GNU socialhttps://chirp.cooleysekula.net/api/statusnet/conversation/211043.atomConversation2024-03-28T19:53:01+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/lightweight/statuses/107637305971277109New note by lightweight<p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@liamdiprose" class="u-url mention">@liamdiprose</a> we don't. We recognise that religion is entirely unnecessary. Government is bad enough but at least it can, in theory, be based on scientific methods and evidence. It's clear that religion is not required for a "good" society (in fact, the evidence is clear: religion is contra-indicated on that score!). Without religion, people can be 'spiritual' if they want, but humanity has definitely proven itself incapable of handling religion. It's 'proprietary software for the mind'.</p>310797http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-01-20T01:04:16+00:002022-01-20T01:04:16+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/lightweightlightweightFOSS & CC guy, nerd on many levels, working to democratise higher education by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical self-reliance & freedom generally. I build stuff & use Oxford commas. Spreading joy & confusion. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZlightweightDave LaneFOSS & CC guy, nerd on many levels, working to democratise higher education by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical self-reliance & freedom generally. I build stuff & use Oxford commas. Spreading joy & confusion. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZtag:chirp.cooleysekula.net,2022-01-18:objectType=thread:nonce=9447b38df2993a2dhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/lightweight/statuses/107639269168357392New note by lightweight<p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@liamdiprose" class="u-url mention">@liamdiprose</a> Look carefully at the 10 commandments. How many are even relevant today? Societies have arrived at the crucial substance of the commandments independently in every case. The Bible is nothing special - and it clouds the waters at every turn with irrelevancies. As I see it, the only ones who benefit from religion are those who are completely at odds with society, and are unable to think rationally. That is, I hope, a very small (and shrinking) segment of society.</p>310799http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-01-20T01:04:15+00:002022-01-20T01:04:15+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/lightweightlightweightFOSS & CC guy, nerd on many levels, working to democratise higher education by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical self-reliance & freedom generally. I build stuff & use Oxford commas. Spreading joy & confusion. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZlightweightDave LaneFOSS & CC guy, nerd on many levels, working to democratise higher education by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical self-reliance & freedom generally. I build stuff & use Oxford commas. Spreading joy & confusion. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZtag:chirp.cooleysekula.net,2022-01-18:objectType=thread:nonce=9447b38df2993a2dhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://mastodon.nz/users/liamdiprose/statuses/107637354726701972New note by liamdiprose<p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@lightweight" class="u-url mention">@lightweight</a> I agree that the smaller the better, but none just can't exist. If we want a society that gets along, we need at least the 10 commandments. You can't scientifically derive them, you need to choose and agree on some values. Religion is just software for the mind, since even open source is controlled by someone. (And a "fork" in this case means war)</p>310798http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-01-20T01:04:15+00:002022-01-20T01:04:15+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nz/users/liamdiproseliamdiproseComputer Engineer, Works part time putting together websites for scientists and working on side projects.Leans right politically. Favors smart solutions over maintaining the status quo. Prefers fortified cathedrals over ad-hoc bazaars.liamdiproseLiamComputer Engineer, Works part time putting together websites for scientists and working on side projects.Leans right politically. Favors smart solutions over maintaining the status quo. Prefers fortified cathedrals over ad-hoc bazaars.tag:chirp.cooleysekula.net,2022-01-18:objectType=thread:nonce=9447b38df2993a2dhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://mastodon.nz/users/liamdiprose/statuses/107639634443431921New note by liamdiprose<p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@lightweight" class="u-url mention">@lightweight</a> When I brought up the 10, I was really thinking of the don't kill, don't steal, and don't commit adultery. They are (some of) the minimum laws for a society to perpetuate. They're rational, but there is no scientific method that can tell you that life is better than death, ownership and stable marriage are good things, because science has no bias by design. These are values that we all must agree to together.</p>310800http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-01-20T01:04:14+00:002022-01-20T01:04:14+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nz/users/liamdiproseliamdiproseComputer Engineer, Works part time putting together websites for scientists and working on side projects.Leans right politically. Favors smart solutions over maintaining the status quo. Prefers fortified cathedrals over ad-hoc bazaars.liamdiproseLiamComputer Engineer, Works part time putting together websites for scientists and working on side projects.Leans right politically. Favors smart solutions over maintaining the status quo. Prefers fortified cathedrals over ad-hoc bazaars.tag:chirp.cooleysekula.net,2022-01-18:objectType=thread:nonce=9447b38df2993a2dhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/lightweight/statuses/107640456928383717New note by lightweight<p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@liamdiprose" class="u-url mention">@liamdiprose</a> Yes, and nearly all societies, regardless of prevalent religion (or non), has arrived at those rules independently. As such, it's rational to suggest that those rules are sensible without needing to resort to religion. On the contrary, when societies reject those values, it's generally because of/justified by their religion.</p>310801http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-01-20T01:04:13+00:002022-01-20T01:04:13+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/lightweightlightweightFOSS & CC guy, nerd on many levels, working to democratise higher education by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical self-reliance & freedom generally. I build stuff & use Oxford commas. Spreading joy & confusion. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZlightweightDave LaneFOSS & CC guy, nerd on many levels, working to democratise higher education by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical self-reliance & freedom generally. I build stuff & use Oxford commas. Spreading joy & confusion. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZtag:chirp.cooleysekula.net,2022-01-18:objectType=thread:nonce=9447b38df2993a2dhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://mastodon.nz/users/liamdiprose/statuses/107640640465379858New note by liamdiprose<p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@lightweight" class="u-url mention">@lightweight</a> What I'm saying is that these shared values *is* the religion - albeit a very basic one. Society and religion go hand in hand. Without a religion, you have no society.</p><p>I very much agree that our values should be based off rational thought and use science where we can. But there are some questions that science can't answer, and they are very hard to answer.</p><p>I believe we need to rely on the documented past in order to know what works for us. Ages of trial and error.</p>310802http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-01-20T01:04:12+00:002022-01-20T01:04:12+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nz/users/liamdiproseliamdiproseComputer Engineer, Works part time putting together websites for scientists and working on side projects.Leans right politically. Favors smart solutions over maintaining the status quo. Prefers fortified cathedrals over ad-hoc bazaars.liamdiproseLiamComputer Engineer, Works part time putting together websites for scientists and working on side projects.Leans right politically. Favors smart solutions over maintaining the status quo. Prefers fortified cathedrals over ad-hoc bazaars.tag:chirp.cooleysekula.net,2022-01-18:objectType=thread:nonce=9447b38df2993a2dhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/lightweight/statuses/107640939060913286New note by lightweight<p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@liamdiprose" class="u-url mention">@liamdiprose</a> ok, I guess then that we have different definitions of 'religion'. For me, in general, religion means 'theism" (yes, there're notable exceptions, but that's what most people imply)... which implies blind faith. That's where I diverge (and withhold respect) from the idea of religion. There are cultures, social mores, morals, ethics, and those have nothing to do with religion inherently, although some people think religion determines them. I think it's the other way around.</p>310803http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-01-20T01:04:11+00:002022-01-20T01:04:11+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/lightweightlightweightFOSS & CC guy, nerd on many levels, working to democratise higher education by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical self-reliance & freedom generally. I build stuff & use Oxford commas. Spreading joy & confusion. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZlightweightDave LaneFOSS & CC guy, nerd on many levels, working to democratise higher education by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical self-reliance & freedom generally. I build stuff & use Oxford commas. Spreading joy & confusion. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZtag:chirp.cooleysekula.net,2022-01-18:objectType=thread:nonce=9447b38df2993a2dhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://mastodon.nz/users/liamdiprose/statuses/107641050951707240New note by liamdiprose<p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@lightweight" class="u-url mention">@lightweight</a> So religion for you is strictly the worship of God. Ok.</p><p>Gods come in many forms: Money, social power, technology; pretty much anything you can dedicate your life to. The reason people worship "the one true God who is in heaven" is because it sets them free of the man-made Gods, which are traps and unreliable. The true God is maximally Good, and abstract beyond our understanding - by definition. Even "concept" falls short.</p><p>How do we know if a certain moral or ethic is good?</p>310804http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-01-20T01:04:10+00:002022-01-20T01:04:10+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nz/users/liamdiproseliamdiproseComputer Engineer, Works part time putting together websites for scientists and working on side projects.Leans right politically. Favors smart solutions over maintaining the status quo. Prefers fortified cathedrals over ad-hoc bazaars.liamdiproseLiamComputer Engineer, Works part time putting together websites for scientists and working on side projects.Leans right politically. Favors smart solutions over maintaining the status quo. Prefers fortified cathedrals over ad-hoc bazaars.tag:chirp.cooleysekula.net,2022-01-18:objectType=thread:nonce=9447b38df2993a2dhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/lightweight/statuses/107641064707856003New note by lightweight<p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@liamdiprose" class="u-url mention">@liamdiprose</a> we don't know if a certain moral or ethic is good, except by testing it. The same as with all human cultural. Gods are all invented by people to, in effect, win arguments. All 'their' morals and ethics are the inventions of people in any case. The idea of God is great but painfully simplistic and uncompelling for those not indoctrinated into it, and/or with a little imagination or analytical nous.</p>310805http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-01-20T01:04:09+00:002022-01-20T01:04:09+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/lightweightlightweightFOSS & CC guy, nerd on many levels, working to democratise higher education by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical self-reliance & freedom generally. I build stuff & use Oxford commas. Spreading joy & confusion. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZlightweightDave LaneFOSS & CC guy, nerd on many levels, working to democratise higher education by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical self-reliance & freedom generally. I build stuff & use Oxford commas. Spreading joy & confusion. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZtag:chirp.cooleysekula.net,2022-01-18:objectType=thread:nonce=9447b38df2993a2dhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://mastodon.nz/users/liamdiprose/statuses/107641216009704953New note by liamdiprose<p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@lightweight" class="u-url mention">@lightweight</a> I picture society as a tree, and God as the sun that guides its growth. We, the tree, learn goodness by testing and remember goodness by writing it down. If we can't trust what is written down, the tree shrinks, falls away from God, possibly dies.</p><p>This God is not man made, he's part of the spiritual framing of the world. He is who our spirits want to be, personally.</p>310806http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-01-20T01:04:08+00:002022-01-20T01:04:08+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nz/users/liamdiproseliamdiproseComputer Engineer, Works part time putting together websites for scientists and working on side projects.Leans right politically. Favors smart solutions over maintaining the status quo. Prefers fortified cathedrals over ad-hoc bazaars.liamdiproseLiamComputer Engineer, Works part time putting together websites for scientists and working on side projects.Leans right politically. Favors smart solutions over maintaining the status quo. Prefers fortified cathedrals over ad-hoc bazaars.tag:chirp.cooleysekula.net,2022-01-18:objectType=thread:nonce=9447b38df2993a2dhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/lightweight/statuses/107641246090922298New note by lightweight<p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@liamdiprose" class="u-url mention">@liamdiprose</a> wow, I think then, that you and I have entirely different world-views (and, I guess, impressions of what constitutes reality)... I think this concept you're referring to as "God" is not a thing. Like, it's entirely made up and an unnecessary (and often extremely destructive) bug in many human brains.</p>310807http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-01-20T01:04:07+00:002022-01-20T01:04:07+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/lightweightlightweightFOSS & CC guy, nerd on many levels, working to democratise higher education by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical self-reliance & freedom generally. I build stuff & use Oxford commas. Spreading joy & confusion. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZlightweightDave LaneFOSS & CC guy, nerd on many levels, working to democratise higher education by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical self-reliance & freedom generally. I build stuff & use Oxford commas. Spreading joy & confusion. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZtag:chirp.cooleysekula.net,2022-01-18:objectType=thread:nonce=9447b38df2993a2dhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://mastodon.nz/users/liamdiprose/statuses/107641280844177373New note by liamdiprose<p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@lightweight" class="u-url mention">@lightweight</a> Yes, but not unnecessary. He's the direction that we want to grow in. What he is for you is different than what he is for me. Although, since we're both open-source advocates, I really think we can agree on a lot of his features.</p>310808http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-01-20T01:04:06+00:002022-01-20T01:04:06+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nz/users/liamdiproseliamdiproseComputer Engineer, Works part time putting together websites for scientists and working on side projects.Leans right politically. Favors smart solutions over maintaining the status quo. Prefers fortified cathedrals over ad-hoc bazaars.liamdiproseLiamComputer Engineer, Works part time putting together websites for scientists and working on side projects.Leans right politically. Favors smart solutions over maintaining the status quo. Prefers fortified cathedrals over ad-hoc bazaars.tag:chirp.cooleysekula.net,2022-01-18:objectType=thread:nonce=9447b38df2993a2dhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/lightweight/statuses/107641286886370724New note by lightweight<p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@liamdiprose" class="u-url mention">@liamdiprose</a> I just don't there there's any "Him" or "Her" or a"It". There's no need for agency or personification. Humanity and the world we live in with all its creatures and mysteries is plenty. Where I feel nameless awe, others ascribe it to "God". I think that's an invalid leap.</p>310809http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-01-20T01:04:04+00:002022-01-20T01:04:04+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/lightweightlightweightFOSS & CC guy, nerd on many levels, working to democratise higher education by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical self-reliance & freedom generally. I build stuff & use Oxford commas. Spreading joy & confusion. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZlightweightDave LaneFOSS & CC guy, nerd on many levels, working to democratise higher education by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical self-reliance & freedom generally. I build stuff & use Oxford commas. Spreading joy & confusion. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZtag:chirp.cooleysekula.net,2022-01-18:objectType=thread:nonce=9447b38df2993a2dhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://mastodon.nz/users/liamdiprose/statuses/107641345729866891New note by liamdiprose<p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@lightweight" class="u-url mention">@lightweight</a> There's mostly likely an "it", at least. Do you subscribe to string theory or something like that?</p><p>I choose "him", because we are born to become our fathers.</p><p>God is huge, but he is framed as a personal friend who has introduced himself to you. This is about feeling spiritually connected to the universe, not about society building, imo.</p>310810http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-01-20T01:04:03+00:002022-01-20T01:04:03+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nz/users/liamdiproseliamdiproseComputer Engineer, Works part time putting together websites for scientists and working on side projects.Leans right politically. Favors smart solutions over maintaining the status quo. Prefers fortified cathedrals over ad-hoc bazaars.liamdiproseLiamComputer Engineer, Works part time putting together websites for scientists and working on side projects.Leans right politically. Favors smart solutions over maintaining the status quo. Prefers fortified cathedrals over ad-hoc bazaars.tag:chirp.cooleysekula.net,2022-01-18:objectType=thread:nonce=9447b38df2993a2dhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://mastodon.nz/users/liamdiprose/statuses/107641380924010956New note by liamdiprose<p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@lightweight" class="u-url mention">@lightweight</a> I think you have another framing for society and how it grows. I'm optimistic that it draws a parallel with how I see it though...?</p>310811http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-01-20T01:04:02+00:002022-01-20T01:04:02+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nz/users/liamdiproseliamdiproseComputer Engineer, Works part time putting together websites for scientists and working on side projects.Leans right politically. Favors smart solutions over maintaining the status quo. Prefers fortified cathedrals over ad-hoc bazaars.liamdiproseLiamComputer Engineer, Works part time putting together websites for scientists and working on side projects.Leans right politically. Favors smart solutions over maintaining the status quo. Prefers fortified cathedrals over ad-hoc bazaars.tag:chirp.cooleysekula.net,2022-01-18:objectType=thread:nonce=9447b38df2993a2dhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/lightweight/statuses/107641535923581025New note by lightweight<p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@liamdiprose" class="u-url mention">@liamdiprose</a> I'm not sure. I certainly reject the idea that the "big" religions of the world hold any useful answers. They, at best, muddy the waters. At worst, they're the cause for many (most) of our woes. They're a massive distraction from what's real and useful in this time of existential threat, where we urgently need to respond to what we (using religion as a justification for much of it) have created: an entirely unsustainable existence.</p>310812http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-01-20T01:04:01+00:002022-01-20T01:04:01+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/lightweightlightweightFOSS & CC guy, nerd on many levels, working to democratise higher education by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical self-reliance & freedom generally. I build stuff & use Oxford commas. Spreading joy & confusion. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZlightweightDave LaneFOSS & CC guy, nerd on many levels, working to democratise higher education by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical self-reliance & freedom generally. I build stuff & use Oxford commas. Spreading joy & confusion. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZtag:chirp.cooleysekula.net,2022-01-18:objectType=thread:nonce=9447b38df2993a2dhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://mastodon.nz/users/liamdiprose/statuses/107641596051053130New note by liamdiprose<p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@lightweight" class="u-url mention">@lightweight</a> I absolutely agree with Environmentalism. "Go forth and multiply" could use a addendum now.</p><p>Big religions show what we can all agree to, but maybe their time has come. I think we are already seeing what happens when a society drops its religion: increased polarization, lack of trust and respect for one another, inability to even understand one another. I don't see how it ends, or rather I don't want to think about it.</p>310813http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-01-20T01:04:00+00:002022-01-20T01:04:00+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nz/users/liamdiproseliamdiproseComputer Engineer, Works part time putting together websites for scientists and working on side projects.Leans right politically. Favors smart solutions over maintaining the status quo. Prefers fortified cathedrals over ad-hoc bazaars.liamdiproseLiamComputer Engineer, Works part time putting together websites for scientists and working on side projects.Leans right politically. Favors smart solutions over maintaining the status quo. Prefers fortified cathedrals over ad-hoc bazaars.tag:chirp.cooleysekula.net,2022-01-18:objectType=thread:nonce=9447b38df2993a2dhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/lightweight/statuses/107641610921712808New note by lightweight<p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@liamdiprose" class="u-url mention">@liamdiprose</a> the problem I see with what you've said is that you're implicitly ascribing the 'polarisation, lack of trust, and inability to understand one another' to the decline in religious adherence. I'd say it's the *long term effect of religious adherence and ever increasing balkanisation based on centuries of fighting over pointless eschatological nuances that all made up anyway. I think we can only make forward progress by recognising the grand pointlessness of religion in general.</p>310814http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-01-20T01:03:59+00:002022-01-20T01:03:59+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/lightweightlightweightFOSS & CC guy, nerd on many levels, working to democratise higher education by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical self-reliance & freedom generally. I build stuff & use Oxford commas. Spreading joy & confusion. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZlightweightDave LaneFOSS & CC guy, nerd on many levels, working to democratise higher education by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical self-reliance & freedom generally. I build stuff & use Oxford commas. Spreading joy & confusion. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZtag:chirp.cooleysekula.net,2022-01-18:objectType=thread:nonce=9447b38df2993a2dhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://mastodon.nz/users/liamdiprose/statuses/107641627863140958New note by liamdiprose<p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@lightweight" class="u-url mention">@lightweight</a> Everyone used to believe the same thing, but now we are free to choose. So we don't have the guarantee that everyone agrees that murder, stealing, or adultery is wrong. Either we all keep believing in those values, or we see the breakdown of society.</p>310815http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-01-20T01:03:58+00:002022-01-20T01:03:58+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nz/users/liamdiproseliamdiproseComputer Engineer, Works part time putting together websites for scientists and working on side projects.Leans right politically. Favors smart solutions over maintaining the status quo. Prefers fortified cathedrals over ad-hoc bazaars.liamdiproseLiamComputer Engineer, Works part time putting together websites for scientists and working on side projects.Leans right politically. Favors smart solutions over maintaining the status quo. Prefers fortified cathedrals over ad-hoc bazaars.tag:chirp.cooleysekula.net,2022-01-18:objectType=thread:nonce=9447b38df2993a2dhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/lightweight/statuses/107641644900884698New note by lightweight<p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@liamdiprose" class="u-url mention">@liamdiprose</a> er, no. Most people believe those 3 things (3/10ths of the Commandments) are valid regardless of their religion, or lack there of. I consider myself an exemplar of those virtues, and I couldn't be less pious. In the past (what we now refer to as the Dark Ages), people didn't all believe the same thing. They just said they did so that they didn't get stuck in an iron maiden, or burnt at the stake, or stoned, or merely shunned and ostracised. Belief is a slippery thing.</p>310816http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-01-20T01:03:57+00:002022-01-20T01:03:57+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/lightweightlightweightFOSS & CC guy, nerd on many levels, working to democratise higher education by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical self-reliance & freedom generally. I build stuff & use Oxford commas. Spreading joy & confusion. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZlightweightDave LaneFOSS & CC guy, nerd on many levels, working to democratise higher education by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical self-reliance & freedom generally. I build stuff & use Oxford commas. Spreading joy & confusion. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZtag:chirp.cooleysekula.net,2022-01-18:objectType=thread:nonce=9447b38df2993a2d