(September 11, 2020 at 11:02 am)rockyrockford Wrote:(September 11, 2020 at 10:37 am)brewer Wrote: Since faith is a human quality, attaching eternal to faith is a bit of a reach for atheists.
There may be eternal things, human faith is not one of them.
brewer, could you please tell me, is "atheism" considered a human religious belief system, even though a deity isn't worshipped? Or would an atheist consider themselves 100% void of any spiritual belief. That they simply exist one day, and they don't the next.
Thank you!!
I can't speak for any other atheists, but as far as I can see there is no reason to believe in spiritual things, so when I die , that's it, the machine stops, everything for me will be over. I think that religion is simply a crutch for people who are unable or unwilling to face this. I intend to enjoy my life while I have it and hope in my small way to make things better.
(I have no fear of death, I won't exist just as I didn't exist 500 years ago, the actual process of dying is another matter .... possible nasty, painful and best avoided!)
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Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups
Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud ..... after a while you realise that the pig likes it!