if you kick good out of the throne of your spirit,, another egregore appears to take his place choose your egregore wisely is what im saying none of us are free of divinities https://twitter.com/ARossP/status/989819610940747776 …
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Still, the way Peterson uses language here is nonsensical. Atheist are still humans, and therfore "religious creatures" in the broad sense, but to say that you can't be an atheist because of that is stupid provocative semantics.
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I'm willing to forgive his stretching of conventional semantics here. Atheism in the 21st century is definitely a kind of theism. It's a reaction against theistic institutions and beliefs. It's not an alternative to theism. It should really be labeled anti-theism.
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Strong v weak atheism Positive belief in no god vs lack of belief Seems like most(?) atheists in former camp Actually I think I was going off on the general case of this yesterday hm
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lack of belief is just a non-committal position. it's either apathy or agnosticism (in the conventional, not original sense). we have so many cultural fences in our minds that most people get to the border and set up a tent city rather than venture out into the unknown.
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fuck I'm doing the Tamarian thing again. sorry, will try to be less inscrutable.
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traditional theisms don't hold up under the glare of modern science. it's too much bullshit to swallow without either reforming your theism into just poetry or leaving behind you forever and positively exclaiming "NO SUCH THING".
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but that's just the first step on what ought to be a lifelong journey. the atheism egregore is a parasite that feeds on the minds of those who take the 1st step. it holds them hostage there and prevents them from developing meaningful belief systems of their own.
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to use Meaningness' inflected language: its a stage 4.5 nihilism trap
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