MindTraveller@lemmy.ca to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago"We don't have gods where I come from," said Twoflower.message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square"We don't have gods where I come from," said Twoflower.MindTraveller@lemmy.ca to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square79fedilinkfile-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-up0·6 months agoI take it more like that the emperor that twoflower serves is their god, they just call him emperor instead
minus-squareMindTraveller@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 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
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.