Every generation since antiquity has always had morons who claim "The end is near". If that is the case, and you stupidly think you will get rapture'd then why would you store food and build bunkers and buy weapons?
Despite what theists think, atheist would agree that an end will come, but just not one due to a fictional sky wizard.
A meteor eventually will hit the planet again, and plenty have in our 4 billion year history as a planet. And things like the volcano that sits under Yosemite National Park could become active to the point of disturbing human life so much our species cant survive.. It isn't likely to happen soon, but like I said, our planet has had 5 mass extinction events in it's 4 billion year old history and will have a couple more before the planet dies, and we will be long gone as a species by the time the planet dies.
But what kills me about religious claims of "the end" is that isn't based on anything pragmatic much less scientific. If there were a global nuclear war, why the hell would I want to stick around for the aftermath even if I survived the initial conflict? There would be no more worry of enemy nations, everyone in every nation would be fighting their neighbors for food, and even if you found food, you'd still have to worry about radiation contamination, not to mention there would be no regular transportation or communication or reliable food supply if a global nuclear war were to happen.
If a global nuclear war were to happen, it would not be because of Allah, or Jesus, or Yahweh, or Buddha or Vishnu. It would be because human's failure to stick to enough sanity and diplomacy to avoid using them.
Why would anyone want to survive that? For me, I can say, if humans get stupid enough to shoot of nukes, I just hope I am close enough to ground zero to get vaporized. I certainly hope in my lifetime, it never happens, but it makes no sense to me to "prepare" for something that catastrophic knowing if I didn't die in the initial attack, it would be a world I would want to live in.
Despite what theists think, atheist would agree that an end will come, but just not one due to a fictional sky wizard.
A meteor eventually will hit the planet again, and plenty have in our 4 billion year history as a planet. And things like the volcano that sits under Yosemite National Park could become active to the point of disturbing human life so much our species cant survive.. It isn't likely to happen soon, but like I said, our planet has had 5 mass extinction events in it's 4 billion year old history and will have a couple more before the planet dies, and we will be long gone as a species by the time the planet dies.
But what kills me about religious claims of "the end" is that isn't based on anything pragmatic much less scientific. If there were a global nuclear war, why the hell would I want to stick around for the aftermath even if I survived the initial conflict? There would be no more worry of enemy nations, everyone in every nation would be fighting their neighbors for food, and even if you found food, you'd still have to worry about radiation contamination, not to mention there would be no regular transportation or communication or reliable food supply if a global nuclear war were to happen.
If a global nuclear war were to happen, it would not be because of Allah, or Jesus, or Yahweh, or Buddha or Vishnu. It would be because human's failure to stick to enough sanity and diplomacy to avoid using them.
Why would anyone want to survive that? For me, I can say, if humans get stupid enough to shoot of nukes, I just hope I am close enough to ground zero to get vaporized. I certainly hope in my lifetime, it never happens, but it makes no sense to me to "prepare" for something that catastrophic knowing if I didn't die in the initial attack, it would be a world I would want to live in.
