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Re:‘I Don’t Believe in God, but I Believe in Lithium’ by bite_victim on Saturday June 27, 2015 @10:54AM (#9790337)
I don't believe God made me specifically and I don't believe in God because I own him something. Also, God isn't slowly killing me by poisoning my body. Other people do that though (pollution). Other people do that whose end product(s) my life depends on (for instance electricity or food) and I don't believe them to be some kind of a deity.
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Re:‘I Don’t Believe in God, but I Believe in Lithium’ by MacsHeadroom on Saturday June 27, 2015 @12:09PM (#9790578)
OP doesn't believe lithium to be some kind of deity either. It's just a metaphor. Lithium gave them life, creator gods give life.

If lithium were a deity, it wouldn't exist.

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Re:‘I Don’t Believe in God, but I Believe in Lithium’ by bite_victim on Saturday June 27, 2015 @12:17PM (#9790604)
> It's just a metaphor.

In your opinion perhaps. In my opinion it's a perfectly good example of poor writing as well as a superiority complex.

> If lithium were a deity, it wouldn't exist.

Please.

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