Jiang says polytheism encourages creative questioning, monotheism drives anxious energetic action and suffering, and no-God systems risk humans or emperors becoming godlike tyrants.
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NO GOD
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"them believe in one god many gods or no god okay so i think that um we've had different societies where we tried either..."
"...frenetic anxious action but it's also led to tremendous human suffering no god is just complete and utter chaos um it could lead to..."
"that's the issue in china where i live where we never really had a god we had an emperor so but the idea that..."
"...be like, well, God made us this way or whatever. No, no. God gave us all free choice. Whatever we do, it's because we..."
"...torture is over. Like, if anybody swear to me, oh, there's no God in the world. I'm like, fuck you. Like, come to my..."
"...doesn't really care what happens what dante is saying is like no god is still with us and god um shows his approval by..."
"...in the universe what beatrice is saying to dante is like no god is always present we know because the spirit is always present..."
"...wait a minute here. This makes no sense. God knows everything. No, God is perfect. God is everything. And therefore, God cannot know itself...."
"You believe there is no God. You believe there is no heaven. You believe you deserve to be here. That's why you're here. Okay?..."
"...against the law? Would God protest this? And Dante would say, no, God gave us free will. And Jacob Frank would say, fine. Then..."
"...we believe that there was a God now we believe there's no God all this is just random that's the first thing I need..."
"...the Big Bang evolution neuroscience it's to teach us that there's no God there's no purpose it's all just random it's all just material..."
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