RE: The logical consequences of omnipotence
January 22, 2013 at 7:43 pm
(This post was last modified: January 22, 2013 at 7:49 pm by Celi.)
(January 22, 2013 at 4:43 pm)fr0d0 Wrote:My point was that knowing that somebody is atheist doesn't tell you anything about their worldview, personality or beliefs (aside from non-belief in a theistic god, obviously). You might be able to assume that the person is a rationalist and probably materialist, but there are exceptions even to that--you certainly can't assume they think life is meaningless.(January 22, 2013 at 11:26 am)Celi Wrote: You know next to nothing about my worldview.All I said about your world view was that it was sans God. That's all I needed to say to make the generalisation. I accept that there may be exceptions.
People can give their lives purpose, and it has meaning to themselves and the other people they know. (And presumably we can just sort of mash those two things together to create "hope", or something. I'm honestly not sure what you're talking about there.) For me, that's enough.