RE: Lack of "Connection" to something higher - is this holding atheism back?
February 25, 2012 at 4:54 pm
(February 25, 2012 at 4:47 pm)Hypatia Wrote: @Rhythm: No, because book clubs and hobby workshops don’t create a sense of shared life purpose, not to mention the fact it has nothing to do with secularist viewpoints. A Christian can join a book club, an atheist can join a book club. A book club (or any other sort of hobby group) isn’t an alternative to religion.
Well, I find purpose and meaning for my life in my hobbies and the things I read (among many other things). I agree, these things aren't limited to the secular. Why would they be? I find purpose in things entirely unrelated to gods or religions (and I bet many religious people do exactly the same). Why would I need an alternative to something that I don't require or wish for in the first place?
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