To be fair, god is literally dead in the cosmere series, and so are half the people that stole fragments of its power, so she's right to be an athiest.
Assuming you can actually kill god, and not just fracture It. It's power, and It's will, still lives on. As evidenced by the effects of It's shards on their bearers.
I would say the original god is definitely dead, since there is no reforming it.
Only some of the fragments of its will are still intact, and of those, Harmony so far seems like they won't ever be consumed by that will (unless there is something in a new book I dont know about).
The will of the storm outright says it is a different entity than the shattered shard that presided over the world previously, and that said shard is definitively dead.
“Well, now I need to know what kind of gods these are. I need to know if they pretend they are perfect and yet need constant validation from me. Or maybe they are flawed and they accept it. I also need to know what their stance is toward genocide, CSAM, prion disease, and parasitism.”
Definitely been done, though. There are lots of fantasy worlds where divine beings are objective fact, which is often directly experienced by protagonists. AFAIK in those cases, the claim by in-universe atheists tends to be that those are just powerful beings, not gods, which kind of seems like a distinction without a difference to me.
Though it does become philosophical. What IS a "god", and if we accept these beings as gods, should you worship them? Are they worship-worthy, and are they going to punish people who refuse to worship them? The last part is kind of independent of whether they're really gods, even a powerful being who is literally just a mundane human (e.g. a king) can still make your life hell if you refuse their demands.
AFAIK in those cases, the claim by in-universe atheists tends to be that those are just powerful beings, not gods, which kind of seems like a distinction without a difference to me.
It is likely that there is a bunch of divine baggage that is being rejected, including obligation to worship and inplications of divinity expmaining a bigger impact on the world than they actually have.
Terry Pratchett did this in the Discworld stories. Granny Weatherwax, in particular, was firmly atheist despite knowing that gods existed. It's actually quite logical, as you don't need belief if you've personally seen gods, and dealt with them, you have knowledge instead.
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Jasnah from Stormlight Archive?
To be fair, god is literally dead in the cosmere series, and so are half the people that stole fragments of its power, so she's right to be an athiest.
Assuming you can actually kill god, and not just fracture It. It's power, and It's will, still lives on. As evidenced by the effects of It's shards on their bearers.
I would say the original god is definitely dead, since there is no reforming it.
Only some of the fragments of its will are still intact, and of those, Harmony so far seems like they won't ever be consumed by that will (unless there is something in a new book I dont know about).
The will of the storm outright says it is a different entity than the shattered shard that presided over the world previously, and that said shard is definitively dead.
and the sequel: flat-earthers on a literally round earth
Damn you beat me to it
“Oh. Ok.”
“Well, now I need to know what kind of gods these are. I need to know if they pretend they are perfect and yet need constant validation from me. Or maybe they are flawed and they accept it. I also need to know what their stance is toward genocide, CSAM, prion disease, and parasitism.”
Definitely been done, though. There are lots of fantasy worlds where divine beings are objective fact, which is often directly experienced by protagonists. AFAIK in those cases, the claim by in-universe atheists tends to be that those are just powerful beings, not gods, which kind of seems like a distinction without a difference to me.
Though it does become philosophical. What IS a "god", and if we accept these beings as gods, should you worship them? Are they worship-worthy, and are they going to punish people who refuse to worship them? The last part is kind of independent of whether they're really gods, even a powerful being who is literally just a mundane human (e.g. a king) can still make your life hell if you refuse their demands.
Thor vs alah or being omni potent
It is likely that there is a bunch of divine baggage that is being rejected, including obligation to worship and inplications of divinity expmaining a bigger impact on the world than they actually have.
Terry Pratchett did this in the Discworld stories. Granny Weatherwax, in particular, was firmly atheist despite knowing that gods existed. It's actually quite logical, as you don't need belief if you've personally seen gods, and dealt with them, you have knowledge instead.
Also she has a lifetime of experience in not having to give deference to authority.