RE: What Kind of Atheist are You?
April 22, 2015 at 2:01 am
(This post was last modified: April 22, 2015 at 3:34 am by Alex K.)
(April 21, 2015 at 7:33 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: There are many brands of atheists including Satanists and Objectivists (Ayn Rand atheists). I feel more kinship with liberal Christians than I do with those. That seems to be the majority opinion among us. If find it interesting that while there are so many generic atheism websites like this one and Secular Humanist websites, there are few dedicated to minority atheists like the Rand followers and Satanists.I would like to think that I feel more kinship with liberal Christians than with some of these types of atheists. I think that's true for certain aspects of politics and social issues, but the kinship might only go so far - when it comes to hard questions like choice in dying and abortion, they probably don't see eye to eye.
I have a kind of science driven secular spiritual outlook on the universe and I think any belief in personal Gods cheapens the universe immensely, reducing it from this incomprehensibly vast wondrous thing to the playground of a mad child. Also, the Christian will always want to believe we humans are special flowers for
whom the universe was made. Again, diametrically opposed to the basis of my world view.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
