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Both beliefs are fine, but please realize the hypocrisy (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I’m not assuming anything. The image shown in the OP is an image of the god of Abraham and the initial premise is wrong. If there was a sizeable population of theists who believed in a disinterested god, we’d have somewhere to start a discussion.

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't know what you'd consider "sizable" but a lot of people these days are spiritual without being religious. Which is unsurprising. Atheism/agnosticism are on the rise, so it makes sense that people who believe in a god but don't subscribe to a particular religion are also on the rise.

[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

People who believe in a god but aren’t part of a religion would have to dictate the parameters for their god in order for it to be meaningful in any way. As stated before, the OP didn’t make the initial idea that nebulous. They were pretty specific.