(August 5, 2019 at 7:36 pm)Alan V Wrote:(August 5, 2019 at 6:33 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: Why would atheists have to reject intrinsic meaning? They only have to reject god-meaning.
That does bring up the question of what exactly a meaning is. Reality does have meanings supported by evidence. Stars, planets, and lifeforms evolve with time. Gravity creates black holes. Humans are causing climate change. People endlessly rationalize what they want to believe. There are an awful lot of meanings which don't depend on questionable, religious-style revelations.
Yes, this is a question. Meaning and purpose are perfectly valid topics of interesting discussion.
Nevertheless, Acrobat, Belaqua, Drich and the likes will insist that they have ALL of the answers to those questions and everyone else is wrong. Because "god".
If all the atheists on this board disappeared right now this moment, they would have a brief moment of exaltation followed by a horrible endless fiasco of destroying one another. And how can I know that is true? History demonstrates it. Current events demonstrate it. Just look at the islam/christian dynamic. They all believe in the same Abrahamic deity, yet somehow, the minor variations are sufficient reason to start wars.
