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Purpose? No idea what it is.
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RE: Purpose? No idea what it is.
(November 5, 2018 at 7:43 am)Grandizer Wrote: Plus the argument that some theists make that there is no [ultimate] purpose without God isn't actually a logical argument against the soundness of atheism, but rather an attempt to point out some supposed "oh-so-negative" implication of atheism.

I don't see that pointing out a lack of purpose is a negative implication of atheism though, I see it as just being realistic. If theists insist that without God there is no purpose to life then show me what possible purpose another life could have, and why it would differ from this life except in terms of time.

(November 5, 2018 at 7:47 am)Joods Wrote: My dad's life had a purpose. He helped work on and launch the Apollo missions that got us to the moon. That's pretty noteworthy in my book.

Agreed. Noteworthy in the here and now.

(November 5, 2018 at 7:48 am)wyzas Wrote: Not sure where to point the finger on this one.

I think that's where I went wrong.
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Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Cod - November 5, 2018 at 5:48 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by purplepurpose - November 5, 2018 at 6:18 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by onlinebiker - November 5, 2018 at 8:36 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Ravenshire - November 5, 2018 at 5:23 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Dr H - November 13, 2018 at 6:01 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Cod - November 14, 2018 at 4:19 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Dr H - November 14, 2018 at 5:55 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Belacqua - November 5, 2018 at 6:32 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Cod - November 5, 2018 at 6:55 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Angrboda - November 5, 2018 at 6:47 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Belacqua - November 5, 2018 at 8:30 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Cod - November 5, 2018 at 8:43 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Grandizer - November 5, 2018 at 8:49 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Cod - November 5, 2018 at 8:51 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Grandizer - November 5, 2018 at 5:41 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Cod - November 6, 2018 at 5:24 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Belacqua - November 6, 2018 at 6:07 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Cod - November 6, 2018 at 7:08 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Grandizer - November 6, 2018 at 4:37 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 5, 2018 at 7:06 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by brewer - November 5, 2018 at 7:17 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Cod - November 5, 2018 at 7:27 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by brewer - November 5, 2018 at 7:48 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by robvalue - November 5, 2018 at 7:37 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Grandizer - November 5, 2018 at 7:43 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Cod - November 5, 2018 at 7:57 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by robvalue - November 5, 2018 at 7:46 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Joods - November 5, 2018 at 7:47 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 5, 2018 at 8:27 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Whateverist - November 6, 2018 at 5:06 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by LastPoet - November 5, 2018 at 8:46 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by onlinebiker - November 5, 2018 at 11:38 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Astreja - November 5, 2018 at 12:19 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Angrboda - November 5, 2018 at 1:04 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by onlinebiker - November 5, 2018 at 1:50 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Duty - November 5, 2018 at 1:04 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Angrboda - November 5, 2018 at 1:06 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Duty - November 5, 2018 at 1:44 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Rahn127 - November 5, 2018 at 2:09 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Duty - November 5, 2018 at 2:16 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by LadyForCamus - November 5, 2018 at 2:42 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by The Valkyrie - November 5, 2018 at 2:43 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Rahn127 - November 5, 2018 at 2:52 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by The Valkyrie - November 5, 2018 at 2:53 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by The Valkyrie - November 6, 2018 at 12:57 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by The Grand Nudger - November 6, 2018 at 4:58 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Macoleco - November 6, 2018 at 5:31 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Whateverist - November 6, 2018 at 7:45 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Chicken - November 14, 2018 at 6:26 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by The Grand Nudger - November 15, 2018 at 8:50 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by polymath257 - November 15, 2018 at 9:03 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Angrboda - November 15, 2018 at 9:53 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Dr H - November 15, 2018 at 7:58 pm
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by The Grand Nudger - November 15, 2018 at 10:13 am
RE: Purpose? No idea what it is. - by Angrboda - November 15, 2018 at 10:24 am

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