke...

Then I'd bring them back to life and we'd go to the planet of nymphomaniacs to laugh it off over a few ambrosial liqours and impossibly large breasted company.

"You really had me going with the whole Saw trap, but then when I cut off my leg to escape the trap you changed my biology so that I could just re-attach it. Such a kidder."