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Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Nov-2023 03:48:06 JST Micro SF/F by O. Westin

The god and the farmer were old friends and mostly spoke of important things, like the weather and kindness. But one day the farmer asked:
"Do I have a soul?"
"Yes. I gave you one years ago."
"You did?"
"A soul is... like a tag, showing which god claims you."
"That's all?"
"Mm."
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  Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 23:13:08 JST Micro SF/F by O. Westin
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  @herdsoft Most gods only care about living people.
  
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  Bernd Herd (herdsoft@gruene.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 23:13:10 JST Bernd Herd
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  @MicroSFF Isn't there some logic error in it? Because if the farmer has no intrinsic soul, what does the god claim then after he/she is dead, except what he's given himself anyway?
  
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  Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 09:50:34 JST Micro SF/F by O. Westin
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  @herdsoft I have read it, many times.
  In the world in my story, which is not this world, there are many gods. People may worship none of them, or one, or many, or change which one to worship depending on season or circumstance.
  A good may aid or punish a worshipper or not, according to their whim. But they can't touch a person who belongs to another god.
  A soul in that world is a person's bond with a god, the tie between mortal and divine.
  
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  Bernd Herd (herdsoft@gruene.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 09:50:35 JST Bernd Herd
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  @MicroSFF Isn't this also a logical fallacy, since very many people believe there is only exactly one god, so "most gods" doesn't make sense to them.
  While people like me don't think any gods exist at all, so "most gods" also makes no sense to me?
  Maybe "Most people who believe in a god believe their god cares about living people"?
  Worth reading:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Gods
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    Small Gods
    
    Small Gods is the thirteenth of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, published in 1992. It tells the origin of the god Om, and his relations with his prophet, the reformer Brutha. In the process, it satirises philosophy, religious institutions, people, and practices, and the role of religion in political life. Plot background Omnia is a theocracy based on the Seven Books of the Prophets of Om, collectively known as the Septateuch. The Discworld is flat and is orbited by its sun, but Omnian doctrine says that the world is round and orbits the sun. Omnians believe in a single god, Om, though the Discworld has many gods, including the billions of Small Gods who exist as points of desire searching for believers. Om was once a Small God, but managed to speak to a shepherd, gained believers (despite the shepherd being stoned to death) and took over from Ur-Gilash as the God of what became Omnia. In Omnian tradition there is a new Prophet every two hundred years. Plot The Great God Om tries to manifest himself once more in the world, as...

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