RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism?
March 10, 2015 at 12:37 pm
(This post was last modified: March 10, 2015 at 12:38 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(March 10, 2015 at 12:26 pm)SteveII Wrote:(March 10, 2015 at 12:15 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: People get those values from within, of course, meaning that those qualities are inherently subjective and not intrinsic.
Yes, that includes believers in deities.
So, there is no intrinsic meaning, value or purpose to anything? We have to make it up? So...the "noble lie"?
If that's what you call it, I suppose. I think of it as assuming responsibility for my own behavior, but we're quibbling words at this point.