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    5 days ago

    You misunderstand what Socrates meant.

    bruh

    Religion allows awful people to feel good about themselves NOTHING MORE

    of course you defend your dope hit just like any other addict.

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        4 days ago

        but the elementary explanation Socrates actual meaning doesn’t?

        your vain attempt to insult me only reveals your own prejudice. and your comment says more about your character than mine.

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      of course you defend your dope hit just like any other addict

      I’m a middle-aged, life-long atheist, dumbass.

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        atheists are just as bad.

        I despise the certainty and lack of humility. you really thinking you are getting a full picture of reality is the pinnacle of hubris. But don’t let that stop you from getting that dopamine hit from not having to think for yourself. Dogma is dogma.

        To even imagine you are the culmination of evolution, rather than a link in a chain, which is what you are. There’s much more evolving to happen maybe new organs or senses…

        i believe the holiest phrase a person can utter are the words: ‘I don’t know’

        once u can utter these magic words, you can initiate a journey of learning.

        a full cup cannot be filled.

        im agnostic

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          That’s nice. Congratulations on your galaxy brain.

          But you still haven’t figured out what Socrates was talking about: the ability to exercise recall, a mental skill. He was literally talking about the capacity to store & recall information.

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            yeah well i was kinda of born too late to hang out in downtown athens and shoot shit with the boys.

            btw, he’s ALSO striking at the primacy of books.

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          There’s no such thing as pure agnosticism dumbass. Atheism, or at least soft atheism, is simply the “No.” answer to the question “Do you believe that God exists?”. Not “Does God exist?”.