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[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Depends on the opium addict but some religious addicts are worse. God represents fictional unreliable authority from above rather than the authority of self-responsibility.

[–]fschmidt[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Whether God is fictional is irrelevant and off topic. What matters is the kind of good that God represents, which is why I offered a non-God alternative for atheists. In other words, program for the craft in a way that the code will be reliable over the long term, and this means simple direct code.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I don't see any good in God, either one from the new or old testament or any others from other religions and myths. The teachings of Christ are good, whether he even existed or not. The rest of the bible is mostly crap to make you obey authority. Natural Law, ethics, and morality are whole other things NOT dependent on any bible of any kind.

[–]fschmidt[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Even more off topic. But feel free to make a new thread on this outside of /s/programming and I will respond.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

"God" is in the title of the OP. Fuck God. Far too many evil things are done in the name of God.