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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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