• Subverb@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    There’s a sci-fi book series called Hyperion where one of the main fucuses of the far-future theocratic government is to search for signs and symbolism of Jesus on other planets. Since if you find an alien species worshipping Jesus or using cross symbolism, you’ve all but proven that God exists.

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      You will prove that one god exists?

      Or even less, you will prove that someone with god-like powers exists?

      Or even less, you will prove tat we live in a simulation written by some christian sect.

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        If all successful civilizations believe in something isomorphic to the Pythagorean theorem, then this is evidence that it’s real.

        God works the same way.

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        Well, Jesus claimed to be God and the only God at that

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      Will be reading this if you think it’s worth it.

      I’m a huge fan of classic sci-fi (Asimov, Heinlein). How does it hold up?

      And before someone eats me alive about Heinlein, I’ve heard it all. Been a fan since I was a kid and the ideological side of it doesn’t matter to me as much as the stories these days. I’m an atheist because of authors like him. I wouldn’t take it back for anything.