This is the way!

Non human agency concepts like god or other supernatural events have existed since the dawn of time. Primitive humans had these concepts, thusly, it’s not out of place to call these concepts primitive, because they are. What’s out of place are misplaced accusations of settler colonialism, especially when these colonialists used primitive concepts, like god, to justify their barbarism.

Regarding holding on to belief systems, it appears you’re projecting, it’s not me trying to turn mysticism into secularism/atheism.

No, in human philosophy, if one believes in karma and samsara, one believes in non human agency, which is believing in god with extra steps. You’re welcome to do so, you just can’t have your cake and eat it too, by calling yourself atheist. It’s quite simple.

Also, calling me a “western settler colonialist” (as you did in your mod removed reply) because your arguments hold no water is tantamount to your acceptance of that lack of substance.

You can believe in these concepts without believing in a God.

This is false. It’s precisely my point. A god like power is indistinguishable from the concept of god, the rest is semantics.

Karma and Samsara are indissociable from a higher power, regardless how anyone decides to portray it. That is incompatible with atheism. Agnosticism, totally, atheism, absolutely not.

Yes, believing in Karma is very grown up and not primitive at all, it’s everyone else who is wrong.

Only a theist thinks of atheism as strictly the rejection of god. Karma is non falsifiable thus incompatible with atheism.

If you believe in Karma you are, per definition, not an atheist.

*meme Always has been…

That won’t solve the borrow, die, repeat. It’s a great idea and should definitely have been implemented yesterday to modify the incentives of middle management but we REALLY need to start taxing people on a “personal GDP” after a certain level.

Space Kare pays proportionally 1\10 of the taxes I pay without having a “wage”.

“Oh, you want to buy twitter for 50b, here’s your M&A property tax of 25%”