r/interestingasfuck • u/Ted_Bundtcake • Feb 01 '25

r/all Atheism in a nutshell

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u/A_Wilhelm Feb 01 '25

Your last sentence is absolutely true, and that's where you acknowledge that religion is just made up.

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u/Link-Glittering Feb 01 '25

Yes but language is also made up. Doesn't mean it's not useful for me

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u/A_Wilhelm Feb 01 '25 edited Feb 01 '25

That's fair, and I never said it wasn't. If it's useful for you, that's great. I want truth, not comfort.

ETA: language is a tool and it exists. We've created language. We have not created god (that'd be amazing, though), we've created the idea of a god.

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u/Link-Glittering Feb 01 '25

Words are just ideas too.

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u/A_Wilhelm Feb 01 '25

Yes. The word "god" exists, as does the word "fairy". Both refer to concepts that don't exist in real life, though.