nydwracu niþgrim, nihtbealwa mæst

signals, signals everywhere / and not a thought to think

Monoatheism

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What is a monoatheist? A monoatheist is someone who does not believe in one God. The monoatheist does not not-believe in many gods; he just doesn’t think like that. We were all raised monoatheist; many of us still are. No escape from no-escape!

The Archipelago is Patchwork for monoatheists. Metamonarchy now!

Monoatheism can’t abide the Outside. Cladistic inheritance from religions of conquest manifests in a spectrum between genocidal fantasies and occasional incomprehension. Preserve the Union! Make the world safe for democracy! 

Polyatheism is a Marcusean monoatheism: it cannot tolerate a monoatheism that takes itself seriously, and when it cannot escape it or syncretize it into oblivion, it must declare defensive jihad. Get off my lawn!

Monoatheism preaches the end of history. (Fukuyama ignored the past and present of his own areligion.) Polyatheism awaits its return. Time and space shall rise again!

LessWrong is a monoatheist religion, except when it’s not. Comrades! The world is not enough! We must conquer… the future!

Elua and Omi Oitherion are both monoatheist—so let’s talk about how beneficial game-theoretic equilibria can come to exist even in the absence of centralized enforcers.

Written by nydwracu

August 2, 2014 at 15:59

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  1. […] Source: nydwracu […]

  2. I believe that other people’s beliefs about God are incoherent, both the faithful and the skeptic. Both attribute directions to colours. One says green is upward, while the other says green is leftward.

    Alrenous

    August 3, 2014 at 20:48

  3. […] Brahmin attitudes toward Vaisyas range from mocking contempt to genocidal hatred: Brahmindom is monoatheistic, and Vaisyas are clearly on the outside of that, are clearly elthedish to Brahmins. It follows from […]


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