Comment by lelanthran

You're missing the point: as an addict the substance is the "higher power" because it literally has power over the addict.

Switching out the addiction for a different "higher power" is the point.

Just because you don't know how how things work doesn't mean you should quote the dictionary inaccurately at people. What you are doing is lower-cognitive effort than a stochastic parrot.

FWIW, I've been atheist all my life, mentioned it multiple times on HN, and am constantly annoyed by militant atheists like you making the rest of us in this group of logical people look bad.

At the very least, at least pretend to have put some thought into your worldview. Or at least pretend that there is some logic behind this argument you want to have on the internet for worthless internet points.

I'm simply telling you what the reality is. Your complaint that reality is wrong and you are right is a common but frankly stupid PoV.