an_onanist@lemmy.world to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoSure all primitive societies create a supernatural belief system, but mine is true.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1368
arrow-up1368imageSure all primitive societies create a supernatural belief system, but mine is true.lemmy.worldan_onanist@lemmy.world to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square25linkfedilink
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoa “religion” is just a very elaborate model that’s used to describe and predict the world at some point. we’ve replaced theology with theory, but the core concept stays the same.
minus-squarean_onanist@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoExcept that theory has been proven effective and theology is guesswork of desert peasants.
minus-squarezalgotext@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoHey c’mon now, that’s erasure of the plains peasants, the forest peasants, the mountain peasants, the island peasants, and the swamp peasants
a “religion” is just a very elaborate model that’s used to describe and predict the world at some point. we’ve replaced theology with theory, but the core concept stays the same.
Except that theory has been proven effective and theology is guesswork of desert peasants.
Hey c’mon now, that’s erasure of the plains peasants, the forest peasants, the mountain peasants, the island peasants, and the swamp peasants