MindTraveller@lemmy.ca to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago"We don't have gods where I come from," said Twoflower.message-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up119file-text
arrow-up119message-square"We don't have gods where I come from," said Twoflower.MindTraveller@lemmy.ca to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square50fedilinkfile-text
“You do, you know,” said The Lady. “Everyone has gods. You just don’t think they’re gods.” - Terry Pratchett
minus-squareTwodozeneggs@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoI take it more like that the emperor that twoflower serves is their god, they just call him emperor instead
minus-squareMindTraveller@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoYeah, exactly. Capitalism and the state are also gods. This sort of thing is, I hear, explored very deeply in Terry’s friend Neil’s book American Gods.
minus-squareShou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoDoes he? I suppose he does. Being an economist on the counterweight continent.
I take it more like that the emperor that twoflower serves is their god, they just call him emperor instead
Yeah, exactly. Capitalism and the state are also gods. This sort of thing is, I hear, explored very deeply in Terry’s friend Neil’s book American Gods.
Does he? I suppose he does. Being an economist on the counterweight continent.