Atheism and Purpose

[TheDarkestOfAngels]

B. No one is free from superstition and dogma. Almost everything you believe you have never verified for yourself. And your use of "we" constitutes the construction of dogma; atheist dogma to be sure, but
dogma nonetheless.

What a load of nonsense.
Everything I believe can be verified, assuming I haven't already, or supported with evidence. Even if I lived in a cave my whole life and 'believed' evolution, it is something that does not depend on belief in the same or similar manner as religious faith.
Just because paul used the term 'we' do describe atheists as a generalized group, doesn't mean he assumes some sort of dogma. That's not how things work.
You're jumping to conclusions with no basis.

C. Before I came back in to respond to my post, everyone was adamant that "NO" they never thought such thoughts, but now you come in and speak for everyone and say "YES" "WE" are aware of that freedom.

The idea of that kind of freedom was irrelevant to my becoming an atheist, which had more to do with the battle between rational thinking and illogical fantasy. If you intended to have us answer the question in the manner you're assuming we have, then you should have asked a better question.
Now that I consider myself an atheist, I am fully aware that my life isn't bound to religious dogma and my life is better for it.

D. Living life as you see fit and following the personal happiness within yourself sounds like a sociopath. I'm sure you didn't intend to sound that way, but you do. It makes me think you're just spouting out, dare I say, dogmatic atheistic platitudes.

I'd rather be a sociopath than a slave, but no, living my life free of dogma means I can find my own happiness insead of constantly finding ways to impress an invisible sky daddy.

E. Really? You are free to live your life without fear? None at all? Well, all I can say is something doesn't smell right in the trash can. I have never known one human being in my life, or mammal for that matter, that wasn't afraid of something. Most of life is lived via fear. It moves us from one spot to another. Now, you probably didn't mean to sound that...well, I can't think of a polite word to use. But my point is, you sound that way because you are dogmatic. What you just spewed out is the definition of dogma. Atheist dogma, yes, but dogma nonetheless.

Yes. I do not fear death nor do I live my life in the paranoia I see far too often grip my peers.
Atheists do not have a dogmatic ideaology.