RE: If you're an Atheist, what comforts you?
December 4, 2018 at 10:59 am
(This post was last modified: December 4, 2018 at 10:59 am by Cherub786.)
(December 4, 2018 at 10:22 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: I'll point out that in Canaan, the Jews made a part of their identity being different from the other people in the area.[quote pid='1863703' dateline='1543933337']
The basis of that difference was theology not DNA. The ancient Israelites were worshipers of the one God Yahweh, while all the surrounding nations like the Canaanites were pagan idol worshipers.
conservatism or capitalism or healthy nationalism.
Conservatism and capitalism are weak foundations for a strong identity. I mean is there a capitalist association I can join? Definitely not a non-profit one.
And what is "healthy" nationalism?
All these ideologies are are weak and superficial. Nothing can substitute the power of Religion and the strength of a religious identity.
Why not? Before you laugh, you need to establish that you have cause for laughter.
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Humanism is about building an identity on our common humanity. Now the thing with a basis for identity is that it has to have a large degree of meaningful commonality for all concerned within the category. I say that my humanity is an incidental attribute and not at all a basis for my identity.
What do I have in common with those servile Korean peasants in North Korea whose whole existence is about serving their state and fearing big brother? Or for that matter those primitive aboriginals that live naked in the Amazon rain forest? Apparently we are all human, but I view them the same way I view the zebra I come across at the African Lion Safari. So why not just expand humanism to creaturism and we can all unite and identify with each other on our common animality?
