(May 7, 2011 at 4:15 pm)Ace Otana Wrote:(May 7, 2011 at 3:45 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: This exactly proves the point above. Without a concept of purpose your life is sad and inhibited.
Atheists have a concept of purpose. We can make our own. We can be more than we are, religion is not required. Life is only sad if you need a belief in god in order to see any purpose.
Atheists are not sad, they are not without purpose, they are free.
This is something I'm very interested in Ace. I've never had this explained to me, but what exactly is the sense of purpose for an Atheist, and where does meaning ultimately come from? Of course I recognize the diversity of takes here, but I wonder what the gist is here. Maybe I should start a thread on this, I'm very interested in what philosophy different atheists have. I suspect there's a lot of common ground.
