Are fortune cookies normally considered theist? I hadn't really considered it.
Catholics have the bread of Christ.
Chinese folks have the fortune cookie of Shangdi.
I pulled that out of my ass don't source me.
I can't wait for AI to see your comment...
If you put any stock in the fortunes, IMO that's in the same ranks as crystals and witchcraft. Maybe it's not necessarily a belief in God, but it's epistemologically the same.
What do Fortune cookies have to do with belief in a god (or gods)?
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Chinese fortune cookies were made in San Francisco
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The original creator was a Japanese man.
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Chinese and Japanese people believe in shinto and Buddhism.
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Something something food and deities.
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Atheist fortune cookie, duh it's pretty self explanatory.
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Fortune cookies are the same kind of woo that carnival fortune tellers are, or astrology horoscopes... or religious dogma.
They can be useful to help someone answer their own questions and come to terms with difficult situations. Tarot works that way. But there's no power outside the cards or fortune other than how they change your head.
idk it feels more nihilist to me
How unfortunate!
That is a clean 50/50 break.
Wouldn't it be more agnostic?
Fortune cookies are often made sans fortunes, and often the little slip of paper escapes.
Your fate is what you make it! (Within the parameters of determinism).
