• edible_funk
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    3 days ago

    Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.

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      2 days ago

      I always thought I had come up with a similar version of this of my own accord and then I later found out it was an existing quote. Wasn’t it by Marcus Auralias almost 2,000 years ago?

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      2 days ago

      And if it’s Oden and you’re the fighter type, then maybe when you die, a Valkyrie will take you to Valhalla where you’d feast for ages.

      I mean, hailing Thor and Oden doesn’t cost very much compared to the christian god!