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*tips fedora

>> No.8801503

Wow great thread. Glad I came on /lit/ today otherwise I wouldve missed this gem

>> No.8801553

>>8801503
I wouldn't call it a gem, it's more like atheist wish fulfillment where the enemy is the church.

>> No.8801561

>>8801553
>atheist
But God is real in it.

>> No.8801568
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>>8801489
This book ruined my life

>> No.8801579

>>8801561
The "God" of HDM is not God.

>> No.8801582

>>8801561

He's a multi-dimensional alien.

>> No.8801583

>>8801582
I'd worship it.

>> No.8801584

I suppose you think The Shadow of the Wind is a pretty edgy book title too

>> No.8801597

>>8801579
Because there is no god

>> No.8801786

>>8801553
I was talking about the thread and I was being sarcastic. Jesus

>> No.8801896

>>8801561
Yeah, the 'atheism' of the books is way over sold. The books assume Catholicism is true, then complain about the unjustice of reality. Well yeah the god of the Bible is pretty messed up, but that isn't atheism.

>> No.8803048

>>8801489
Book 2 is good, the rest are forgettable. The ending of book 3 sucks.

>> No.8804102

>>8801489
It isn't atheistic, its gnostic and somewhat pantheist.

>> No.8804112

>>8801553
Thing is, he isn't atheist. He is Satanist.

>> No.8805120

>>8801896
Does placing the churches origin on an interdimensional alien really negate it as being atheist in nature?

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8805938

The word yall are looking for is misotheist, although on it's face it doesn't appear to explore misotheism from a good understanding of christianity because people who can't into subtext in fiction just think "muh multidimensional alien isn't the xtian god."

>> No.8805942

Wow great thread. Glad I came on /lit/ today otherwise I wouldve missed this gem

>> No.8805967

>>8805938
I'd say the progression of morality/taboo breaking (killing a child), immortality seeking (bringing that child back from the dead), and lover's suicide masked by the core "I want to punch god in the face" plot actually do a fair job of expressing misotheism in a good understanding of xtianity.