(April 19, 2018 at 6:53 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Psh, so unamerican. Why have one when you can have as many as you want? Microtargeted gods...down to inanely hilarious specifics. As many as the stars in the sky.
Jeff, the god of biscuits that hit a dirty floor -after- you've put honey on them; but decide to eat anyway....on even numbered tuesdays that aren't rainy.
-repeat ad infinitum.
You'd think that a god or gods would have a targeted marketing ability more efficient and pervasive than what Facebook offers advertisers.
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For my money, any mono-deity that, for whatever reason, isn't atomic (I find the standard issue answer of "god created everything out of an abundance of love" to be incredibly weak) would have to exhibit simplicity and efficiency that exudes elegance. The Judeo-Christian god, with all of its petty, earthly concerns, with all of its resets and do-overs, all of its waste, all of its convolutions (the entire sin/redemption via blood sacrifice of a proxy/hell setup) is pretty obviously the invention of ancient people tripping over themselves to justify their lot in life, while also attempting to convince themselves that, no, they're actually the chosen ones, and the people who oppressed them will get what they deserve in the end.
