(August 30, 2021 at 12:37 am)Ahriman Wrote: This might be a little abstract, but I would argue all words/concepts are unsupported assertions, until they are argued for. So if you're willing to argue for the idea that there are planets, stars, moons, etc., then those things become real. Likewise, if you're willing to argue for the idea that there are gods, who created planets, stars, moons, etc., then gods become real.
This seems to be a uniquely theistic position, I've never seen an atheist paint themselves into a corner where they have to admit that if they're right, Santa Claus and leprechauns and shit made up on the spot are real.
As an aside, I'm enjoying religion at the moment, in a way (of course I already enjoy anime). I'm re-reading the Bible. It's much less traumatic this time now that I know the Hebrews didn't do nearly as much slaughtering of the innocent as they claimed to in their foundational myths. I can appreciate the aburdity this time around (like the lesser known plague of hemorrhoids against the Philistines and the five golden hemorrhoids they had to pay up to make it stop), and since I'm reading a Catholic version, there's several parts I haven't read before. Just finished Tobin, which I was previously completely unfamiliar with.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
