Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoSo who created the creator ?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1189arrow-down134file-text
arrow-up1155arrow-down1imageSo who created the creator ?lemmy.worldEp1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square40fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s turtles all the way up
minus-squarestevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·1 year agoLet’s goooo Native American creation storiez
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoI don’t think you’re understanding the reference. It comes from Hindu creation mythology. But only out of convenience’ sake. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down
minus-squareMidnitte@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoVery relatedly, it’s also contained in an anecdote Bertrand Russell reportedly experienced.
minus-squareUriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI like The Discworld interpretation. As Terry Pratchett notes, the Turtle is capable of swimming through the aether of space, hence doesn’t need to be on anything.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI’ve heard it attributed to multiple people, going all the way back to Thomas Henry Huxley, so who knows?
minus-squarestevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoI think the truth lies in the middle https://ltbbodawa-nsn.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Creation-Story-Turtle-Island.pdf Edit: and here’s another for good measure https://deadlystory.com/page/culture/articles/World_s_Indigenous_Peoples_Day/Turtle_Island
It’s turtles all the way up
Let’s goooo Native American creation storiez
I don’t think you’re understanding the reference. It comes from Hindu creation mythology. But only out of convenience’ sake.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down
Very relatedly, it’s also contained in an anecdote Bertrand Russell reportedly experienced.
I like The Discworld interpretation. As Terry Pratchett notes, the Turtle is capable of swimming through the aether of space, hence doesn’t need to be on anything.
I’ve heard it attributed to multiple people, going all the way back to Thomas Henry Huxley, so who knows?
I think the truth lies in the middle
https://ltbbodawa-nsn.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Creation-Story-Turtle-Island.pdf
Edit: and here’s another for good measure
https://deadlystory.com/page/culture/articles/World_s_Indigenous_Peoples_Day/Turtle_Island