• illi@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    Which is funny because as far as I know none of the pagan gods are presented as omnipotent or omnibenevolent. Works good applied on the Christian god though

    • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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      3 days ago

      Yeah, Epicurus wasn’t making any kind of huge atheistic point. He was just exploring the Greeks’ relationship to their religion. Hume is the one who co-opted and misquoted him to serve an anti-christianity agenda that didn’t even exist when Epicurus lived.