@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 5 months ago"We don't have gods where I come from," said Twoflower.message-square80fedilinkarrow-up120file-text
arrow-up120message-square"We don't have gods where I come from," said Twoflower.@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 5 months agomessage-square80fedilinkfile-text
“You do, you know,” said The Lady. “Everyone has gods. You just don’t think they’re gods.” - Terry Pratchett
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoNope, I don’t have a religion. That is a lie. Lying about me having a religion will not make it true.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoGood thing it’s not a lie then. You’re a religious realist.
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoI have no idea what a “religious realist” is, but it’s not me even if you keep lying about it. You don’t actually know what I believe and this attempt at gaslighting me is not going to work.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoIt’s someone who believes in reality. That’s not you?
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoSorry, asking me if I believe what you declare I believe will not gaslight me into believing it either. I don’t know what you define as reality. I doubt I believe in what you define as reality, but I could also be wrong about that.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoAn objectively extant universe which we experience
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoWe? How do I know you experience the same universe I do? How do I know you even exist?
Nope, I don’t have a religion. That is a lie. Lying about me having a religion will not make it true.
You have a religion.
Repeating a lie does not make it true.
Good thing it’s not a lie then. You’re a religious realist.
I have no idea what a “religious realist” is, but it’s not me even if you keep lying about it. You don’t actually know what I believe and this attempt at gaslighting me is not going to work.
It’s someone who believes in reality. That’s not you?
Sorry, asking me if I believe what you declare I believe will not gaslight me into believing it either.
I don’t know what you define as reality. I doubt I believe in what you define as reality, but I could also be wrong about that.
An objectively extant universe which we experience
We? How do I know you experience the same universe I do?
How do I know you even exist?