And you know what, that might just very well be true if we’re talking about some supernatural force that is indifferent to its creations, not out of malice, but because it simply is truly neutral.

But as evidence for the religious capital ‘G’ God, the one who communicates and plans every little detail because he loves us so much? What is the point of these “subtle” proofs that took thousands of years to be studied and recorded when he has shown that he can just pop up anywhere or perform miracles and whatever the fuck.

It is no coincidence that the vast majority, possibly 99%, of devout religious people do not give a shit about using math to explain god because it’s all proven in their holy books. It is no coincidence that the “empirical” evidence is, in reality, just pointing at the existence of features and concepts of math and science rather than utilizing said features and concepts to prove the existence of god. And no, philosophical musings about morality using the language of mathematical proofs does not count as utilizing math and science (literally, all the axioms in these types of "proofs" are subjective shit like "bad" and "good" and not, say, the difference between 1 and 0).

And I didn’t even want to make a post dunking on religion, but I’m irritated because YouTube recommended some dumbass video by a channel called “Reformed Zoomer” and one of the arguments is “there is an infinite range of numbers between two numbers, and if we turn those numbers into letters, then every book possible has already been written. Checkmate atheoids”. https://youtu.be/z0hxb5UVaNE?si=RpjF6S0fHiF71iH-

  • Wheaties [she/her]
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    11 months ago

    Just imagine if the hours spent on Sunday (in what is essentially an industry in and of itself)

    i think the word you are looking for is "institution". An institution is structured group of people that exists and persists through generations. Industry is an institution that exists to convert labor into products. Church is an institution that exists to perpetuate a set of cultural values. Same broad category, but not the same sort of thing.

    • Hohsia [he/him]
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      11 months ago

      Isn’t there an actual industry around it too though? Like the churches that sell Bible study videos or produce movies for an exclusively Christian audience?

      • Wheaties [she/her]
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        11 months ago

        Well, yes. There's industry around most things. The bit you were describing, going to a room to feel god for an hour or two out of the week, that's institution.