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schopenhauer1 October 11, 2021 at 11:40 4000 views 17 comments
Who here thinks that if they question the "game of life" that god setup and call god immoral, that they will be cursed by that very same god for calling him immoral? I am just wondering how deep-rooted people's superstitions go.. I suspect even atheist-types have some deep-rooted superstitions.. Perhaps a feature of human life even, but certainly institutionalized and redistributed en masse under religion. Yaweh seems very pissy, and doesn't like being called immoral.. He has "things" in mind for little peons who call out the king....

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180 Proof October 11, 2021 at 19:58 #605948
'Aligning expectations with reality' (being absurdist) tends to reduce foolery (misery) and thereby optimizes agency (well-being). Raised and schooled a monotheist (Roman Catholic) by customary superstition, for decades since I've been an antitheist (pandeist) by reason. A happy Sisyphus who sings the blues. :death: :flower:
Tom Storm October 11, 2021 at 20:15 #605958
Quoting 180 Proof
A happy Sisyphus who sings the blues. :death: :flower:


That's wonderful and sounds likes a fitting statement for a grave marker.

Quoting schopenhauer1
. I suspect even atheist-types have some deep-rooted superstitions..


The only thing atheists have in common is one thing - a lack of belief in God. Some may also believe superstitions.

Quoting schopenhauer1
Who here thinks that if they question the "game of life" that god setup and call god immoral, that they will be cursed by that very same god for calling him immoral?


I personally lack a sensus divinitatis so I have never held a belief in any kind of supervisory being or higher consciousness. Humans are driven to make meaning so it's hardly surprising that along the way we've created any number of fantastical creatures - trolls and elves and fairies and spirits and gods.
_db October 11, 2021 at 20:37 #605962
Reply to schopenhauer1 There are good reasons to believe that YHWH is actually Yaldabaoth the Demiurge, a malevolent deceiver-god that wants you to think he is all-powerful and has to capacity to send you to Hell for all eternity if you don't follow his rules to the letter. Turns out, you are already in Hell and Yaldabaoth is trying to keep you in it...don't drink the [s]kool-aid[/s] holy water! Escape the cycle! No kids either!
Wheatley October 11, 2021 at 20:47 #605967
Quoting schopenhauer1
Who here thinks that if they question the "game of life"

"The game of life" refers to a cellular automaton created by John Horton Conway. Since you are obviously not talking about the cellular automation, nobody really knows what you are talking about.
180 Proof October 11, 2021 at 20:51 #605971
Reply to Wheatley :lol: :up:
Janus October 11, 2021 at 21:04 #605979
Quoting darthbarracuda
Yaldabaoth the Demiurge,


The flawed creator deity of the Gnostics is so much more lovable than Yahweh; since we can insult him with impunity.
TheMadFool October 11, 2021 at 23:12 #606012
Quoting schopenhauer1
game of life


I find this analogy - life as a game - perfect; it's hidden in plain sight. See Simulation Hypothesis. Also, Video Games. It's not that much of a stretch to now think of God as the game (of life) developer/designer. We're all in His world, we have to play by His rules, there are quests & side quests with minibosses, superbosses and then a final boss (Algos/Thanatos). Ouch! Anti....natalism!

What about online avatars???
frank October 12, 2021 at 00:50 #606034
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Hanover October 12, 2021 at 03:12 #606076
Quoting Wheatley
The game of life" refers to a cellular automaton created by John Horton Conway. Since you are obviously not talking about the cellular automation, nobody really knows what you are talking about.


That's what you think of when you think of the game of life? We must have had very different childhoods.User image
Wheatley October 12, 2021 at 03:13 #606077
Reply to Hanover That doesn't seem like such a terrible game!
180 Proof October 12, 2021 at 04:30 #606094
[i]"Clap along
if you feel
like a room without a roof" ...[/i]

Reply to frank :clap: :fire:

baker October 12, 2021 at 08:51 #606149
Reply to frank I despise this song. It helped turn "happiness" into a status symbol.

"See, I'm happy. Therefore, I'm better than you, so I can spit on you."
baker October 12, 2021 at 09:04 #606155
Quoting schopenhauer1
Who here thinks that if they question the "game of life" that god setup and call god immoral, that they will be cursed by that very same god for calling him immoral?


Well, there was a time when I would here and there have nightmares about going to hell, punished by God eternally. It's been a while since the last one.


But I'm not sure such fear of divine punishment is what drives many people's (desire for) procreation and their efforts to maintain the worldly status quo. Those seem to be more about the fear of not fitting in.

Also, sensual pleasures do have some allure to them. One cannot give up on them easily.
Josh Alfred October 12, 2021 at 10:32 #606180
Reply to schopenhauer1 If you would have asked that to me when I was a teenager, I would have said that I thought that. So YES I have thought that and taken it literally. Now, I am on such terms with "creator figures" that I would never take the Biblical version too seriously. Why isn't Sean Murray , creator of procedural generated universes, deified? "He should be," is quite preposterous. He is just a creative being, just as most intelligent beings are. LOL
frank October 12, 2021 at 20:49 #606385
Quoting 180 Proof
Clap along
if you feel
like a room without a roof" ...


I love that line
frank October 12, 2021 at 20:52 #606388
Quoting baker
See, I'm happy. Therefore, I'm better than you, so I can spit on you."


I generally do spit on people who aren't as happy as I am, but I can't spit very far and it just lands on my t-shirt and then I'm sad.
180 Proof October 12, 2021 at 20:52 #606389
Reply to frank :smirk: