(June 5, 2013 at 9:29 pm)Aran Wrote: But now my world-view is dim and pessimistic. There is no objective morality in the atheist universe. There is no such thing as goodness. It has no inherent value. Human nature appears increasingly dark and selfish to me. Our lives have no meaning. Everything is chaos.
I am on the brink. Please help
There are objective morals. In fact, I would argue that only secularism provides objective moral values.
Look at religious values: The Bible orders homosexuals to be executed, raped women to marry their rapists and other such stuff....
The values I have, are values gained through expirence, through learning out of mistakes in the past, through trying to make our society more prosperous and enjoyable for all.
There is more value to your life in atheism than you think:
Thnk of it, when you die - by whom do you want your actions to be judged:
A selfish space dic(k)tator or those you leave behind.
The realisation that you only have one life, gives you the chance to give it purpose by defining what you want to achieve for yourself and others by yourself. And not by a pries or space Kim Jong Un.
