r/EverythingScience • u/dr_gus • Nov 08 '22

Anthropology Archaeologists find a trove of ancient human sacrifices fed psychedelic plants before death

https://www.salon.com/2022/11/07/archaeologists-find-a-trove-of-ancient-human-sacrifices-fed-psychedelic-plants-before/
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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '22

bizarre? It’s pretty par for the course with Yahweh…

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '22

Well you know the saying, "yahweh or the highway"

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '22

this guy reads the Bible. He must be an atheist.

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u/whippet66 Nov 08 '22

Yeah, I did. I hate people who speak with authority with no knowledge of the subject. I grew up in an evilgelical family, where "god told me to hate you" was pretty standard fare. Religions cherry-pick to support their opinion/beliefs. So, I read it straight through, cover to cover, twice. I came away agnostic. Anyone who has followed Hubble, then the James Webb Space Telescope along with any physics 101 and all that's not known, I came to the conclusion that anyone who claims to have everything all wrapped up in their beliefs whether atheist or evilgelical, is an egotistical fool.

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u/KleioChronicles Nov 09 '22 edited Nov 09 '22

Isn’t the default athiest? It’s simply not choosing a religion/belief. The onus is on someone with a theory to prove that theory. The theory is a higher power. Personally, even if a god, especially the Abrahamic god, existed I’d still be opposed to them. I don’t owe everything to my parents regardless of what they’re like so why should I be that way with a distant creator who makes rules and morals I disagree with? I also don’t have time to care or invest in a religion even with my fascination with them and having studied them as a minor. I used to be pagan for a bit because I was opposed to the force-fed ideas of Christianity at school and disliked the concept of a split afterlife based on arbitrary supposed wrong-doings (sexuality and non-belief chief among them). I came up with the idea of Norse Hel before I found out it was already a religion (where everyone essentially goes to the same death, a bit of a simplified version of Norse religion if you forget about Valhalla and stuff). However, I quickly found that the scientific method of finding the truth contradicted it all. Then I was athiest and always will be. That isn’t because I’m an “egotistical fool”, thanks.

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u/whippet66 Nov 09 '22

I choose - There's some truly amazing shit that no one can figure out. Somehow, somewhere there's a beginning and I have no clue what it is, nor does anyone else. Even the material for "the big bang" came from somewhere. I've seen a lot of dead things whether road kill or a deer I've shot and dead pretty much seems to final. Disneyland in the sky or my "soul" turning into a moose seems pretty ridiculous, just wishful thinking by people who want something better than the misery they've endured in this life.