MindTraveller to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago"We don't have gods where I come from," said Twoflower.message-squaremessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square"We don't have gods where I come from," said Twoflower.MindTraveller to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square81fedilinkfile-text
“You do, you know,” said The Lady. “Everyone has gods. You just don’t think they’re gods.” - Terry Pratchett
minus-squareTwodozeneggs@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoI take it more like that the emperor that twoflower serves is their god, they just call him emperor instead
minus-squareShou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoDoes he? I suppose he does. Being an economist on the counterweight continent.
minus-squareMindTravellerOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·5 months agoYeah, exactly. Capitalism and the state are also gods. This sort of thing is, I hear, explored very deeply in Terry’s friend Neil’s book American Gods.
I take it more like that the emperor that twoflower serves is their god, they just call him emperor instead
Does he? I suppose he does. Being an economist on the counterweight continent.
Yeah, exactly. Capitalism and the state are also gods. This sort of thing is, I hear, explored very deeply in Terry’s friend Neil’s book American Gods.