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← God is limited in power, which explains why there is so much suffering.

17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 23 Oct 1656 to 2 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Everything filed under public debt public debt Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: God is limited in power, which explains why there is so much suffering. God is limited in power, which explainswhy there is so much suffering. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 PG Philip Goff — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Rulers may not take life as freely as God, because though they are God's ministers they are only men — tap to centre the map on it Rulers may not take life as freelyas God, because though they areGod's ministers they are only men Last stated 370 years ago 23 Oct 1656 BP Blaise Pascal — holds since 1656-10-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Adults are too weak to enjoy repetition, though God perhaps is not — tap to centre the map on it Adults are too weak to enjoyrepetition, though God perhaps isnot GC G. K. Chesterton — holds since c. 1908 — tap for who they are Same subject: The idea of God is only of use if it makes us larger, freer and more loving; otherwise discard it — tap to centre the map on it The idea of God is only of use if itmakes us larger, freer and moreloving; otherwise discard it JB James Baldwin — holds since c. 1962–1963 — tap for who they are Same subject: If God is like the moral law, then God is not soft — tap to centre the map on it If God is like the moral law, thenGod is not soft CL C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1941–1952 — tap for who they are Same subject: If God exists humans are slaves, and since they must be free, God does not exist — tap to centre the map on it If God exists humans are slaves, andsince they must be free, God doesnot exist MB Mikhail Bakunin — holds since c. 1870–1876 — tap for who they are Same subject: Religion is powerful enough that we should try to understand it in all its complexity — tap to centre the map on it Religion is powerful enough that weshould try to understand it in allits complexity DD Daniel Dennett — holds since c. 2006 — tap for who they are Same subject: What is inhuman cannot be divine, so slavery cannot be God's institution — tap to centre the map on it What is inhuman cannot be divine, soslavery cannot be God's institution Last stated 174 years ago 5 Jul 1852 FD Frederick Douglass — holds since 1852-07-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Many things only worked because there is a limit to the rate at which humans can operate. — tap to centre the map on it Many things only worked becausethere is a limit to the rate atwhich humans can operate. Last stated 4 weeks ago 2 Oct 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate's political success isincreasingly disconnected from theiractual record of accomplishment. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate. — tap to centre the map on it A central bank can eliminate aself-fulfilling ('sunspot') debtcrisis simply by credibly committingto buy as many bonds as needed atthe low interest rate. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jun 2022 OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it A government debt crisis ismeasurable and therefore visiblewell in advance; the diagnostic ismechanical rather than a matter ofjudgement. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending. — tap to centre the map on it A government's debt dynamics are ahousehold's or a company's, exceptthat it can print money and tax --and those two powers are what changethe ending. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run on truth only if its leader deeply desires it and rules with a firm hand rather than by democracy. — tap to centre the map on it A company can run on truth only ifits leader deeply desires it andrules with a firm hand rather thanby democracy. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Mar 2025 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not a democracy: every voice should be heard and then one person decides, and the decision should not be the popular one. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not a democracy: everyvoice should be heard and then oneperson decides, and the decisionshould not be the popular one. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A conversation needs several legitimate voices; if the people has only one, democracy becomes dictation — tap to centre the map on it A conversation needs severallegitimate voices; if the people hasonly one, democracy becomesdictation YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are
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At the centre God is limited in power, which explains why there is so much suffering. Last stated 22 Sept 2026 · a month ago Holds Philip Goff Read this korrent →