(October 15, 2010 at 8:10 am)solja247 Wrote:Quote:Why not just live it up? I'm all about self-controlled hedonism (yay porno!), I have one life to live
Are you sure?
Dave4shumps, when I was contemplating Atheism I had only two paths:
1. Live it up! Drink, have sex, who cares? Im no longer accontable to some god
2. Well, I care about my health, so I wont drink and I do want to find that special girl, without getting STIs, so I wont sleep around and I like having a day off, so I will keep the sabbath.
Those are really your two options. However, if I was to go with number 2 I would of gone back to God, as I did anyways.
LOL.
Did you think about this dangerous third path?
3. I am accountable to myself and those closest to me. Since I have a responsibility to myself and others, I will do my best not to act like an idiot and take care of my mental and physical health because I know I have this life at the very least, and don't want to squander it away. I'll be smart about my relations with all people, including sexual ones, and avoid risks that I don't deem are necessary in life so that I may enjoy more of it with my loved ones.
I'm an atheist and I don't drink, I've never done any drugs or smoked any cigarettes, and I always use protection when having sex - which is in a monogamous, fruitful relationship. I try to take care of myself, exercise, give respect to my fellow man, and help out the community in any way I can by volunteering my time. Hell, I don't even have any points on my driver's license. Please explain to me how that warrants a God in any aspect or manor, and how my decision is not part of your false dichotomy, yet it's perfectly reasonable for me to decide to do so.
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