RE: No problems with atheism then...
August 22, 2011 at 9:11 am
(This post was last modified: August 22, 2011 at 9:21 am by Godnose.)
(August 22, 2011 at 8:43 am)Ace Otana Wrote: When did I say the world is "hunky-dory"? I said there is no known problem for atheism for which I'm aware of. Atheism is simply one without belief in a god or gods. Failer to understand this, is to have a 5 year olds mind.
Look, I absolutely agree with you. There is no such thing as god. It's an illusion, a myth, whatever. I do not have a problem with that. This is not about that.
What I do have a problem with is why so many obviously intelligent and presumably well-intentioned people refuse to accept that simply saying "There is no god" is a wholly insufficient response to the religious mania which has gripped the world for the last X thousand years.
As an atheist I am perpetually horrified by the appalling divisions that are created by the power exercised through religion. It just blows my mind the way religion does so much damage, and I want it to stop. I'm talking about the wars and stuff, as between muslims and xtians and jews etc.
Not to mention the use of creationism and so on to mis-educate kids about evolution, global warming, etc.
So, the thing is to somehow redirect the massive energy of religion which is mis-spent on creating mayhem in the world into a more useful and productive path whereby the people of the world can live together in more harmony than they (we) currently do. And I don't see what atheists are doing about that right now, and it makes me pretty darned angry ... because these are supposed to be the folks who see stuff as it is and not as some daft myth.
That make any sense to you at all?
