This 2007 science-fiction thriller is a who’s-who of brilliant actors right before they made it big, and is basically Project Hail Mary’s older, emo cousin
  • kescusay@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 days ago

    That’s not even remotely an “atheist’s worst nightmare.” A deity exists and it’s horrifying? That’s a theist’s worst nightmare, and the basis for several arguments for atheism.

    • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      13 days ago

      How could the existence of a god be the basis for an argument for Atheism? Atheism conceptually requires that no god exists.

      That being said the headline is dumb because from what I can gather the premise of the movie is that god is real but it’s not the one that anyone in the modern world is worshipping, so it would be equal in nightmare across theists and atheists alike

      • kescusay@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        12 days ago

        It works like this:

        1. Assume for the sake of argument that the deity exists.
        2. Examine the horrific, implausible, and logically absurd implications of that existence.
        3. Use those as evidence that the deity doesn’t actually exist.
        • Doubleohdonut@lemmy.caEnglish
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          10 days ago

          The argument goes something like this:

          “I refuse to prove that I exist,” says God, “for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.”

          “But,” says Man, “the Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn’t it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves that You exist, and so therefore, by Your own arguments, You don’t. QED.”

          “Oh dear,” says God, “I hadn’t thought of that,” and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.

          “Oh, that was easy,” says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing.