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RE: If You Were An Atheist
August 25, 2015 at 2:00 am
"If you were an atheist tomorrow, how would you change the rest of your life? Personality, morals, etc."
Morally? My life would be relatively unchanged.
Otherwise, I'd take a hell of a lot less risks. I'd have never went skydiving or river rafting. I'd get regular checkups every month, instead of once a year. I'd play it much safer if I knew (or believed) this life was the only one I had.
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RE: If You Were An Atheist
August 25, 2015 at 9:02 am
(August 19, 2015 at 3:32 pm)lkingpinl Wrote: (August 19, 2015 at 3:28 pm)Whateverist the White Wrote: Exactly. Unfortunately for you my statement doesn't leave room for its negation or any other statement to be absolute.
Actually your first word is "Absolutely". Which means you are affirming an absolute while denying their existence. Again self-defeating. unfortunately for you. 
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RE: If You Were An Atheist
August 25, 2015 at 8:02 pm
(August 25, 2015 at 2:00 am)Divinity Wrote: "If you were an atheist tomorrow, how would you change the rest of your life? Personality, morals, etc."
Morally? My life would be relatively unchanged.
Otherwise, I'd take a hell of a lot less risks. I'd have never went skydiving or river rafting. I'd get regular checkups every month, instead of once a year. I'd play it much safer if I knew (or believed) this life was the only one I had. Why? You would believe that this is the only life you have, so you should have as much fun as possible until it is over.
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RE: If You Were An Atheist
August 25, 2015 at 8:26 pm
(August 25, 2015 at 8:02 pm)Shuffle Wrote: Why? You would believe that this is the only life you have, so you should have as much fun as possible until it is over.
Exactly. Living longer means having more fun.
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RE: If You Were An Atheist
August 25, 2015 at 8:28 pm
(August 25, 2015 at 9:02 am)Iroscato Wrote: (August 19, 2015 at 3:32 pm)lkingpinl Wrote: Actually your first word is "Absolutely". Which means you are affirming an absolute while denying their existence. Again self-defeating. unfortunately for you.
Will you two please get a room already? Gawd...
And do what exactly? Let you watch for free? I don't think so.
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RE: If You Were An Atheist
August 25, 2015 at 8:30 pm
(August 25, 2015 at 8:26 pm)Divinity Wrote: (August 25, 2015 at 8:02 pm)Shuffle Wrote: Why? You would believe that this is the only life you have, so you should have as much fun as possible until it is over.
Exactly. Living longer means having more fun.
I haven't noticed that the fun I've had is always proportional to the amount of time that's gone by. Quantity does not always equal quality. [And no I don't only say this because I've had to have this conversation with every new intimate.]
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RE: If You Were An Atheist
August 25, 2015 at 9:37 pm
(August 25, 2015 at 8:26 pm)Divinity Wrote: (August 25, 2015 at 8:02 pm)Shuffle Wrote: Why? You would believe that this is the only life you have, so you should have as much fun as possible until it is over. Exactly. Living longer means having more fun. Well, driving is more dangerous than sky diving, so I guess you would never drive. If you never drove then it would be almost impossible for you to get anywhere in any reasonable amounts of time. If you can never get anywhere, then what kind of life would you be living?
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RE: If You Were An Atheist
August 25, 2015 at 9:43 pm
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RE: If You Were An Atheist
August 27, 2015 at 4:29 pm
(August 13, 2015 at 1:19 am)Shuffle Wrote: This is the seventh thread in which I ask theists very simple questions that deserve very simple answers. The last one was History Repeats Itself.
The question I propose to you is:
- If you were an atheist tomorrow, how would you change the rest of your life? Personality, morals, etc.
I only decided to put one question this time, so it should be pretty easy to answer.
Thanks!
Asking someone what they'd be like if they were totally different is not a simple question at all. 
I know there are exceptions, but generally speaking, a person's faith (if it's a strong faith) doesn't normally tend to be some little surface part of themselves. For me, it's so much a part of me, and so contributory to who I am and how I was led to be this way, that I'd have no idea what I'd be like without it. You may as well ask me what I'd be like if I was a man lol. I have no idea.
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RE: If You Were An Atheist
August 27, 2015 at 4:50 pm
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(August 25, 2015 at 9:37 pm)Shuffle Wrote: (August 25, 2015 at 8:26 pm)Divinity Wrote: Exactly. Living longer means having more fun. Well, driving is more dangerous than sky diving, so I guess you would never drive. If you never drove then it would be almost impossible for you to get anywhere in any reasonable amounts of time. If you can never get anywhere, then what kind of life would you be living?
Driving isn't more dangerous than sky diving. More people die from driving, but that's because more people drive. It's like saying "More people are killed by vending machines each year than Sharks, so Vending Machines are more dangerous than Sharks." Would you rather be trapped in a cage with a shark, or a vending machine?
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