RE: Atheist struggling to answer a question i often propose to myself
August 25, 2017 at 11:36 am
(August 25, 2017 at 11:33 am)Khemikal Wrote:(August 25, 2017 at 10:54 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: As for whether belief in God is necessary, I would say probably not for everyday living and scientific inquires about natural phenomena. However, taking a stand is a necessary condition for the fundamental things that I think really matter in life such as values, meaning, and purpose.
The god issue is demonstrably irrelevant to all three. So what If there isn't god-value, god-meaning, or god-purpose? That doesn't diminish, affect, alter, or eliminate what value does exist, what meaning does exist, and what purpose does exist.
You are only expressing, here, your dissatisfaction with god-absent value, meaning, or purpose...that's a you problem, not a logical problem. I'm not suffering under the same dissatisfaction.
It absolutely does because you have never presented any absolutes on which to rest value, meaning, and purpose. All you have ever offered up are circular reasons that go nowhere..
