The atheism question -- "Is God/the gods actually there or not?" -- seems far less interesting and meaningful to me nowadays than the alatrism question -- "Is there any good reason to worship God/the gods, if they exist?" https://t.co/jVB3McHz9b
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And on the flip side there's plenty of people who go "If God is real I'm gonna spit in his face" Stories of people who've been through tragedy who say things like "I believe in God because it's easier to have someone to hate"
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It seems to me that being "religious" or not is a statement more about your emotional orientation, your attitude, the way you feel about the universe around you and the way things shake out and the fact that bad things happen to good people etc.
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The intellectual belief about what the facts of the matter are comes afterwards, as with most things, even if it doesn't always seem like it "Believing in God" is more about "I choose to act like things happen for a reason and end up working out for the best"
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Metaphysical and theological speculation is dumb. (The image quote is not a precise translation, but is a good paraphrase of Meditations 2.11, which given the passage of time and language barrier is not-inappropriate)pic.twitter.com/8nhnjG0K9Y
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