Anyone make their own holy book? (sh.itjust.works)

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a religion doesnt have to be big. it can be just you

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[-] SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

For a couple of years now I've been formulating a cosmology and religious practice with the intent of reconciling my strong urges towards the spiritual with my reflexive scientific skepticism.

The idea is to embody natural principles and behaviours into deities as an aid to process events and thoughts in constructive and/or ritualised ways. I'm using existing deities, mostly from ancient Canaanite and Sumerian mythology.

The idea was heavily influenced by the essay Meditations on Moloch by Scott Alexander: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/

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