(December 10, 2012 at 12:29 am)SpecUVdust Wrote: Human beings are very rare and unique and you (theoretically) wouldn't find another in all the universe and we are not special?
And why couldn't we find more life out there exactly?
Quote: I disagree, I place a tremendous level of importance on humans.
If it's solely based on your first sentence, then I don't see any legitimate reason for this sentiment.
Quote:The only difference is I do not require ID to feel that way.
1) I don't believe we are special, therefore making your argument a strawman.
2) As far as I'm concerned, I don't believe in ID.
Quote:As I said before, you are a deist, but also existential nihilist which not all atheists are even though you seem to think so.
I'm not an existential nihilist. I'm not sure what gave you that impression...
I also never explicitly said all atheists are nihilists. Please stop putting words in my mouth! What I was saying a few posts back was that the atheist has no real direction to take with their life i.e. that ultimately means their purpose in life it to give themselves purpose, hence why I said I believe an atheist has 50/50 chance of deciding to do e.g. drugs because the choice can really go either way if there's no greater purpose other than what we assign ourselves to.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
