RE: Do you ever doubt your atheism?
September 6, 2014 at 11:21 am
(This post was last modified: September 6, 2014 at 11:25 am by Mudhammam.)
(September 6, 2014 at 11:08 am)Chas Wrote: I'm not, and no I don't. The use of the word 'being' refers to an intentional entity. If you are using it in some other sense, you have not made that explicit.I use the word "being" to simply mean, "to be," in contrast to "non-being." You'll have to clarify your definition of "intentional entity" but that's not necessarily what I had in mind.
Quote:Sorry, but it's not clear to me what modern cosmology deals a fatal blow to.Near fatal. An eternal, spacetime, material Universe.
Quote:There is nothing valuable in any religion that is not available from a non-religious source. So, there's that.There is a non-religious source for ideas such as the soul, free will, and hope in the continuation of life after death? I don't think so. You might not find these ideas valuable, but I would tend to agree with the vast majority of human beings presently and throughout history who do.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza