(August 13, 2017 at 12:36 am)KevinM1 Wrote: Wooters conveniently forgets that the bulk of atheists are also humanists. That it's precisely because we realize that we're limited, vulnerable creatures that are (so far) alone in a vast, impersonal universe that we consider life to be unique and finite. Something to be celebrated because it's so fragile and temporary. *Discussions re: abortion are outside the scope of this thread, IMO.
If atheists are nihilists, then I say most of us are the cheerful kind. We make our own way, which is greatly influenced by the pragmatism of only having one brief period of life, just like everyone else.
Civil rights, human dignity, etc. are actually paramount to many of us. And to claim otherwise shows a critical misunderstanding on your part. Atheists are keenly aware of the human condition, and most of us try to improve it.
It's amazing that pro-life folk can have that same attitude and yet not have a damn thing to say when some baby born with no brain or some other condition where actual 'experience' is simply out of the question because of it. Their god must have a funny fucking way of expressing how precious life is and the free will to explore it.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
