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How do you find meaning as an atheist?

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How do you find meaning as an atheist?
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Re: How do you find meaning as an atheist?
January 16, 2013 at 9:14 pm
You'll find it under 'm'
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RE: How do you find meaning as an atheist?
January 17, 2013 at 5:31 am
I try to live each day with as much happiness as I can. I do what I do and enjoy my small passions and the people around me. Simple as that.
"Need is not quite belief" - Anne Sexton, Mercy for the Greedy
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RE: How do you find meaning as an atheist?
January 17, 2013 at 8:50 am
I keep occupied,I read I think,I learn and I play Wink
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#34
RE: How do you find meaning as an atheist?
January 18, 2013 at 8:10 pm
(January 14, 2013 at 9:03 am)AthianGuildmaster Wrote: I'm talking about is the sense of a definite direction or duty to a person or thing.
The meaning of life?
Reproduction, I suppose.
And to have fun (you can do 'em both at the same time Big Grin).
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RE: How do you find meaning as an atheist?
January 20, 2013 at 4:28 pm
Meaning? My parents wanted another kid. I was born a while later.
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RE: How do you find meaning as an atheist?
January 20, 2013 at 6:20 pm (This post was last modified: January 20, 2013 at 6:21 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
My "meaning" in the sense of "duty" in life:

Duty one: Find out if I actually have any duties.

Duty two: If I do have any duties, find out what they are.

Duty three: Do my best to apply them.

Currently I believe that my duties involve being as unbiased as I reasonably can, being sufficiently logical, deserving what I own and being generous and appreciate towards myself and other sentient lifeforms.
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Re: How do you find meaning as an atheist?
January 20, 2013 at 8:27 pm
A strong Christian influence there Evie
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RE: How do you find meaning as an atheist?
January 21, 2013 at 7:01 am
Well, you may be right. I do highly value "forgiveness" and the like and other so-called Christian "values".... I come from a Christian culture, I guess.

It's not that I don't in any way follow "Christ".... it's that I don't believe that he was the son of any god, I don't believe he had any supernatural powers and I don't believe in any god or anything supernatural at all.
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RE: How do you find meaning as an atheist?
January 21, 2013 at 8:39 am
Interesting...

I don't believe in anything supernatural... that is > on it's own apart from God. I see lots of coincidence. The sort of thing that might convince someone of a supernatural reality... but find my religious beliefs make those superfluous.

I find my world view helps me with duty one Wink
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RE: How do you find meaning as an atheist?
January 21, 2013 at 4:10 pm
As far as I can tell, "meaning" is just made up.
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