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[–] cubedsteaks@lemmy.today 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My personal oddities aside, I still disagree. I don’t think worshipping a holy entity is at all the same as loving your pet. Maybe it is for you, but I know I don’t feel commonality between what I feel for my pet dog and what I feel for God.

This is actually a good point because as someone who doesn't really believe in god - or rather, any god that mankind thought up, I definitely don't think the same way of my cat.

[–] toasteecup@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is also true and a really valid perspective to consider.

I feel like the answer OP was trying to go for was "they both love the thing so much they couldn't do it" but that's a really narrow-minded view of human experiences. I'm actually wondering how many people are like me and believe in God but feel no more love for God than they do any random things in life.

[–] cubedsteaks@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago

I’m actually wondering how many people are like me and believe in God but feel no more love for God than they do any random things in life.

Exactly! I would probably think more of my cat because to me, god is just some character from a book that may or may not be real.