b_chocolatey @b_chocolatey@qoto.org
Taking a sabbatical from all social apps for the time being. Later, guys
Joined Nov 2022
@notthat_jc@mas.to hi! #Buddha #simulation
@atheistic_1@mastodon.social hi! #Bible
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@lack picking up the gauntlet: I am a pantheistic agnostic. I unironically believe that hard atheism is a heretical branch of Christianity.
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@lack if you ignore the improbability of literalist young-earth creationism and the miraculous described in the #Bible, you will find that it’s actually quite difficult to really rule out the existence of both a creator God and lesser “gods”, souls, ghosts, spirit ancestors. You are left both with the origins-of-the-Big-Bang problem (why is there something rather than nothing?) and the consciousness problem (why can I feel sensation, memory, reasoning, desire, fear, hate, love? Mechanical contraptions can’t have any of this)
@lack if you ignore the improbability of literalist young-earth creationism and the miraculous described in the #Bible, you will find that it’s actually quite difficult to really rule out the existence of both a creator God and lesser “gods”, souls, ghosts, spirit ancestors. You are left both with the origins-of-the-Big-Bang problem (why is there something rather than nothing?) and the consciousness problem (why can I feel sensation, memory, reasoning, desire, fear, hate, love? Mechanical contraptions can’t have any of this)
@lack Strict materialism: even if a “god” or “holt spirit” somehow existed without a physical body, it couldn’t part an ocean or even move a small pebble because it isn’t made of matter. (The theistic belief system handwaves that bit of magic by saying that the physical pebble was invented in God’s imagination before it existed in physical form. The #simulation always bends to the intervention of the underlying #OS operating system)
@lack Hard atheism is the belief that a non-physical world doesn’t exist, can’t exist in any meaningful sense, and is a childish fantasy.
@Ariellec @lack They got to the origin-of-death myth pretty fast, and they wrote a pretty unpleasant one. But other origin-of-death myths are pretty gruesome. In a Native American myth, apparently an owl-god decided that humans should have a limited lifespan to prevent overpopulation. And then the owl’s baby chickling was the first to die
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@b_chocolatey @lack but frankly also there are non-Abrahamic conceptions of god that are less punitive
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I'm so excited I've connected with so many cool #pagan #witch #Buddhist and #polytheist people on Mastodon already!
Just as a heads-up, my criteria for a followback are pretty low, but still existent: Just have a filled-out profile and post stuff that's relevant to my interests and doesn't appear to subscribe to any beliefs that I find abhorrent. I'm a queer anarcho-communist anti-fascist if that gives you any hints. Just having an introduction is okay so long as it looks like you'll be active here in the future.
Next up: Gonna look for people to follow from the @witches.live instance who are also coming over as part of the #twittermigration !
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#RobinaCourtin is a #Buddhist nun with great insight and wise words. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRxameKr/
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If you're interested in #Buddhism, and especially if you identify as #Buddhist, you might want to follow @ReadingFaithfully_org.
I've been subscribed for some time to Reading Faithfully's email, and look forward to receiving a daily extract from the Buddhist (Pāli) scriptures.
There's a monthly theme. This month's is giving (dāna) and generosity (cāga)
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Hi, I am Sven, interested in #Buddhist Philosophy, #Marxism, "programming" - it's more googling. Actually struggling with #d3 and #statistics. But working as an advertising copywriter (by accident). Enjoying books from #Tom_hillebrand Just reading #survival_of_the-richest, #the_nectar_of_manjusris_speech, #Bayesian_statistic_the_fun_way, #learn_d3 I lost a bit interest in drinking beer and doing intoxication, which sometimes worries me. Nice to meet you too. :) #introduction
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Inspirational Quote about Courage and Death
"The source of true courage in the face of possible death is...the recognition that what we essentially are transcends the limits of the person...gives us the courage to go beyond our individual person and needs."
- Rupert Spira (paraphrased)
#quotes #inspiration #courage #hope #transcendance #mysticism
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I'm impressed with the robustness of the mastodon-fediverse so far, under extreme duress.
kudos to the sysadmins
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Child sex predators don't hang out on Twitter, they become teachers. Macron should know this.
Taking a sabbatical from all social apps for the time being. Later, guys
Joined Nov 2022
