RE: Let's Start Over, I'm Blackrook and I'm Here to Get Some Answers to Important Questions
September 26, 2012 at 4:21 pm
(September 26, 2012 at 4:06 pm)Blackrook Wrote: He told me he was cheating on his bills when he was an atheist, but once he returned to Catholicism he couldn't do it any more.
Don't jump on me for saying this, this is what HE said.
I think we both know it was not because of his atheism.
On the matter of your sister's inexperience, I still think it could be worth your while to then simply ask her where she derives solace from. She may surprise you.
Other than that, and it has been pointed out, the fact that atheism does not owe one anything is worth stressing. Religion does provide comfort, false as it may be. That much is inescapable and the removal of religion would leave an empirical (and also freeing) absence. The upshot comes down to you and your internal strength and that which you can emulate of others.
My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends -
It gives a lovely light!
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends -
It gives a lovely light!
