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Afterlife vs Not
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RE: Afterlife vs Not
(December 11, 2010 at 11:52 pm)Malfader13 Wrote: This leads me in thought that nothing matters in the end, and I don't mean just my personal end.

Nihilism is the only conclusion that can be made from this path of logic, to me.

How do you who are true atheists reconcile this within yourselves without becoming a nihilist?

Its an argument put forward by theists often, that atheists must be nihilists. I don't understand why.

We live, we experience, we endure. What is the point? To live, experience, endure! To love, to laugh, to enjoy life and all its wonders. Sure, bad days and things happen, but overall its better than death, which is a complete lack of sensation and experience.

Do bacteria, dogs, cats, cows ask questions like this? Or do they just get on with their lives? There is an imperative within all life and this is a desire to stay alive and propagate the species. This is twisted sometimes, for example with certain spiders where the male is eaten by the female during mating, but this is done to help its offspring survive.

We are hardwired to live anyway, and you only get one credit to play. So you may as well enjoy it regardless of your beliefs.

Betting all your money on an unproven afterlife and spending your life sucking the cock of an imaginary being is not my idea of fun.
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Afterlife vs Not - by Malfader13 - December 11, 2010 at 11:52 pm
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by Darwinian - December 12, 2010 at 12:00 am
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by Malfader13 - December 12, 2010 at 9:45 pm
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by DeistPaladin - December 12, 2010 at 12:13 am
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by Justtristo - December 12, 2010 at 4:55 am
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by lrh9 - December 12, 2010 at 7:25 am
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by Justtristo - December 12, 2010 at 9:21 pm
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by Ace Otana - December 12, 2010 at 7:53 am
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by Malfader13 - December 12, 2010 at 11:28 pm
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by Rhizomorph13 - December 13, 2010 at 12:31 pm
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by Malfader13 - December 14, 2010 at 12:39 am
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by Ace Otana - December 13, 2010 at 5:35 pm
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by Anomalocaris - December 13, 2010 at 6:22 pm
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by Captain Scarlet - December 12, 2010 at 9:34 am
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by theVOID - December 12, 2010 at 10:42 am
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by downbeatplumb - December 12, 2010 at 10:52 am
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by Anomalocaris - December 12, 2010 at 11:00 am
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by lilyannerose - December 12, 2010 at 3:42 pm
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by Rhizomorph13 - December 12, 2010 at 5:11 pm
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by padraic - December 12, 2010 at 6:58 pm
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by theVOID - December 12, 2010 at 10:43 pm
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by HigherLvlofThinking - December 13, 2010 at 2:08 pm
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by LWP17 - December 14, 2010 at 12:48 am
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by Light of Truth - December 14, 2010 at 1:19 am
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by Loki_999 - December 14, 2010 at 4:42 am
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by Malfader13 - December 14, 2010 at 12:36 pm
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by Loki_999 - December 15, 2010 at 2:30 am
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by Rhizomorph13 - December 15, 2010 at 11:37 am
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by hellfire - December 15, 2010 at 4:46 pm
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by Lethe - December 14, 2010 at 12:33 pm
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by theVOID - December 15, 2010 at 11:56 am
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by mamamia88 - December 21, 2010 at 11:52 pm
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by Strappado - January 5, 2011 at 6:27 am
RE: Afterlife vs Not - by Edwardo Piet - January 5, 2011 at 8:35 am

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