• Nusm@yall.theatl.socialEnglish
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    10 months ago

    When I was a little kid, I asked my grandfather what the bumps in the middle of the road (the reflectors) were for. He told me that it was so blind people could drive. It made perfect sense to me, and I believed that for longer than I should have!

  • Hanrahan@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Aside from the; obvious bullahit of relegion that you can figure out for yourself quite early … not to be a bully to get what you want. It’s near ubiquitous, from police to government, to wealthy people, business owners etc anyone with an asymmetric relationship gets what they want that way. As a boss, do what I want or I fire you and you starve etc etc.

    I still see them pedaling the same lies to children today, bullying and cowexison are linked to inextricably liked to what we call success we are fine with it, the weird part is the denial and lieing to kids about not being a bully .

    • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
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      10 months ago

      You’re allowed to be atheist of course, but do you have any more proof that there are no gods than they have that gods exist?

      EDIT: Y’all can have your opinion, no one’s questioning that. You’re allowed to believe there are no higher powers, but I’m not allowed my personal belief that there is?? Not one person has provided proof that there is no Higher Power. Grow up…

      • Squorlple@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Let’s start with clarifying an element of the question:

        Which characteristics define a god? Do these characteristics violate the laws of physics and/or internal logic? If these characteristics do not violate the laws of physics, then what aspects distinguish a god from a mundane or natural entity?

        Edit: I have since disavowed this instance

      • Isoprenoid@programming.devEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Careful, many online atheists don’t understand that they have to prove a negative. That they have to prove the assertion: “There is no god.”

        The default position is that there is yet insufficient evidence to draw a conclusion.

        Edit: Thank you for the downvotes, you have provided me with further evidence that online atheists don’t understand that they have to prove a negative. Your butthurt fuels me.

  • noisypine@infosec.pubEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Grandma adopted a puppy when I was probably 8 or 9. It got parvo. I remember going to her house and asking where the puppy was. She told me that he was sick, so he had to stay outside and I couldn’t go outside for the same reason. When I would ask where the puppy is, she would tell me that he’s on the side of the house where I couldn’t see him. This went on for a long time, I never saw the puppy again and eventually forgot about it entirely.

    A decade or two later I found out that my grandma had spent thousands of dollars trying to keep that puppy alive, but parvo took it anyways. She was very upset about it’s passing and instead of having me go through it too, she lied to me about it until I completely forgot about it.