Vincenzo "Vinny" G. Wrote:I think that is the essence, the spirit of atheism. A desire to live without the intervention of God into our daily conscious lives. And whether or not God actually existed was irrelevant.
At first I thought that the accusations of Vinny not being an atheist were unfounded, but this statement right here really makes me question where he stands. It's simply a rewording of the argument 'You believe in god, but you don't want to have to follow his rules' that only theists are so fond of spewing forth. Perhaps this is really Vinny projecting his own beliefs onto others, and since he desires to live without god's intervention, it must be the reason for all atheists not to believe.
Perhaps Vinny really is a theist. The most likely scenario, however, is that he is just a little slow in the head.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
