RE: What gives a religion the right to claim their fantasy is correct and the rest false?
November 20, 2016 at 12:36 pm
(This post was last modified: November 20, 2016 at 12:37 pm by PETE_ROSE.)
(November 20, 2016 at 12:18 pm)robvalue Wrote: How is atheism bleak? This suggests that belief (or lack of) affects reality. And it's not a choice, it's a state of mind. It's not a philosophy one picks. And bleak? Why? There has to be some weird voyeur out there, or else stuff is really bad?
Clearly an atheist who is still alive can cope with life without needing imaginary characters.
Yeah, either gods exist, or they do not. A bit tricky to tell since they never get defined properly. But as seen in my "why should I care" thread, no one can even give me a good answer as to what difference it makes anyway. I feel it's often an emotional crutch some people are scared to throw aside.
I've never said belief if God is necessary for survival or happiness, and would not.
If a creator and God exists, my logic tells me that I should determine how that applies to me and what His expectation are. I have done that to my satisfaction. Again, from my standpoint, atheism is a rejection, refusal, or insert your own words, choice to follow yourself and your own prescribed path; which (from my view) places you at odds with God.
When we depart this life, if God does not exist, and all we have to look forward to is darkness, that appears bleak to me. If we depart this life and God does exist, and we are subject to His judgment, that too would appear bleak to me were I an athiest.
So often here people belittle Christians as dumb, emotionally needy, indoctrinated idiots. This reveals your animosity, contempt, and bias; and does little to further your argument.
