• TIL Satan is a genie.

    Also, in these games, the folks going for "more wishes" are shooting low. The only wish you need, which also defeats the monkey's paw, is "grant me omnipotence."

    But: this is Satan we're talking about. The Deciever, The Traitor. Not only is this a monkey-paw situation, but a Christian Satan is going to actively try to decieve you.

    I don't think I'd even trust his answer about whether there's a cost, so I'd pass on the winning lotto numbers, too.

    I'd say, "no thanks" and immediately convert to Catholicism, start going to church, and lead a clean life from here on out. If the orthodox Jews are right, I'm fucked anyway since my mother isn't a Jew, so Christianity is the best bet.

    • JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      I thought if Judaism is correct gentiles can avoid Gehennom (purgatory) by following the 7 noahide laws?

      • Dunno. I haven't studied it; all my info comes from informal conversations with a jewish friend of mine, a long time ago. I could also be misremembering what he said.

        It's something I would look into, if faced with confirmation of a judao-christian afterlife, especially if I could concurrently cover multiple bases. I'd look at Islam, as well; could be they're not mutually exclusive. I dread to think of how limited my diet would become... but faced with an ensured eternity in hell ¯\(ツ)

  • Gabu@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    Since it's impossible to determine whether any given answer is true or not, the logical course of action is to only ask question with observably objective answers. Examples:

    • What are the next lottery numbers?
    • Will it rain tomorrow?
    • Where was the exact location of Troy during the Greek war?

    Things like that.

    • tetris11@lemmy.ml
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      11 months ago
      • 1 67 8 10 5 (doesn't specify where)
      • Yes (doesn't specify where)
      • Gives you exact coordinates to a town called Troy in the US that existed during the Greek civil war of the 1950s
  • bestusername@aussie.zone
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    11 months ago

    Why is your father such a childish fuckwit?

    Why does he let you act equally/more powerful?

    Can I have an Audi RS6 Avant with unlimited fuel and tyres?

  • Birdie@thelemmy.club
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    11 months ago

    I wouldn't have any questions, just immediate concern.

    I'd start looking for the nearest mental health facility and check myself in due to having visual and auditory hallucinations.

    There is no devil.

    • Jerald@lemmy.ml
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      11 months ago

      Interesting, as an atheist I think the same way too, there is a greater probability that you are insane that there is for a Personal God existing, but I am not sure my attitude is the best, I mean, even if there was a real God and he came before me, I would count myself insane. i.e., Nothing can trump this argument if you believe in this, sounds a bit close minded to me, I don't know what the right way is either.

  • PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    How do I know it's the devil OP? Couldn't it be God or some other entity? How would I know?

    • JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      Well it looks and sounds like the stereotypical devil. But you're right, maybe it's not actually.