RE: Atheism. Only for the strong of character?
January 11, 2011 at 9:23 am
(This post was last modified: January 11, 2011 at 9:27 am by Ashendant.)
padraic Wrote:Maybe you're right intellectual would not fit me because i'm a terrible student(when i need to be a good student), maybe the best definition would be a scholar, or maybe it's just intellectual, whateverMinimalist Wrote:Quote:I have been accused by various "Believers" of being primitive and heathanistic, and subject to being a slave to physical instincts, because I do not live in the fear of their God and refuse to abide by His strict rules and rituals.
Why do you give a rat's ass what those morons say?
They grovel to a non-existent entity. Fuck 'em, I say.
Indeed.
Speaking personally only,my atheism is not a choice, simply an inevitable conclusion. It is morally neutral as a position,being neither praiseworthy nor worthy of condemnation.
Ash, I'm not sure what you mean by "intellectual" nor what if anything you are implying.
My Concise Oxford Dictionary says:
" Intellectual: 1: Of,appealing to,requiring or given to the exercise of,intellect. 2Person) possessing a good understanding,enlightened (person)"
My perception is the first fits quite a few people here,the second,not so much. I make no comment about any individual.
I describe myself as a person that always wants to know more, i'm addicted to knowledge and information of all types, i try to rationalise them and fit into my worldview of how things work and how things should work, there's also the fact that i'm fully aware that i know virtually nothing like a philosopher so i might be that.
Rhizomorph13 Wrote:No alchohol, no cigars, and no drugs? Because they are dangerous?! Do you drive a car? Plan on getting married ever? Those have even worse stories linked to them you know.I'm learning to drive a car but due to my own anxiety, i'm learning very slowly and i get anxious, and i plan to get married sometime in the future.
Existing is about calculated risk, in my opinion risk begets reward so risk little and you will have a long dull life. It reminds me of what a boss of mine told me when I told him I didn't like whiskey or cigarettes, "WHAT?! Son, those are the good things in life! You probably don't like eatin' pussy neither!" I didn't dare inform him of my virgin status at the time...
Fuck the moral high ground, live a little, take drugs, make sexy time, stare death in the face, and flip it off. Addiction is overplayed in the media and isn't as big a deal as you think it is.
