RE: Does atheism inspire people?
May 31, 2012 at 7:05 am
(This post was last modified: May 31, 2012 at 7:12 am by Tempus.)
Atheism isn't a philosophy, nor does it have any characters or creed from which to derive inspiration from. To say something to the effect of "well, atheism gives no meaning / inspiration to life!" is comparable to a tennis player saying "well, not playing tennis gives you no exercise!" It precludes the possibility of getting exercise from another sport or even outside of sport. No, atheism doesn't inspire me to create art - other things do.
Come to think of it, I'm curious who, in Europe from (roughly) 400AD - 1700AD, would've openly commissioned atheistic themed art work anyway? They surely would've been ostracised in many parts for expressing such a view.
Come to think of it, I'm curious who, in Europe from (roughly) 400AD - 1700AD, would've openly commissioned atheistic themed art work anyway? They surely would've been ostracised in many parts for expressing such a view.
