MindTraveller@lemmy.ca to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago"We don't have gods where I come from," said Twoflower.message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up120file-text
arrow-up120message-square"We don't have gods where I come from," said Twoflower.MindTraveller@lemmy.ca to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square79fedilinkfile-text
“You do, you know,” said The Lady. “Everyone has gods. You just don’t think they’re gods.” - Terry Pratchett
minus-squareBarbarian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 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 Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 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.