(August 19, 2013 at 7:29 pm)discipulus Wrote: Actually, my point was quite simple.
You see Freedom, you ultimately are no better or worse off than the Christian bum/beggar.
That was my point.
You find meaning in life by doing what you do, and he finds meaning in his life by doing what he does.
You may like Beethoven, he may like Chris Tomlin.
Ultimately, it is all preference and when you die, you, like the beggar bum Christian turn to compost.
Assuming atheism is true that is....hock:
The problem with your line of thought is that is just a misrepresentation of what an atheist is. An atheist doesn't believe in god(s), that's it. nothing else can be inferred from it, and given the zero evidence for the extraordinary claim proposed by theists, it isn't even a choice for me. Your assumptions are wrong.