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If you're an Atheist, what comforts you?
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#111
RE: If you're an Atheist, what comforts you?
December 3, 2018 at 3:23 pm
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#112
RE: If you're an Atheist, what comforts you?
December 3, 2018 at 3:25 pm
If, hypothetically, I were an atheist, my atheism would be incidental and not the basis of my identity. Atheism is rejection of something, you can't build an identity on that.
Therefore, I would have to make my identity based on my race or ethnicity. What else would I have for the basis of my identity except something as superficial as race or ethnicity to contrast myself from other people? No wander ideologies like racism, ethnic nationalism, communism, and other harmful isms are the so appealing to atheists and non-religious people.
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RE: If you're an Atheist, what comforts you?
December 3, 2018 at 3:30 pm
Maybe that you really like butterflies and kittens?  Goodness, straight to ethno-nationalism, lol.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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#114
RE: If you're an Atheist, what comforts you?
December 3, 2018 at 9:24 pm
Pillows and soft blankets comfort me.
I nice warm bowl of soup and a grilled cheese sandwich on a cold day comforts me.
A cold glass of Guinness after a long day of work comforts me.
Good music and a hot shower comforts me.

I could go on and on, but I think you get the idea.
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RE: If you're an Atheist, what comforts you?
December 3, 2018 at 11:01 pm
Even the religious die alone. Pick up a few hobbies and though that find commonalities with people. Make friends, deep friends, find your joy in life and enjoy it as much as you can because life is too short for anything less.
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#116
RE: If you're an Atheist, what comforts you?
December 3, 2018 at 11:21 pm
Volunteering. Or it would, if I still did it. Volunteering is a one stop shopping center for healthy, mind-distracting, growth filled opportunities.
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RE: If you're an Atheist, what comforts you?
December 4, 2018 at 7:42 am
(December 3, 2018 at 3:25 pm)Cherub786 Wrote: If, hypothetically, I were an atheist, my atheism would be incidental and not the basis of my identity. Atheism is rejection of something, you can't build an identity on that.
Therefore, I would have to make my identity based on my race or ethnicity. What else would I have for the basis of my identity except something as superficial as race or ethnicity to contrast myself from other people? No wander ideologies like racism, ethnic nationalism, communism, and other harmful isms are the so appealing to atheists and non-religious people.

Yes, because AF.org is so clearly a festering pit of communist, racist, right-wing-extreme nationalists.

I mean, just look at this hateful asshole. What more proof do you need?
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If you can't find anything else to build yourself upon, except (solely) religion, race or ethnicity, I pity you.
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#118
RE: If you're an Atheist, what comforts you?
December 4, 2018 at 7:54 am
(December 4, 2018 at 7:42 am)Mr.Obvious Wrote: If you can't find anything else to build yourself upon, except (solely) religion, race or ethnicity, I pity you.

 So what should I build myself upon? Secular humanism  Hilarious
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#119
RE: If you're an Atheist, what comforts you?
December 4, 2018 at 7:59 am
(December 4, 2018 at 7:54 am)Cherub786 Wrote:
(December 4, 2018 at 7:42 am)Mr.Obvious Wrote: If you can't find anything else to build yourself upon, except (solely) religion, race or ethnicity, I pity you.

 So what should I build myself upon? Secular humanism  Hilarious

How about your own interests, achievements, and the loves you forge with others? No "isms" involved. No gods, either.
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RE: If you're an Atheist, what comforts you?
December 4, 2018 at 8:06 am
(December 4, 2018 at 7:59 am)Crossless2.0 Wrote:
(December 4, 2018 at 7:54 am)Cherub786 Wrote:  So what should I build myself upon? Secular humanism  Hilarious

How about your own interests, achievements, and the loves you forge with others? No "isms" involved. No gods, either.

No matter how great an individual I become I will always seek something greater than myself.
I'm a weak, fallen human being with few achievements. There is nothing to atheism but loss and more loss. Loss of identity and any sense of community too.
That's why young non-religious people are turning to toxic ideologies like the "Alt-Right". They need it to fill the void.
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