(December 2, 2017 at 11:37 am)PhilosophicalZebra Wrote: "Tell me exactly how god gives the universe greater meaning."
It give the universe greater meaning because if it were to exist it would mean the following: We may one day be reunited with our family members and friends who have passed on; there will be justice and judgments for both the good and bad; we are each of value, indispensable, and worthy of love; and the world was created with some greater purpose in mind rather than just from a sheer cold happenstance - to name just a few. On the contrary, and if you disagree please provide a solid argument, nothing more than the following can be extrapolated from an atheistic work view: we're all just animals who have no real significance in this world, we are all going to die and never return, nothing we ever do will ever really have any lasting meaning, and the world is built on nothing more than cold, random forces.
My point is: you cannot prove the latter to be true. Nor can I prove the former to be true. But of the two, which do you think may be a little better both for the individual and society as a whole when all is considered? Both the atheists are theists are taking leaps of faith when they make statements of certainty but at least the theists are doing so in the hope of a better day and trying to be optimistic. How terrible!
All I hear is that you need the fantasy to feel better about yourself, the world and death. If you need it fine by me. But you need to stop preaching and telling me that your fantasy is better than my reality.
BTW, you got "the latter" wrong.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
