(February 22, 2012 at 12:04 am)AndrewT Wrote: I have one friend in particular that i am trying to find a "healthy" atheist communities or phylosopher for to help him find his own meaning with out needing to use or convert to Christianity. Who are the more renowned atheist philosophers who have made moves toward a framework that helps a person struggling to find meaning to life?
I don't understand this - why does a person need another person to tell them what the meaning of their own life is? Sounds like this particular atheist already has one foot through the church door.
Quote:I want to make a very superficial observation about this community. It seems you spend more time trying to convince each other of that God does not exist than working through issues of meaning with each other.
Your observation is superficial, and wrong. Atheists don't try and convince one another of the non existence of god, we already declare that as our position. There are no issues to work though regarding meaning - that's for theists
Life has no discernable meaning other than replication for the sake of replication. "Meaning" then boils down to a personal wishlist, and is therefore different for everybody. Thus - nothing to discuss.
Quote: If you don't believe in God then fine, ignore us and the insecure idiots that call themselves Christians and work with each other to demonstrate the relevance of your philosophy.
Atheists have a non belief in your god, that's all there is to it. It doesn't matter if you feel it is relevant or not, it just is what it is. As for philosophy, I'm not a fan - too many dickheads who don't know the difference between shite and clay, pretending that they do.
You are currently experiencing a lucky and very brief window of awareness, sandwiched in between two periods of timeless and utter nothingness. So why not make the most of it, and stop wasting your life away trying to convince other people that there is something else? The reality is obvious.
