@MindTraveller@lemmy.ca to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months ago"We don't have gods where I come from," said Twoflower.message-square80fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square"We don't have gods where I come from," said Twoflower.@MindTraveller@lemmy.ca to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square80fedilinkfile-text
“You do, you know,” said The Lady. “Everyone has gods. You just don’t think they’re gods.” - Terry Pratchett
minus-square@Barbarian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoThere are plenty of new age wuwu types that do define reality as a god. If I thought they had any legitimacy I wouldn’t be an atheist, but the core idea is that we essentially exist as constructs within the imagination of this god.
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglish3•4 months agoSo basically simulation theory without the computer. Or I guess solipsism, but you’re not the one who exists.
There are plenty of new age wuwu types that do define reality as a god. If I thought they had any legitimacy I wouldn’t be an atheist, but the core idea is that we essentially exist as constructs within the imagination of this god.
So basically simulation theory without the computer. Or I guess solipsism, but you’re not the one who exists.