RE: Question for Atheists
March 25, 2015 at 3:13 pm
(This post was last modified: March 25, 2015 at 3:14 pm by tonyc4444.)
(March 25, 2015 at 3:08 pm)Nestor Wrote: Why not simply ask, what do you humans find valuable that has representation or makes or has made a difference in the actual world? This way, you exclude religion (one can still find solace in the history or philosophy of religion without believing faeries really exist, just like one can enjoy Christmas and the traditions that go along with it without believing in a man named Santa Clause who lives at the north pole).
Anyway, I find enjoyment in books: knowledge of new words, new ideas, people who lived and passed down their thoughts, thoughts that now enter my consciousness hundreds, even thousands, of years later.
I did that. God, Family, Country. Everybody on the planet identifies with one of those three things. Well just about everybody. As many people in here already pointed out how important family is to them. I was simply wondering (erroneously apparently) if the Atheist community shared any other values.
I love books too! Especially writing them, fascinating stuff.
(March 25, 2015 at 3:11 pm)robvalue Wrote: Most fictional atheists I have heard about are the strawman ones in apologist books. Like an unnamed university professor, who doesn't understand what atheism is, nor has apparently given the subject more than a second's thought, and is instantly won round by a fallacious argument from a stranger.
Well that's what I'm trying avoid. I always try and make my characters as real as possible.
