RE: The logical consequences of omnipotence
January 22, 2013 at 9:05 pm
(This post was last modified: January 22, 2013 at 9:25 pm by Celi.)
(January 22, 2013 at 8:46 pm)fr0d0 Wrote:What? I really don't understand what you're saying, and I think it might be because of that one word, 'hopeful'. Could you tell us what it means? Because you seem to be working from a different definition from the rest of us.(January 22, 2013 at 7:43 pm)Celi 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).
Exactly.
Entertaining meaning and purpose would put you within the realm of metaphysics. Religious atheists would be an exception.
I've yet to come across an atheist who can rationalise a hopeful world view (Of those atheists actually capable of rational thought, most aren't).
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(January 22, 2013 at 8:46 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Just "enough"I very much doubt that you really think that's what I meant, but I'll clarify, just to be sure: I believe someone can give zir own life purpose, and that it has meaning to zirself and the people ze is close to. When I said that's 'enough' for me, I didn't mean that it barely crossed the threshhold of enoughness but that I'd prefer more, I meant that I was satisfied with it as opposed to craving a cosmic, objective meaning/purpose to life.