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Irritation with "meaningless life" claims and "Pascal's Wager"...

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Irritation with "meaningless life" claims and "Pascal's Wager"...
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Irritation with "meaningless life" claims and "Pascal's Wager"...
June 22, 2012 at 2:15 am
Does this bug anyone else?

"Oh an ATHEIST... isn't your life just meaningless then?"

or

"You may as well just believe or you might end up in Hell! There's no advantage to being an atheist."


etc etc!

What people don't seem to get is that yes atheism IMO can be scary with regards to afterlife or lack thereof but that doesn't mean it doesn't have advantages. How about getting your Sundays back? How about a life without rule and without possible delusion? Isn't that worth something?

Sorry, mini-rant! haha Smile

Mike ^^
"Minds are like parachutes - they both work best when open."

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Irritation with "meaningless life" claims and "Pascal's Wager"... - by hoppimike - June 22, 2012 at 2:15 am

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