(March 5, 2015 at 11:03 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: At the end of the day I feel that he is right, that it doesn't really matter that he killed two people. Probably the most disturbing evaulation of my own beliefs that I've ever had to come to terms with.
The loved ones of those people would disagree that it doesn't matter. Don't get caught up in the theistic delusion that a finite existence leads to our actions being meaningless. Just because our actions have no effect on how the universe will be in a million years doesn't mean that they don't have very real, measurable effects on the here and now, and we can judge those actions by the negative and positive effects they have on the people around us.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
