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liminal 🦠 liminal@gitcitadel.com 4 months ago

For me, these questions seem to be more productive than whether there is or isn't a god - what larger processes are you participating in, what are you perpetuating? What steps can you engage with to stop perpetuating things you fundamentally disagree with? There is or isn't a god, and I may or may not be wrong about knowing this. Does being right and then sitting down with a grin about being right actually change anything? Better to find a set of belief systems that I actually align with and perpetuate them.

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DRE shss@nostrplebs.com 4 months ago

I agree that living out your values matters, but the God question isn’t just abstract philosophy. If God exists, then He’s the source of those values, and there are real moral obligations that flow from that. If He doesn’t, then morality is just preference, and there’s no ultimate accountability. So the God question actually determines which belief systems are true and worth perpetuating, and whether our actions have eternal significance or just temporary impact.

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liminal 🦠 liminal@gitcitadel.com 4 months ago

If God exists, and is the source of all absolute values, I think its more effective for the masses to have a path to intrinsically understand said values rather than a top down imposition of them. Participating in systems that perpetuate these beliefs and values ultimately is how others will continue to believe, and ultimately staying aligned with my values.

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