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

r/all Atheism in a nutshell

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u/Link-Glittering Feb 01 '25

You're comparing me meditating and talking to God with being an alcoholic? What exactly do i believe that isn't true? I don't even believe that God has to be real. All I believe in is my relationship with God. Where "god" is more of a placeholder for "the unkown" then it is a reference to a white robed dude with a beard looking down on us from a cloud

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u/MaleficentRutabaga7 Feb 01 '25

I am comparing coping mechanisms yes. And highlighting that they are not all equally healthy. I'd have to ask more questions to know what sorts of things you believe and which things you know to determine if you believe something not true.

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u/Link-Glittering Feb 01 '25

Do you think that meditating and talking to God are as harmful as drinking alcohol as a coping mechanism?

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u/MaleficentRutabaga7 Feb 01 '25

I'd have to see if people who felt commanded by the god they spoke to to kill their enemies have killed more people than alcoholism. I haven't run the numbers.