“You do, you know,” said The Lady. “Everyone has gods. You just don’t think they’re gods.”

- Terry Pratchett

  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    5 months ago

    Do you work for an employer?

    Here in the States we are forced to work to eat and survive (we’re not allowed to go off into the woods and trap animals and pick vert and live as a hermit.)

    You may not personally worship money, but your captives certainly do.

      • MindTraveller@lemmy.caOP
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        5 months ago

        Your life is dictated by the whims of money, despite your lack of belief, in much the same way that the gods of the Discworld go around beating up atheists.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          5 months ago

          My life is also dictated by the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere and my telomeres.

          Are oxygen and DNA also gods?

          Can you find one single definition of ‘god’ anywhere that defines it as ‘what you need to live?’

          I do not worship money. It is not my god. I have no gods and it is not your place to tell me what I believe. You are, whether you understand it or not, unable to read people’s minds over the internet.