• Colonel Sanders@lemmy.world
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      Came in here to mention Pascal’s wager as well. Though the argument isn’t so much to fool God as it is to basically slowly convert someone out of habit so it’s more like “fool weak minded people with this one simple trick” lol

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    Can you imagine some dudes taking this literally and walking around with religious gear of literally every cult because “why not” lol

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    What have I got to lose? My mental freedom and my sanity. Those are kinda precious to me.

    Also I decline to wear a metal colander on my head.

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      Heretic! may your pasta always boil either too soft and mushy or hard and chewy but never al dente again.

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      Thats okay friend, do not allow the colander wearing heathens into your mind and heart. All true faithful know that the only proper grab is that of the pirate.

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    I watched the latest Pete Holmes special on Netflix and it was largely hilarious, but his section around atheism was misguided. I think he (and perhaps many others) have a misconception of what I (and perhaps many atheists) think.

    It’s not that I believe there definitely isn’t any concept of a god or gods or supernatural blob creature outside of space and time that we cannot fathom, it’s that the ones we’ve so fathomed so far are clearly man-made fiction.

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      I saw the same thing and had a similar thought. A lot of it comes down to a misunderstanding of the vocabulary. Implicit Atheism =/= Explicit Atheism =/= Agnosticism =/= Apathesim. Admittedly there are a lot of folks who say they are Atheists that are really kinda not Atheists at all b.c. they don’t understand the words and never bothered to learn.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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    I can always ask forgiveness on my deathbed and score points with the Christian version of God if he exists.

    I dunno wtf I could do if any other gods turn out to be real; none of them have loopholes like Christianity… Maybe Dionysis would think I’m cool and allow me into Elysium. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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    Image Transcription: Meme


    A meme depicting a flying spaghetti monster. The background is a city scene with a dark blue sky and black silhouette buildings. The weather is foggy and cloudy. The meme text reads

    Top text: WHY NOT BELIEVE, JUST IN CASE?

    Bottom text: WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE?