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Hard Problem of Theism

The Problem of Divine Hiddenness: If a perfectly loving, omnipotent God exists who desires a relationship with all people, why is God's existence not universally obvious and undeniable? The ambiguity of the world, the prevalence of non-belief among sincere seekers, and the reliance on faith (which implies a lack of direct knowledge) seem inconsistent with a loving deity's goals. A hidden God might be plausible for a deistic watchmaker, but for a personal, intervening God of love, the hiddenness is paradoxical. It suggests either God is not all-powerful (can't reveal clearly), not all-loving (doesn't want to), or we are misunderstanding the divine nature entirely.
Example: A child dies praying for a miracle that never comes. A theologian says, "God's ways are mysterious." The grieving parent asks, "Why make the way of basic recognition so mysterious first?" If a human parent hid from their lost, crying child to "test their love," we'd call it cruelty. The hard problem: Theistic explanations for hiddenness (e.g., to preserve free will, to build character) seem grossly disproportionate to the resulting oceans of suffering, doubt, and misdirected worship. A God who could end all sincere existential confusion with a wink chooses instead a world where most of humanity worships conflicting, man-made images of Him. Hard Problem of Theism.
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Bring a dictionary and a thesaurus

You need to look up the definition of words as well as the homonyms and synonyms of words.
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Time Has Not Been Kind To These Celebs

that ad we get on urban dictionary that has that ugly cringy woman in the picture. but if you think about it it is true time really hasnt been giving a shit about these people
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