(October 17, 2012 at 7:45 am)Reasonable_Jeff Wrote: Richard Dawkins’ assessment of human worth may be depressing, but why, on atheism, is he mistaken, when he says, “there is at bottom no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but pointless indifference. . . . We are machines for propagating DNA. . . . It is every living object’s sole reason for being”?
Richard Dawkins, River out of Eden: a Darwinian View of Life (New York: Basic Books, 1996), p. 133 and Richard Dawkins, “The Ultraviolet Garden,” Lecture 4 of 7 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1992)
I agree with what Dawkins says. It's hard to argue against. What makes it beautiful is the fact that we are just dust in the wind, in a cosmic sense.
Instead of everyone getting along understanding this, I am forced to engage idiot Christians that want to shove their stupid religion down my throat. Why don't Christians take their religious liberty and enjoy their freedom? Not enough, I must be subjugated to their particular brand of stupid. If I say no, they are 'persecuted'. How the fuck exactly does that work?
I am not subject to the whims of your imaginary friends.
