RE: Why is life worth living as an atheist?
February 11, 2013 at 3:57 pm
(This post was last modified: February 11, 2013 at 4:00 pm by Zone.)
(February 11, 2013 at 1:49 am)NoahsFarce Wrote: I know my wife and kids are something I definitely live for.
But what if your wife and kids were to die in a horrific car accident? Then your life would be utterly ruined because you built your life around your family instead of God. Then you would have no option to but to commit suicide. (traditional Christian argument)
(February 11, 2013 at 1:49 am)NoahsFarce Wrote: I also live for snowboarding... never get tired of that.
But what if you were to lose the use of your legs in a horrific car accident? Then your life would be utterly ruined because that's what you built your life around snowboarding instead of God. Then you would have no option to but to commit suicide (traditional Christian argument 2)
(February 11, 2013 at 1:49 am)NoahsFarce Wrote: Astronomy for example; I love astronomy and it never ever ceases to amaze me.
You're never ceased to be amazed by the because you see the hand of the one who weaved that tapestry of stars into the very heavens and you marvel at his divine glory and goodness. But what if your eyes are burned out in a horrific car accident? Then your life would be utterly ruined because that's what you built your life around astronomy instead of God. Then you would have no option to but to commit suicide (traditional Christian argument 3)
I'm not joking about these arguments for turning to Christianity, even if they don't put it in quite those words. Or sometimes they do.
