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#141
RE: Question for Atheists
March 12, 2014 at 11:17 pm
You can wax on "why" all day long, and all you'll get is a supremely greased up pecker. The mistake is assuming everyone should be waxing it the same way or to the same stimulating mental images.
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RE: Question for Atheists
March 13, 2014 at 12:11 am
(January 30, 2014 at 11:48 pm)Lek Wrote: I have a powerful desire to know why the universe exists and our purpose for existence as individuals. I don't see science as a way to discover this. Do atheists search for the same thing and, if so, what is their source or method? I think most atheists don't see any purpose at all.

What do you do with your time every day? Whatever you do is what your purpose is.
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#143
RE: Question for Atheists
March 13, 2014 at 12:15 am
(March 13, 2014 at 12:11 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote:
(January 30, 2014 at 11:48 pm)Lek Wrote: I have a powerful desire to know why the universe exists and our purpose for existence as individuals. I don't see science as a way to discover this. Do atheists search for the same thing and, if so, what is their source or method? I think most atheists don't see any purpose at all.

What do you do with your time every day? Whatever you do is what your purpose is.

Also, if science isn't the correct approach, WHAT THE HELL MAKES ANYONE THINK RELIGION IS?!
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#144
RE: Question for Atheists
March 13, 2014 at 12:18 am
(March 13, 2014 at 12:15 am)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Also, if science isn't the correct approach, WHAT THE HELL MAKES ANYONE THINK RELIGION IS?!

Because religion offers soft, fluffy answers that help them sleep at night.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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#145
RE: Question for Atheists
March 13, 2014 at 1:16 am
(March 12, 2014 at 9:04 pm)Lek Wrote: When I talk about "why" the universe exists, I don't mean "how". I'm talking about the reason and purpose for us and everything else.

Why must there be a why?

(March 12, 2014 at 9:04 pm)Lek Wrote: If an infinite, thinking being created everything then he would have a reason for creating the universe.

Why must it be a he?

(March 12, 2014 at 9:04 pm)Lek Wrote: Though I'm not sure of the reason, I could say that I and the universe are here because God wanted it and my purpose here is to do his will.

Sure, you could say that. Now all you need to do is justify the statement. Then we can talk.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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#146
RE: Question for Atheists
March 13, 2014 at 1:26 am
(March 12, 2014 at 9:04 pm)Lek Wrote: Though I'm not sure of the reason, I could say that I and the universe are here because God wanted it and my purpose here is to do his will.


That would explain why He didn't hard-wire us to do his will. He's like a small child pulling the wings off an insect. He enjoys our struggle to comply with out any clear directive or even any certainty that He exists at all. Such a sick fucker, don't you think?
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RE: Question for Atheists
March 13, 2014 at 3:24 am
Our purpose is whatever we want it to be. Otherwise it's not OUR purpose, but GOD'S purpose, which really makes no sense then.
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RE: Question for Atheists
March 13, 2014 at 3:39 am
(March 13, 2014 at 12:18 am)Faith No More Wrote:
(March 13, 2014 at 12:15 am)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Also, if science isn't the correct approach, WHAT THE HELL MAKES ANYONE THINK RELIGION IS?!

Because religion offers soft, fluffy answers that help them sleep at night.

Mmmmm, fluffy.

I like a winciette worldview.
"Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
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RE: Question for Atheists
March 13, 2014 at 3:40 am
(March 13, 2014 at 3:24 am)DarkHorse Wrote: Our purpose is whatever we want it to be. Otherwise it's not OUR purpose, but GOD'S purpose, which really makes no sense then.

What, you don't like the purpose He gave you for christmas?
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RE: Question for Atheists
March 13, 2014 at 3:53 am
(March 12, 2014 at 11:01 pm)Tonus Wrote: I have trouble envisioning a universe where it doesn't rain Dr Pepper on Sunday. Doesn't seem to have any noticeable effect on reality.

And therein lies the answer.

(Envisioning God has a noticeable effect on reality)
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