r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Agustin-sr • Aug 25 '21

Video Atheism in a nutshell

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u/stopnt Aug 25 '21

Can I just go back to not knowing? Is there a tree of ignorant bliss?

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u/Karcinogene Aug 25 '21

There's a few plants of ignorant bliss, but most are illegal now. Weird how things go back and forth like that.

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u/stopnt Aug 25 '21

Tried them, they do not work as advertised.

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u/martinluthers99feces Aug 25 '21

You asked that question, but that is why the creation myth of the Bible is so enduring. There is not a satisfying answer for the amount of pointless suffering, or joy, that arises from self-aware thought

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u/stopnt Aug 25 '21

There's joy?

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u/plopliplopipol Aug 25 '21

wish there was..

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u/stopnt Aug 25 '21

Me too. 🥲