MindTraveller@lemmy.ca to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago"We don't have gods where I come from," said Twoflower.message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square"We don't have gods where I come from," said Twoflower.MindTraveller@lemmy.ca to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square79fedilinkfile-text
“You do, you know,” said The Lady. “Everyone has gods. You just don’t think they’re gods.” - Terry Pratchett
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoNope, I don’t have a religion. That is a lie. Lying about me having a religion will not make it true.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoRepeating a lie does not make it true.
minus-squareMindTraveller@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoGood thing it’s not a lie then. You’re a religious realist.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI have no idea what a “religious realist” is, but it’s not me even if you keep lying about it. You don’t actually know what I believe and this attempt at gaslighting me is not going to work.
minus-squareMindTraveller@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoIt’s someone who believes in reality. That’s not you?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoSorry, asking me if I believe what you declare I believe will not gaslight me into believing it either. I don’t know what you define as reality. I doubt I believe in what you define as reality, but I could also be wrong about that.
minus-squareMindTraveller@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoAn objectively extant universe which we experience
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoWe? How do I know you experience the same universe I do? How do I know you even exist?
Nope, I don’t have a religion. That is a lie. Lying about me having a religion will not make it true.
You have a religion.
Repeating a lie does not make it true.
Good thing it’s not a lie then. You’re a religious realist.
I have no idea what a “religious realist” is, but it’s not me even if you keep lying about it. You don’t actually know what I believe and this attempt at gaslighting me is not going to work.
It’s someone who believes in reality. That’s not you?
Sorry, asking me if I believe what you declare I believe will not gaslight me into believing it either.
I don’t know what you define as reality. I doubt I believe in what you define as reality, but I could also be wrong about that.
An objectively extant universe which we experience
We? How do I know you experience the same universe I do?
How do I know you even exist?