RE: Bravery of peaceful belivers.
February 6, 2017 at 9:33 am
(This post was last modified: February 6, 2017 at 10:19 am by Homeless Nutter.)
(February 6, 2017 at 8:55 am)purplepurpose Wrote: To follow the instincts of self preservation and simply await death in comfort is even worse, no matter how you look at it.[...]
LOL... And who the f*ck does that? Why exactly do you feel the need to straw-man atheists in pretty much every post? Did your wife run off with a non-believer, or something?...
There are plenty of ways for atheists to find meaning and purpose in life, beyond self-preservation and hedonism, which don't involve subjecting one's life to a convenient fantasy and substituting fear and blind obedience for empathy and reason.
On the other hand - most nominally religious people don't seem to have a problem with living empty and self-centered lives, only using their beliefs as a means to avoid thinking about death and suffering of their neighbors and to claim moral superiority regardless.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
