# God 18.0 - Magnificent ... or Maleficent?

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Podcast: [Mark Devlin podcast/ radio interviews](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mark-devlin-podcast-radio-interviews-925636)
Published: 2025-07-31T18:59:43+00:00
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The workings of this creation - such as the movements of the sun and the moon - are very clever, and could be viewed as an example of the “majesty” of “God.” But is their accuracy not also consistent with this being a computer-coded simulation? Then consider the majesty of nature - mountains, hills, valleys, rivers, lakes. They look stupendous. But first off, they mask the horror show that will be going on behind the facade - the so-called “food chain” and all the brutality and cruelty that brings. And if nature is so “majestic” and perfect, why do so-called “acts of God” like earthquakes occur? What “lessons” does an earthquake teach to a family who loses a couple of its small children to one in the middle of the night?

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