"religion" vs "atheism" is a far less useful dichotomy than "G-d-fearing" and "G-dless"
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Replying to @kilovh
hm i think i understand this maybe are all atheists g-dless?
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Replying to @eigenrobot
The intention is that whereas religion and atheism have other connotations, including the institutional, philosophical, and cultural, "G-dlessness" means something like me, my will, and/or my understanding are sovereign in my life and ultimately unaccountable.
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Replying to @kilovh
and g-d-fearing implies awareness of external sovereignty . . . of some kind?
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Replying to @eigenrobot
Yes. "External" an important word here - unmanipulable. A standard by which I can be judged and lose. And "sovereign" means I would accept the judgement, because I have to.
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Replying to @kilovh @eigenrobot
A more sociological version, perhaps: a G-dless man feels neither shame nor guilt. The former, because he can always at least in theory seize the judging society and remake it. The latter, because he is sovereign over his conscience...
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Replying to @kilovh
timothy mcveigh went to the chair reading Invictuspic.twitter.com/frNPDnl92h
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ive never read him
i see what you mean though
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