• HauntedCupcake@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    If I’m presented with a chicken that is widely understood to be a god, and I don’t see evidence of its divinity, I’m still an atheist towards that chicken.

    MCU Thor is the chicken

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      6 months ago

      The point is that Thor from the movies sufficiently proves to you that he is a God. You not believing in a magical chicken is the same as you not believing in a magical Jesus.

      That is not what we’re taking about. With Thor we’re taking about a God, that sufficiently proves to you that he is in fact a God, so you at that point claiming to still be an atheist towards Thor wouid make you the unreasonable one.

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        He’s a god in the same way Superman is. Maybe even a little less god-like tbh.

        Maybe my expectations of godhood are a little high? I’m thinking about the omni-stuff ya know, and Thor is both mortal, and very limited in power.

        MCU Thor just isn’t godlike, he’s super fucking powerful, but a god is a few levels above that imo.

        And if he’s a god because he’s labelled a god, then we’re back to the chicken. The chicken is also labelled a god