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[-] sxan@midwest.social 40 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] PatheticGroundThing@beehaw.org 8 points 6 months ago

Omnipotence without knowing how to control it could very easily instantly annihilate you, whether physically or mentally through complete ego death.

[-] Sombyr@lemmy.one 2 points 6 months ago

Omnipotence means you can do literally anything, and anything includes having perfect control of your powers without knowing how to use them. It also includes the ability to continue to interact and exist as an omnipotent being even if you were completely, utterly, 100% destroyed.

If you were omnipotent, you could just decide that every action you take will benefit you in some way and then, it doesn't matter what you do, you're doing the right thing. You could even just choose not to lose yourself in your newfound power.

You don't have to know how to do something to do it when you're omnipotent. You don't even have to know the option to do it exists to choose that option. Because omnipotence means the ability to do literally anything, even when it makes no logical sense.

Of course, none of this makes logical sense. It doesn't have to, because omnipotence isn't a scientific concept or anything. It's a word we chose to define in a contradictory way. It's like if we made a new word that means "somebody who can do things they're completely incapable of doing." Not even really a paradox so much as a word whose definition makes no sense.

The weirdest part to me is that an omnipotent being must, by necessity, have the ability to create a being with powers exceeding omnipotence. Something more powerful than them. But they must also have the ability to overpower their creation, otherwise there'd be something they can't do, and they would therefore not be omnipotent. That's just a mindboggling thing to think about.

[-] qooqie@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

This is the only true safe wish or questions. Nothing is pressing enough to ask just to get purposefully deceived and probably in such a way as to cause harm

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

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

[-] GCanuck@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

And here I thought the Jewish faith didn’t have an afterlife?

So much conflicting information in this religion thing. I think I’ll just avoid it all together.

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[-] TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 31 points 6 months ago

What is the simplest proof that P=NP?

Waht is the simplest complete unified model of physics?

How do I make you grant me unlimited wishes?

[-] scorpionix@feddit.de 16 points 6 months ago

Monkey's paw moment: Simply wish for unlimited wishes

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 6 months ago

Wish granted! Bam, you can now wish anything, as many times as you want, and it won't be any different!

[-] scorpionix@feddit.de 6 points 6 months ago

Except you missed the point.

They asked for the instruction as their third wish. They don't have any wishes left to wish for more.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 6 months ago

Only the post is about asking questions to the devil, not asking for wishes. Which would make no difference in the end, you can make all the wishes you want, there was never anything about making any of them coming true.

[-] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 9 points 6 months ago

Maybe add "that can be understood by most experts in the relevant field of study living today" to those questions, cause you might get something incomprehensible in the response.

[-] derekabutton@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

My first thought for the first one is that a malicious devil will just reply that n=1.

[-] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 months ago

"Satan has stopped responding. Would you like to force close?"

[-] MimicJar@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago
  1. What's the catch?

  2. So you'll just answer ANY three questions I have truthfully?

  3. Wait... Did those first two count?

[-] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

Are you the devil?

Really?

You?

[-] esc27@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
  1. What two questions could I ask you that would provide me with the best possible benefit in a way I would be happy with

  2. (And 3) those questions

[-] Blackout@kbin.social 16 points 6 months ago

Will you please fuck off and take the Trump voters with you?

[-] luthis@lemmy.nz 15 points 6 months ago

Can I really ask 3 whole questions? Oh ... two now? Fuck!! goddam. Ok, ummm... gotta be something real important, something impactful... Should I invest in Tesla?

[-] luthis@lemmy.nz 7 points 6 months ago

I should have just asked who has the hottest content on OnlyFans. At least I would have got something for my money.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 months ago

Lotto Numbers, Lotto Numbers, and, is God a jerk?

I feel like listening to the devil bitch about God for a few hours would be therapeutic.

[-] bestusername@aussie.zone 12 points 6 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?

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 18 points 6 months ago

I feel like the answer to the third question would be the pendantic, "you sure can!" answer.

[-] jack@hexbear.net 9 points 6 months ago
  1. is squirt pee?
  2. is squirt pee?
  3. is squirt pee?
[-] EVERGREEN@lemmy.one 5 points 6 months ago

At your core you know the answer to that question, and you are ok with it.

[-] orgrinrt@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Not sure what devil means here, but I suppose it doesn’t really matter which kind of devil it is exactly. It’s probably going to be very unhelpful or actively malicious on concrete or practical stuff anyway.

Would just ask stuff about them. How’d they come to be? Are there more of you? Are you limited to this planet, or does your influence extend beyond? Stuff like that.

[-] Gabu@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 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 7 points 6 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
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[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

"No thank you, you're smarter than I am and don't have my best interests in mind."

[-] lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

I'd ask why at least.

[-] Dio9sys@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 6 months ago
  1. Why are you offering this?
  2. Yo what's the deal with UFOs?
  3. Preferred hot dog recipe
[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 6 months ago

As is, the post doesn't specify whether the devil will answer truthfully or not. So, I suppose it's safe to say he'll just be a dick

  1. Which place in hell would my soul end up if I died right now?
  2. Can I take your place after I die?
  3. Which religion is your favorite?

So many people assuming The Devil would answer honestly.

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[-] uphillbothways@kbin.social 6 points 6 months ago

How'd you get in my house?
Would you please leave?
Who the fuck was that?

[-] FaceDeer@kbin.social 3 points 6 months ago

"Are you really the devil?" following up with "Really?", and "You?".

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[-] StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 6 months ago

TANSTAFL. What's the price?

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

What's TAnStafl? And there is no price

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

TANSTAAFL= There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago

Thanks Adam, Never Shoot Teradactyls Around A Frozen Lake

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[-] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 5 points 6 months ago

How do you cure aging, next years loto numbers, so, how is it in hell is it as bad as they say?

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[-] starlord@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

What is your name?

What is your quest?

What is your favorite color?

[-] Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 6 months ago

What's the deal with the fiddle?

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[-] Shambles@beehaw.org 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
  1. What are the winning numbers for the next big lottery?
  2. What companies should I Invest a big portion of winnings into to become the richest person in the world?
  3. What are the names of the specific people I will need to target to either befriend/influence/kill and, which do I need to befriend/influence/kill to take control of the planet?
[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

I'd probably squander these questions because if it's the Christian devil, I'm not sure whether or not to trust him or not.

  1. What's my name?

  2. What's your name?

  3. Did you know I'm asking these questions because I don't know whether or not to believe you?

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[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

I wouldn't mess with it, he can only lie anyway. Any knowledge you gained would only turn around and bite you, "monkey's paw" style.

[-] Extrasvhx9he 3 points 6 months ago

Noping the hell out of that situation. Hehe get it?

[-] ani@endlesstalk.org 2 points 6 months ago

Why does the universe or anything exist at all?

How will the universe end?

How did anything began existing?

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

If I can hold off then yeah like some others I would want to wait for a record breaking lottery and then get the numbers for the non record breaking one and then tell me how a technology that would be most beneficial for the planet while supplying mankind with all the energy it wants and I would sit on the last question.

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