I like this hypothetical game...
My life would take a substantial hit. Yes, it would probably devastate me enough to at minimum, contemplate suicide. But my hopes are that I would realize that my family would never want this of me. The best thing I could do is not to dishonor their memory by ending my own life. No deity needed.
I did not build my life around snowboarding. Snowboarding fell into the life I was already building. If I lose my legs, I would be emotionally crushed. However, I've seen quite a few paralyzed/legless people still enjoying the snow. Although I wouldn't be snowboarding, I'd still be shredding the pow somehow. Suicide is not an option. No deity needed.
I see no God in the stars. In fact, looking up is what sparked my road to non-belief. That's right, the very stars that you claim were made by the hands of God are what made me believe that she does not exist. I do see glory and goodness, but it is through chaos. The Universe is filled to the brim with things that can kill us in an instant. Massive stars exploding and creating absolute destruction in its wake. Yet, that destruction brings life. Asteroids bombarding planets constantly. Yet, sometimes they bring water. The Universe is orderly in a completely non-orderly way.
I could lose my eyes, but I won't lose my love of Astronomy. The visuals are only a minute part of it. No deity needed.
(February 11, 2013 at 3:57 pm)Zone Wrote: 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)
My life would take a substantial hit. Yes, it would probably devastate me enough to at minimum, contemplate suicide. But my hopes are that I would realize that my family would never want this of me. The best thing I could do is not to dishonor their memory by ending my own life. No deity needed.
(February 11, 2013 at 3:57 pm)Zone Wrote: 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)
I did not build my life around snowboarding. Snowboarding fell into the life I was already building. If I lose my legs, I would be emotionally crushed. However, I've seen quite a few paralyzed/legless people still enjoying the snow. Although I wouldn't be snowboarding, I'd still be shredding the pow somehow. Suicide is not an option. No deity needed.
(February 11, 2013 at 3:57 pm)Zone Wrote: 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 see no God in the stars. In fact, looking up is what sparked my road to non-belief. That's right, the very stars that you claim were made by the hands of God are what made me believe that she does not exist. I do see glory and goodness, but it is through chaos. The Universe is filled to the brim with things that can kill us in an instant. Massive stars exploding and creating absolute destruction in its wake. Yet, that destruction brings life. Asteroids bombarding planets constantly. Yet, sometimes they bring water. The Universe is orderly in a completely non-orderly way.
I could lose my eyes, but I won't lose my love of Astronomy. The visuals are only a minute part of it. No deity needed.
"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.”
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
