MindTraveller@lemmy.ca to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago"We don't have gods where I come from," said Twoflower.message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-square"We don't have gods where I come from," said Twoflower.MindTraveller@lemmy.ca to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square79fedilinkfile-text
“You do, you know,” said The Lady. “Everyone has gods. You just don’t think they’re gods.” - Terry Pratchett
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 month agoHow is reality a god? It’s not a being. It has no intelligence or agency. I can’t think of a definition of god that “reality” would fit. Parvos Granum My searching tells me that this is a character in a video game, which is a weird thing to reference when talking about actual beliefs.
minus-squareMindTraveller@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month ago@Darkenfolk@dormi.zone is from dormi.zone, the warframe instance. I was talking to Darkenfolk in language I knew they would understand.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month agoMaybe broaden your references for your entire audience next time. And a fictional character’s beliefs doesn’t support your argument regardless of who would understand it.
minus-squareMindTraveller@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoI thought we were talking about Discworld.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoSo none of this thread is about actual real human beings and what they believe? Seems like there would be a more appropriate community in that case.
minus-squareMindTraveller@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoThere’s no such thing as real human beings, humanity is a social construct.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month agoPlease take your meds.
minus-squareMindTraveller@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoInsulting someone by insinuating psychosis. You religious fundamentalists are all the same.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month agoI don’t know if you have psychosis, but you think reality isn’t real which is pretty much a basic definition of not being right in the head.
How is reality a god? It’s not a being. It has no intelligence or agency. I can’t think of a definition of god that “reality” would fit.
My searching tells me that this is a character in a video game, which is a weird thing to reference when talking about actual beliefs.
@Darkenfolk@dormi.zone is from dormi.zone, the warframe instance. I was talking to Darkenfolk in language I knew they would understand.
Maybe broaden your references for your entire audience next time.
And a fictional character’s beliefs doesn’t support your argument regardless of who would understand it.
I thought we were talking about Discworld.
So none of this thread is about actual real human beings and what they believe?
Seems like there would be a more appropriate community in that case.
There’s no such thing as real human beings, humanity is a social construct.
Please take your meds.
Insulting someone by insinuating psychosis. You religious fundamentalists are all the same.
I don’t know if you have psychosis, but you think reality isn’t real which is pretty much a basic definition of not being right in the head.