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Big Hubris
Mar 8, 2011


Most Agnostics I know have a mystical belief system that they just don't engage or talk about for lack of trusted spiritual authorities, making them basically "soft" deists.

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Big Hubris
Mar 8, 2011


Woolie Wool posted:

I find it kind of ironic and amusing that nerd atheist communities are so steeped in science fiction and fantasy, both of which employ a mythic mode of storytelling to spin tales of a quasi-religious nature and evoke feelings of divinity.

Myth and mysticism are key human drives. It's far worse when they author statements of a-myth and a-mysticism. It is among the worst things to see a novel written by someone that presents their personal aspirational politic as absolute truth. It just seems like certain people walk the labyrinth and brick it up behind them, taking the straight and winding path that makes them like a figurative Minotaur.

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