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jadaryesterday at 5:56 AM3 repliesview on HN

Either god is me (secularism) or god is something outside me (Christianity). One is going to be better than the other. It matters which one. Everyone has an answer, and it affects your morals. Whether or not you are consistent brings you back to that same question: “who says?”


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yoyohello13yesterday at 6:30 AM

I understand the argument, but the number of reprehensible Christians (or other flavor of religion) out in the world doesn’t seem to back up the claim that viewing God outside oneself leads to better moral results.

donkeybeeryesterday at 11:21 AM

Option C: God doesn't exist as far as is currently known

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scotty79yesterday at 6:44 AM

> who says?

Only people can say things. And following people that start by lying that they have unique and superior insight into what things ought to be is not a good strategy. Secular is just saying, we are all in this together as equals, let's figure things out, here's what we got thus far.