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 PSA: the existence of a unifying principal (God, and no, i didn't misstype principle) in the universe does not imply we are slaves

you can do dumbshit

and get slapped for refusing to engage with the reality you are in

atheism is literally refusing to engage with the reality

because fundamentally reality can't exist without a unifying PRINCIPLE

this is a clear point right at the beginning of the qur'an and central to all forms of logic... commonly referred to as an "axiom"

you don't get away from it by refusing to acknowledge it exists, just like a fist in your face 
 An axiom is not a principle, instead it's a convention