(December 13, 2012 at 7:50 am)FallentoReason Wrote:(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?
I don't believe that's what I said so eat your words and quit building a strawman! I DID say we
Wouldn't find HUMANS out there. So my statement is completely valid .
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.
Not entirely, but partly.
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.
1) no purpose and no meaning to life = ex.nihilism
2) as far as YOUR concerned maybe, but many of your replies in this thread showcase a different opinion.
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...
Refer to previous quote.
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.
So if we do not give ourselves purpose, then we won't have purpose? So purpose is unnatural among humans? Ill say it again,You are an existential nihilist. Why can't you admit that? It's not the end of the world. And believing in a deity is also not the end of the world, only your atheism.[/quote]
