Found this with the other bit, kind of weird. Something I wrote about Jehova's Witnesses, and similars. This isn't meant to be offensive to religion people, it's just an insight into my mind I guess
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This Is The Word
One of the things I’ve learnt is that religion is a good way to annoy a lot of people very easily.
There is a god, but not like you’re thinking.
The point here is that god doesn’t have to be real for it to exist. I say “it” because I’m trying to annoy religious people not feminists. That’s for a later chapter.
If 10 people sit round an empty box and say there’s a pineapple in it, then there’s a pineapple in it. It doesn’t matter whether the fruit is there or not. Fact is not determined by physical proof but by belief. If ten people believe there is a pineapple there then there is. Even if another ten people say there isn’t. Existence is not a same-for-all thing. It is true that there is a pineapple there and it is true that there isn’t. Why are we not willing to accept this kind of contradiction? Why do we even call it a contradiction? What is the problem with having something exist for you and not for someone else?
But we can’t accept this and we’d end up with a big twenty person argument over a pineapple.
What I’m trying to say is that god is the pineapple. Not a pineapple, though that may also be true. It doesn’t matter whether there’s a god for you or not, and this has no relevance on whether or not there is a god in anyone else’s life. I know there isn’t one in my life. Notice this sentence does not contain the word “because”. I do not need to justify this fact to you. It is true. My life, my rules.
By the same principle I couldn’t give a damn if you have a god. So please don’t bother to tell me.
Most people don’t understand this principle because they don’t understand about the pineapple. “Ahh! But it must either be there or not. One of the groups is just deluded.” The only person deluded here is you. Forget this Laws of Physics crap. Why does the pineapple have to either exist or not exist? Who says this is yes/no decision?
Maybe we should forget the pineapple for a while.
The point is that people who try to force their religion on me don’t understand the nature of a god.
There is a god. True.
There are a billion gods. True
They all exist at once. True
The all exist for everyone. False.
The sooner you stop thinking of everything as a universal truth and accept that you live in your world and not the world, the sooner you will realise that knocking on my door to tell me about some god you’ve discovered is one of the most stupid and pointless things you can do.
Okay I admit it, this whole chapter is actually just an attempt to stop Jehovah’s Witnesses and other tedium spouting religious fools from cold calling me. I don’t give a fuck about your god. It’s your god, not mine. What is the chance that I have somehow managed to live my life without noticing this almighty power that you’ve come to tell me all about? If he’s there, I’d know. So kindly go away and leave me to my life, which I happen to believe is a hell of a lot more interesting than yours, thank you very much. Yes, you have a god, good for you. I don’t. I’m happy to accept your belief, so why can’t you accept mine?
That thing about the pineapple, that was just rubbish I made up. The point is this:
In your world I’ll go to hell.
In my world you’re a moron.
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Man I was crazy, what the hell was I on about?
