an_onanist@lemmy.world to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoSure all primitive societies create a supernatural belief system, but mine is true.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1320arrow-down19
arrow-up1311arrow-down1imageSure all primitive societies create a supernatural belief system, but mine is true.lemmy.worldan_onanist@lemmy.world to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square20linkfedilink
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoa “religion” is just a very elaborate model that’s used to describe and predict the world at some point. we’ve replaced theology with theory, but the core concept stays the same.
minus-squarean_onanist@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoExcept that theory has been proven effective and theology is guesswork of desert peasants.
minus-squarezalgotext@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoHey c’mon now, that’s erasure of the plains peasants, the forest peasants, the mountain peasants, the island peasants, and the swamp peasants
a “religion” is just a very elaborate model that’s used to describe and predict the world at some point. we’ve replaced theology with theory, but the core concept stays the same.
Except that theory has been proven effective and theology is guesswork of desert peasants.
Hey c’mon now, that’s erasure of the plains peasants, the forest peasants, the mountain peasants, the island peasants, and the swamp peasants