(June 4, 2022 at 5:49 am)h311inac311 Wrote: Atheists talk about how good they are without religion but in all honesty I don't see all that much fruit. In my opinion (and observation) atheism just leads to materialism, nihilism and eventually, depression. You have no soul, no purpose (beyond the purpose that you create for yourself) and your life ultimately has no meaning as you are just a random cosmic accident. A mere product of natural selection and sexual bias.
I know hundreds of atheists in real life, exactly one of them could fairly be described as a nihilist, and on average they don't seem more depressed than the Christians I know, and they're thick on the ground her in SC. Apparently the purposes we create for ourselves serve us pretty well. I don't have a purpose (a hammer has a purpose), I have purpose. Which sort of materialism do you mean, physicalism or a tendency to overvalue material possessions and physical comfort.
Your argument regarding randome chance could be summarized as 'if you are a random cosmic accident, your life ultimately has no meaning'. You're missing that step in the middle where you connect your premise to your conclusion. Without that, it's just an opinion, with it, it can at least be valid or invalid instead of neither. Not to mention there are strong non-random elements to account for in our existence. We're not entirely accidental.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.