RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it?
June 18, 2015 at 2:13 am
(This post was last modified: June 18, 2015 at 2:14 am by Whateverist.)
Certainly atheism is nothing like a religion, but many atheists start off as religionists. So it isn't really surprising that they sometimes carry over some habits of mind, at least while they work their way through and out of religion.
I'm curious what your impression is of those you've met here. Some here were never religious, most left one. Some had a difficult transition - abandonment by parents, family and sometimes friends. Others endured less difficult indoctrination and thus have had an easier time leaving. I had a pretty easy time. I wish for all atheists to arrive at a point where it is the nothing we all say it is. But for some the betrayal and stress was just greater. Some religions must be harder to exit too, like Jehovah's Witnesses which pointedly shun those who leave.
Part of the function of a site like this is to support those working their way out. So if some still carry their atheism with missionary zeal, they deserve our understanding and support, not derision. We don't exist to present a unified face to theists.
I'm curious what your impression is of those you've met here. Some here were never religious, most left one. Some had a difficult transition - abandonment by parents, family and sometimes friends. Others endured less difficult indoctrination and thus have had an easier time leaving. I had a pretty easy time. I wish for all atheists to arrive at a point where it is the nothing we all say it is. But for some the betrayal and stress was just greater. Some religions must be harder to exit too, like Jehovah's Witnesses which pointedly shun those who leave.
Part of the function of a site like this is to support those working their way out. So if some still carry their atheism with missionary zeal, they deserve our understanding and support, not derision. We don't exist to present a unified face to theists.
