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  • ApeNo1@lemm.eetoScience Memes@mander.xyzGolden
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    2 months ago

    Later that evening at the local tavern.

    “So then when it fails for the third time, he drinks a cup of acid, tips his hat to the crowd, and then collapses.”

    “Haha! That’s gold!”

    The tavern falls silent.














  • ApeNo1@lemm.eetoAtheist Memes@lemmy.worldPenn Jillette on religion
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    6 months ago

    “a connectedness to, and humbleness before the mystery of, the universe”

    This is the same rationale Stephen Colbert used when debating Ricky Gervais making the same point above. Yes, similar ideas may come back and people may invent new deities to direct this emotional response towards as humans have done in the past, but it is not observable and/or measurable fact. There is no evidence that any of these created deities are real, but the science of human behaviours in such a experiment may show that humans will always create religions to deal with the overwhelming response of appreciating the improbable notion that your conscious self exists.