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by knolan 1638 days ago
He’s not accusing god of anything, he’s pointing out that what one primitive civilisation saw as a sign from some supernatural being was a cosmic event with local consequences for another civilisation. He also shows how those beliefs, which in part survive from that early civilisation, are dissonant with our understanding of the universe.

It’s like a child’s belief that heaven sits on the clouds flying in a aeroplane for the first time.