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Drew's Question 1: Why did God communicate through literature? Literature demands interpretation, leading to contradictory sects and suffering (e.g., JW blood transfusions). If God couldn't do better, he's not omnipotent; if he didn't know, not omniscient; if he didn't care, not omni-benevolent.

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Presenting Drew's argument — literature and the problem of evil

Drew structures his argument like Epicurus' trilemma applied to communication method. He uses JW blood transfusions as an example of interpretive disagreement causing suffering. Concludes that a tri-omni God wouldn't communicate through a medium prone to misinterpretation.
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4 Weird Questions That Should Not Make You an Atheist @ 00:01:35

2020-01-08

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