(July 24, 2012 at 1:55 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Atheism is this.
And I think it's a religious endeavour as much as any other, in that it's an honest search for meaning.
It's not Valentines day, but you guys know I love you right?
Aren't you sweet. I agree only that atheism can also be a religious endeavor, not that it must be. Some are more passionate about it than others don't forget.
Beyond that, many of us do look for meaning though some on this site have expressed fairly nihilist perspectives. I'll take the meaning, hold the gods. Are you familiar with Joseph Campbell's notion of gods? I can actually embrace that kind .. at least in an as-if sort of way.