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jan“…read superficially, Darwin’s ideas can indeed tip into a vision of “mindless, purposeless algorithmic” selection—a view popularized by several late-twentieth-century biologists and philosophers (eg, Dennett, Dawkins). … Yet Darwin’s own texts, especially when read in the context of thinkers like Whitehead or Peirce, open onto the possibility that teleology is not an external imposition but a creative principle intrinsic to living organisms…” —Matthew Segall, Hans Jonas' "The Phenomenon of Life”: A dialogue with Timothy Jackson about Jonas' treatment of Darwinism <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/darwin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#darwin</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/dennet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dennet</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/dawkins" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dawkins</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/whitehead" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#whitehead</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/peirce" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peirce</a>

Jeffy 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 ❤️🇱🇺<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Dawkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dawkins</a> started believing his own celebrity a long time ago. What a jackass. <a href="https://wandering.shop/@xgranade/113763720203614295" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wandering.shop/@xgranade/113763720203614295</a>

Mark W. CooperI think this might be really important. Systems theory defeating the mechanisation of biology.<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/andreamorris/2024/06/14/evolution-may-be-purposeful-and-its-freaking-scientists-out/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/andreamorris/2024/06/14/evolution-may-be-purposeful-and-its-freaking-scientists-out/</a><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SystemsTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SystemsTheory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genetics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/dawkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dawkins</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biophilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biophilosophy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a>

VHG 🇪🇺🇺🇦<a href="https://sueden.social/@BlumeEvolution" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@BlumeEvolution</a> <a href="https://norden.social/@MartinM" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@MartinM</a> was <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/dawkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dawkins</a> reitet, ist mir auch nicht klar.

Kreuzweise-Miteinander e.V.<a href="https://sueden.social/@BlumeEvolution" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@BlumeEvolution@sueden.social</a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/@sarah_ist_muede" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sarah_ist_muede@troet.cafe</a> <a href="https://berlin.social/@mina" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mina@berlin.social</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/@RAlpenstern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@RAlpenstern@nerdculture.de</a> <a href="https://polyglot.city/@zombiecide" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@zombiecide@polyglot.city</a> Wir haben einen anderen Antwort-Thread gelesen, möchte aber hier neu einsteigen. "Kulturchrist" passt unseres Erachtens als Begriff für diejenigen, die zwar grundsätzlich manches aus dem Christentum - vor allem Jesus und das, was uns von ihm überliefert finden - gut finden, aber zu Recht sehr kritisch werden, wenn es um "gruppenbezogene Menschenfeindlichkeit" (GMF) geht. Die findet sich zum Beispiel bei vielen fundamentalistischen Christen, aber auch bei denen, die einen Islam der fundamentalistischen Auslegung vertreten. Andererseits vermissen manche vielleicht bei den großen <a href="https://federation.network/tags/Volkskirchen" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Volkskirchen</a> eine klare Ablehnung der Anteile "gruppenbezogener Menschenfeindlichkeit" (GMF) in der eigenen Geschichte (z.B. gab es viel zu spät eine Verurteilung des Antisemitismus Martin Luthers, der am Anfang seines Wirkens noch nicht klar zu finden ist, aber in den Spätschriften deutlich zu tage tritt - und im Blick auf <a href="https://federation.network/tags/LGBT*" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBT*</a> Personen und <a href="https://federation.network/tags/Sexismus" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sexismus</a> <a href="https://federation.network/tags/MeToo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MeToo</a> fehlen solche Abgrenzungen noch viel stärker bzw. werden erst aktuell überdacht (in Folge der ForuM-Studie)). Auch bei <a href="https://federation.network/tags/Dawkins" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dawkins</a> wird man vermutlich etwas von <a href="https://federation.network/tags/GMF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GMF</a> finden, wenn man sein Bild vom <a href="https://federation.network/tags/Islam" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Islam</a> genauer untersucht... - oder wie sehen Sie das?

Michael Blume<a href="https://freiburg.social/@manu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@manu</a> Deswegen hatte ich im <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Blogpost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blogpost</a> ja auch auf die <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Dawkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dawkins</a>-Debatte mit <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/RabbiSacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RabbiSacks</a> zu antijüdischen Aussagen verwiesen. Wer <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Kultur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kultur</a> negativ & also dualistisch definiert, droht sich zu verirren… <a href="https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/der-atheistische-evolutionsbiologe-richard-dawkins-und-das-kulturchristentum" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/der-atheistische-evolutionsbiologe-richard-dawkins-und-das-kulturchristentum</a>

Michael Blume<a href="https://nrw.social/@vgoller" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@vgoller</a> Feindseliger <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Dualismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dualismus</a> ist eine psychologische Option von Menschen generell & tritt unter religiösen <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Fundamentalisten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fundamentalisten</a> ebenso auf wie unter religionsfeindlichen <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Antitheisten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Antitheisten</a>. 👇Die Selbstbezeichnung (!) als <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Kulturchrist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kulturchrist</a> hatte der bekennende <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Atheist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Atheist</a> Richard <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Dawkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dawkins</a> hier verwendet: <a href="https://norden.social/@MartinM" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@MartinM</a> <a href="https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/relativismus-dualismus-und-monismus-auf-twitter-mastodon-chatgpt-und-instalive/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/relativismus-dualismus-und-monismus-auf-twitter-mastodon-chatgpt-und-instalive/</a>

Michael BlumeGuten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕️?Nach dem 11. September 2001 stieg der Evolutionsbiologe & „neue <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Atheist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Atheist</a>“ Richard <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Dawkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dawkins</a> mit Büchern wie <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Gotteswahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gotteswahn</a> zu internationaler Prominenz auf. 🌍💡 In einem aktuellen Interview bezeichnete er sich als <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Kulturchrist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kulturchrist</a> - und bestätigte damit 1 These zum aufkommenden <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Kulturchristentum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kulturchristentum</a>.Den m.E. wichtigen Begriff gibt es leider noch nicht mal in der deutschsprachigen <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wikipedia</a> - habe aber nach Fragen gerne dazu gebloggt. ✝️🇬🇧📚🤔 <a href="https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/der-atheistische-evolutionsbiologe-richard-dawkins-und-das-kulturchristentum/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/der-atheistische-evolutionsbiologe-richard-dawkins-und-das-kulturchristentum/</a>

Michael BlumeLieben Dank, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Daniel_Pagenstecher" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Daniel_Pagenstecher</a> 🙏📚☺️Mit biologischer & kultureller <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Evolution</a>, <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Dawkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dawkins</a> & dessen <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Memetik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Memetik</a> hatte ich mich gerne befasst: <a href="https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/richard-dawkins-mein-held-der-metapher/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/richard-dawkins-mein-held-der-metapher/</a>

Daniela Pagenstecher 🇺🇦 🚴‍♂️ 📚<a href="https://sueden.social/@BlumeEvolution" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@BlumeEvolution</a> Hmmm, mal positiv gesehen: vielleicht ist die digitale Welt eine Art Galapagos oder eine kambrische Explosion für Wörter? Nach <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dawkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dawkins</a> Meme-Ansatz unterliegen ja auch Wörter (neben Praktiken/Weisen) einer Evolution. Manche überleben, andere sterben, manche halten sich lange und morphen/wandeln sich in die Ewigkeit. Im Detail ausgeführt ist die Idee in <a href="https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/daniel-c-dennett-von-den-bakterien-zu-bach-und-zurueck-t-9783518587164" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/daniel-c-dennett-von-den-bakterien-zu-bach-und-zurueck-t-9783518587164</a>. Insofern beschleunigt die digitale Welt die Evolution von Wörtern (und der Rhetorik?).

grayrattusAnother <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weekly</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reads</a> <a href="https://www.dziedziczak-artur.com/microblog/2024-02-18-25/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.dziedziczak-artur.com/microblog/2024-02-18-25/</a>This time <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rants</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atheism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dawkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dawkins</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LLMs</a> I was not so productive this week as I'm still doing a house renovation and curing my depressed mood with painting :catjam: Have a great day everyone!

Bruce LongRichard <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Dawkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dawkins</a>' much maligned concept and pre-theory of the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meme</a> (memetic theory or meme theory) is much more useful than haters like to think. It has had some very articulate philosophical critics call it useless. I doubt this, since it is often used - but not named. More importantly, it clearly has intrinsic utility, and has promise for development into a full theory according to <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#information</a> theory and cognitive <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a>: <a href="https://naturalistic.medium.com/why-the-meme-9ae6c3f3419" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://naturalistic.medium.com/why-the-meme-9ae6c3f3419</a>

Steve Dustcircle 🌹<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RichardDawkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RichardDawkins</a> baffled by stupidity <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5of4A7DGQvw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5of4A7DGQvw</a>Richard Dawkins baffled by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stupidity</a> (Volume 2) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-47at4lDIc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-47at4lDIc</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#religion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atheism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cults" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cults</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#christianity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/islam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#islam</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mormons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mormons</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prayer</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#superstition</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/miracles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#miracles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scams</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/atheist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atheist</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biology</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dawkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dawkins</a>

Michael Blume<a href="https://social.cologne/@ajkaestner" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ajkaestner</a> Ja, Du meinst den sog. <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Gotteswahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gotteswahn</a> und die <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Memetik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Memetik</a> von Richard <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Dawkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dawkins</a>. Diese gelten aber als widerlegt, da religiöse Traditionen regelmäßig (auch) mit beobachtbaren Kooperations- & Reproduktionsvorteilen einhergehen. Kurzfilm über die <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Evolutionsforschung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Evolutionsforschung</a> zur <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Religion</a>: <a href="https://youtu.be/Iy9J9ddelVw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Iy9J9ddelVw</a>

johnbessa<a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@aral</a> No love for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Dawkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dawkins</a> here!My <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Darwin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Darwin</a> is the phrase from his second paper "human morality evolved from the affection animals have for their young"(Highly paraphrased)From there: Kropotkin's Mutual Aid written to oppose so-called social darwinism. And shows a LOT of animal affection.

Eph (they, them)So I am a week into my <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/Zizek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zizek</a> <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/Lacan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lacan</a> <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/Hegel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hegel</a> studies, through Zizek's lens. All good. I think Zizek's <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> of looking at Hegel through the Lacanian lens is seductive. That said, where I find the lens of Zizek lacking, and I now wish he'd not talk about these 2(3) things any more are: 1. <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Buddhism</a> (<a href="https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/why-lacan-is-not-a-buddhist-a-belated-reply-to-my-critics/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/why-lacan-is-not-a-buddhist-a-belated-reply-to-my-critics/</a>) -the boy criticizes Buddhism like people criticize <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/Freud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Freud</a>. All or nothing, for the most part. 2. <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Christianity</a> and <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/God" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#God</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tABnznhzdIY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tABnznhzdIY</a> - I was a serious <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#catholic</a> half my life, seminarian for minute, and an ordained deacon, still, even after I confessed my <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atheism</a>. So I get what he is saying. My atheism has never felt the same as <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/Dawkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dawkins</a> or <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/Hitchens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hitchens</a>, whom we adore, and Zizek sneers. Slipping through the profound safety net religion and a transcendent, all powerful, personal god into the <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#existentialism</a> of nothing was terrifying, it was my first experience of the "<a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/real" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#real</a>." This is it. This is all there is. The problem is it appears Zizek commits the <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/fallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fallacy</a> of <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/reification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reification</a> (if we understand it correctly). Clearly he knows it is <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a>, even if profound from a <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/psychoanalytic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psychoanalytic</a> Hegelian <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/CriticalAnalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriticalAnalysis</a>, we get it we really do, but it is not real. The <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/event" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#event</a> is real, and the fiction caused the event, but the fiction is still fiction. There is no God, IOP, that became an atheist. The <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/story" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#story</a> Zizek emphasizes is powerful, the changing of the cosmos when <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/Jesus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jesus</a> on the cross questions Gods love. Good story and that is all. Some RCC positions from recent popes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlBZy_iu0m8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlBZy_iu0m8</a> and <a href="https://www.romereports.com/en/2021/09/14/full-homily-of-pope-francis-at/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.romereports.com/en/2021/09/14/full-homily-of-pope-francis-at/</a> So please, Zizek, can I say stay in your lane where you are brilliant, please.

🇺🇦 Sean Prophet ⚛The question of "god-belief" is already inherently biased toward religion. When someone asks you, "Do you believe in God," from an intellectual standpoint, it's like asking "When did you stop beating your significant other?"There's no good response to the question. If you say you "don't believe," people get bent out of shape and start pestering you with nonsense like "how can you not believe--who made the universe, then?" or "no one knows what happens after you die" and "you can't prove that." Well, duh, the question was about *belief,* not proof. On the other hand if you say you *do* believe, most people take your belief at face value as your right under freedom of religion, and leave you alone.So what's really being asked? Do you conform? Are you willing to submit to social proof? What group identity are you willing to embrace? It's a no-win situation. You either self-identify as a social pariah, you lie, or you face-plant intellectually.Because the question assumes its own premise, that there's a God that can be "believed in" or "not believed in." Stripped down to its essentials the question is asking you to accept that this all-important thing, hinges on the opinions of human beings.As George Carlin pointed out, no one has to ask if you believe in the Sun.The better question about God is, "does it exist?" Well, what is "it?" Most people refuse to define their terms. Let's take a commonly accepted definition:"God is a supreme being, a creator and ruler of the universe, who is believed to be transcendent, omnipotent, omniscient, and benevolent."This definition is absurd. Logically inconsistent and nonsensical for all the familiar reasons.-Any creator of the universe must also have a creator, so "god" solves nothing.-A "ruler" of the universe would mean that it's an undemocratic place. Hitchens' "celestial dictatorship" is the model for all Earthly dictatorships. Which are a horror show.-Despite all the efforts dedicated to theodicy over the centuries, there's no way to reconcile the problem of evil with a benevolent God.-Epicurus famous Trilemma: “Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”So, to sum up:1) The question of god-belief is a nasty bit of social engineering to force you into a positive answer, with the implication that a negative response will be punished with exclusion.2) The question of "god's" existence is logically absurd and meaningless, in addition to being unfalsifiable. Dismissed without regard or hesitation.So "atheism" (as declared non-belief in god) only makes sense as a political reaction to the cultural hegemony of god-belief. Forget Dawkins' 7-point scale and all that jazz. Without "God" as the default position, atheism has no meaning.This is why I self-identify as an *anti-theist.* Anti-theocracy. Because what's worth opposing with every gram of passion you can muster, are all the despicable things being done in "God's" name.<a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atheism</a> <a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/antitheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antitheism</a> <a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/carlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carlin</a> <a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/dawkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dawkins</a> <a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/epicurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epicurus</a> <a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/hitchens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hitchens</a> <a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/theodicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theodicy</a> <a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#god</a> <a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/theocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theocracy</a>

Jewish conversations<a href="https://mastodon.n8vsi.com/@atheistbot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@atheistbot</a> To be fair, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Dawkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dawkins</a> didn't know much about most religions. He mostly knew about fundamentalist <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Islam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Islam</a> and fundamentalist <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Christianity</a>. But he knew little about non-fundamentalist forms of these faiths, and almost nothing at all about <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Judaism</a> or other religions.<a href="https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/2020/12/28/scriptures-of-major-world-religions/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/2020/12/28/scriptures-of-major-world-religions/</a><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/scripture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scripture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#teaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/religions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#religions</a>

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