(July 22, 2020 at 7:33 am)Shazzalovesnovels Wrote: Do atheists believe in a heaven or hell? A good place or bad place? If not, then what's the purpose of the distinction between good and evil?. I'd like to have a respectful conversation about this.
Where does a cockroach go when it dies? Where does a poisonous Cobra go where when it dies? Where does a black widow go when it dies? Where does a bacteria go when it dies?
NOWHERE!
ALL life is finite, including humans. We are not special. We are not an apex. We are simply ONE species among countless that have existed in earth's 4 billion year history and a Johnny come lately species at that.
Stating that ALL life is equal in that it is all finite, isn't claiming that humans cant have morality or empathy or compassion, WE CAN. And in evolutionary reality humans wouldn't have survived without such attributes.
Saying life is finite, and all life is, is not fatalistic or pessimistic. Humans matter for sure, but part of that is accepting that we are not special. What matters isn't old mythology, but a value of knowing our environment, our planet is the only home we have and to value it, is to know we cannot abuse it or presume we are invincible as a species, WE ARE NOT.
