exactly so you all now have some ammunition

I much prefer the idea that God is sort of a starting force, a first thought that sparked the universe, and whatever exists of it is so beyond anything that we could even begin to imagine that there's no point getting into wars over it

but even then, what proof?

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I mostly don't worry about it

most people assume i dont believe in a higher power

not true

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the word god imo has been contaminated over the years

sort of like the word "liberal" in the US

Actually a cool interpretation is how American Gods did Jesus

it's in a sort of "deleted scene" outside of the main story though

are you familiar with the book?

If not, whenever someone comes to America and is the first to worship their gods from back home, a version of that god comes to America, like a photocopy.

tbh i cant remember if grammy red me the new testament at bed time or not

some that are seen are an aging Czernobog, who must kill cows at a slaughterhouse as sacrifices to himself to stay alive, stuff like that

but i always like the story about samson

lemme continue here man, one train of thought at a time

the point is in a scene set sometime after the main story, the main character finds American Jesus

and asks him why he didn't weigh in in the conflict of the main story

Jesus says that because so many people believe that he is so many different things, he cannot do *anything*

Like he's being pulled by four horses, hun style.

my derp miss understood which book you meant

hah

but yeah, that's an interpretation of how that went down

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Found the bit

sorta

In an early draft, Shadow met Jesus briefly, and finds this incarnation of the Son of God to be caught between worshipers, his peaceful roots at odds with what modern America is trying to force him to be. (He also makes terrible wine.) It’s a very good scene, but it feels a little strange, and highlights the conscious choice Gaiman made to excise him from the final book. I think he made the right call. Still, the scene is fascinating and the philosophy of faith it offers is intriguing.

*“Have you thought about what it means to be a god?” asked the man. He had a beard and a baseball cap. “It means you give up your mortal existence to become a meme: something that lives forever in people’s minds, like the tune of a nursery rhyme. It means that everyone gets to re-create you in their own minds. You barely have your own identity any more. Instead, you’re a thousand aspects of what people need you to be. And everyone wants something different from you. Nothing is fixed, nothing is stable.”*

(from an article)

the scene is restored in the 10th anniversary edition, which I have.

I think it's a neat way to cover him.

But the original Jesus deity is apparently somewhere in the middle east, and nobody has really seen him in decaces.

ang on searching

wot

have you ever heard of the vril society?

Nope, enlighten me

very fascinating if you couple it with the story of samson

secret society of women whom believed hair was a sort of spiritual antenna

so they would never cut it and would literally have it dragging on the floor