No matter our differences, we can all agree that belligerent midwit atheists are the most insufferable of all cunts.
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I have a thought on this. 1) I have never heard this expressed so thank you and I think I mostly agree, and want to expand.
I have a relative who is "atheist" . He also had a very unfortunate set of circumstances before he was even born. The most polite way of putting it is he's disabled to a point. And mentally he might not be entirely there either but that's up for debate. And I think sometimes he resents his existence. He's made remarks about abortion (he's very pro abortion). I had to remind him that by his own standards, he'd have been a prime candidate for abortion has his mom had shared his current views.
It rattled him I think.
A weeb Japanese book (Welcome to the NHK) actually approached this topic once.
In that you can find peace by believing in God and then hating him. In that, you recognize there is a God, but there is also horrible injustice and suffering so he must be an "evil God."
But because God is "evil" you can push the blame for most of life's hardships onto him. You no longer need to obsess with fairness or luck, you can just say "fuckin' God man, what an asshole" and move on with life.
Its something alien to a lot of Westerners and our monotheism, but once you've thought about it in that manner I think a lot of people would benefit from that kind of faithless religion.
The resurgence of gnosticism and its war against God of The Bible (Whom they term the demiurge*) is at the root of many of the evils of today. There is no benefit to it, only ruin. Hegel and Marx's writings are rife with references to it.
It is not nearly as alien as you would think, it pervades our pop culture. Less overtly common than traditional faith and disbelief and satanism sure. But it has absolutely been explored. If anything it's been explored to death. Yes moreso by japanese media. But the west has more than done its share.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K5PGWZ0DWI
But that's just a passing reference? Ok sure, let's look at other media then. We've had larger more explicit explorations of it, from Pullman's his dark materials, to the da vinci code, that best seller. And there's a middle ground pervasiveness too, other media like the matrix borrow fundamental aspects and themes from it without being explicitly gnostic. Our media runs the gamut, from mere passing references, to borrowing themes, and outright explorations of it. Media in all genres and for all ages does this.
And that's just the obvious stuff. You'll spot their sophia/hermetic/Gospel of John conspiracies/hermes/isis/owl/minerva/wisdom/simulation/ prison/transformative/strong body-soul dualism... heresies everywhere if you learn what to look for.
Even transgenderism is built upon it. The idea that there is a 'female soul' trapped in a male body. And you'll hear them talk this way, of their female soul and spirit, even if they claim to be atheists. This whole idea depends upon some very gnostic presuppositions, and 'spiritual' ideas. The ideas that the mind and soul are entirely separable, that the body can be a prison, and that there is a force or deity putting souls in the wrong body, presumably for nefarious purposes. The whole thing is built on ancient ideas that do actually pervade our culture. How can you be born in the wrong body if there is not a 'you' separate from your body? And yet it is also 'faithless' for most, they accept these ideas without exploring the metaphysical implications.
It brings ruin.
Its the difference between saying "fuck you" to the king, versus saying "fuck you" to any individual peasant. So yeah, the monotheism likely plays a huge part.