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Re:The Most Terrifying Thought Experiment by ForHackernews on Friday July 18, 2014 @10:54AM (#8053330)
> then noncompliance is the only moral stance I can equably adopt towards such a being.

That's kind of a ridiculous position to take. If such an omnipotent being did exist, why would it care for your petty notions of human morality?

You're saying you'd subject yourself to endless torment in order to petulantly prove a point to a creature that might have no reason whatsoever to care.

It sounds like children threatening to hold their breath if their parents send them to bed.

Re:The Most Terrifying Thought Experiment by anigbrowl on Friday July 18, 2014 @02:12PM (#8054652)
By the terms of the problem, it cares a great deal - it's willing to torture you endlessly for your failure to adopt a particular moral belief at an earlier time. If we admit this possibility, then we need to propitiate every imaginable omnipotent being, just in case.