An atheists guide to reality

[Mystic]

Doesn't make it any less of a thing though.

To me, it seems it does. It seems it's a false concept if it were the case that it had no metaphysical reality to it. That at the very least, our very selves have to be metaphysical that the qualities we attribute to it have some sort of reality, not just an idea. It seems to me the case the idea of it includes that there is an essence behind it, that the value of it, goodness of it, honour of it etc, are properties of some sort of reality, not just in our minds.

I'm not saying Atheists are less moral or anything like that, or value themselves or others less, it's just that when I thought about the issue, this is what I conclude. Therefore I do not myself reconcile.