(March 18, 2017 at 6:16 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Love is not just an emotion , rather it represents a fabric we have to one another through real connections we make to one another, and each connection has a specialized instance of love, which shows love is something with a hidden divine language emanating from an objective reality. But we don't perceive each other as we are. We scent each other and do our best to know one another with good benefit of the doubt (hopefully most of us are like that).
We are part of something wonderful. I don't know why you guys can't see it.
What is it with theists? Not just Muslims, but even Christians and Jews and Hindus and Buddhists when you tell them you don't have a religion and don't believe in a god?
Are there wonderful things in life? Yes! What makes anyone of any religion think atheists are always sad and negative?
I most certainly do think it is amazing that life even started on this planet and that our species even evolved. The only difference is that an atheist does not assign the good or the bad to magic.
I had a wonderful relationship with my mom, but that doesn't change that she died. Her death does not erase all the good she did while alive or our love for each other. I have best friend John from Oklahoma whom I love dearly. I have a pet cat who is my best friend. I love pretty calm night time skies. I love looking at nature like the ocean.
But I also know there are things in nature I don't want affecting me but will, like the death of my mother. I also don't want a hurricane affecting my life or a tornado. I know that meteors have hit our planet in it's past that have caused mass extinctions. Black holes are very destructive to the celestial bodies and even suck in light itself. I also know my cat I have now will eventually die.
There are wonderful things in life as well as other things we don't want affecting us as humans. That does not mean we cant love and enjoy life when we can while we are alive.
Atheists are no different than theists in the ability to see beauty and feel love. The only difference is that we don't assign either the wonderful things or bad things to magic. We see that both the good and bad that happen are better explained naturally through science. But that does not make us emotionless robots.
