• felixwhynot@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    I’m just posting because I noticed that the W in “your whole life” is an upside down M. Goddamn typomania got me again!

  • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    What if the lie is something totally not related to religion, like you aren’t a total loser and your friends really do love you and you are smart and capable?".

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      15 days ago

      You do realize that your comment, “The completely unrealized irony” works both ways here, right? The person making the unsubstantiated “what if”… the person mocking the person making the unsubstantiated “what if”. There is no certainty. In the case of the church worker, it is her faith compels her to address her suggestion to the faithless… just as much it is your faith that her’s is wrong that lets you join this party.

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            13 days ago

            If they are a typical Christian, their theology has falsifiable claims. Unless they are some kind of Unitarian. So, it does not require faith to know they are wrong about their faith.

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              12 days ago

              You appear to have a great deal of faith in your own ability to read what’s happening in another’s mind and heart. Eg… you have no idea what elements of any particular religion a person considers relevant to their memberships.

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                12 days ago

                If people follow an organized religion I do assume they accept, or at least don’t outwardly reject, the tenants of that theology. So, it is functionally identical to me, if not to their own internal monologue.

                So, sure I’m assuming a complex, spectrum-based identity as a binary, uniform contract. However, this is probably just a defence mechanism from living amongst the crazy ones for too long.

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    15 days ago

    All mental constructs are “lies” in that it’s our vision of the world imposed on reality. What is a chair? For us is a structure we can sit on, for the universe or the rest of species on this planet, it’s just a piece of thing, and even wood is a constructed concept