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Apepollo11@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Projection?

I had a car that didn’t like when the weather was cold and damp. It wasn’t too happy about being parked on a slope, either.

Did the car actually have human emotions? No, of course not, but as a human it was both easy and natural to frame and process it that way.

Instead of it simply being “God made made in his own image”, the truth is probably that there’s more than a little of “man made God in his own image” too.

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femtech@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Yeah, all gods have been made by man.

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EleventhHour@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I’m not sure if the metaphor of you anthropomorphizing an inanimate object is the best one to criticize the projection of one’s own desires and wills onto a fantasy deity. For one thing, your car actually exists, even if its emotions do not.

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- Apepollo11@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  
  I’m not sure if the metaphor of you anthropomorphizing an inanimate object is the best one to criticize the projection of one’s own desires and wills onto a fantasy deity.
  
  I’m not criticising.
  
  People are welcome to follow a religion if they want to.
  
  I know that I can no more disprove the existence of a god than prove the existence of one. I know that anybody doing something bad in the name of a god is either lying or being coerced.
  
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  - EleventhHour@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
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    Apepollo11@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    I appreciate it might be hyperbole, but you’re advocating causing actual harm to people who find comfort in religion. Honestly, that sounds more psychotic.
    
    I’m taking a guess here, based on your spelling (all those 'z’s) that you’re American. It’s probably worth me pointing out that the US has some pretty grotesque implementations of many religions, particularly Christianity - but they are a poor reflection of religion in general.
    
    I’m not overly religious (didn’t even go to Church on Christmas!), but know a lot of good people are. If they find praying, attending services or reading the literature helps them get through life, I won’t argue against it.
    
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    nanoswarm9k@lemmus.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    This still sounds like violent conversion therapy. What an aweful, merciless god you make of yourself.
    
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