(May 9, 2013 at 12:19 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: And that's wonderful. Good for you. Is it at least conceivable that your life could be even more enriched by expanding into other areas?
Such as?
(May 9, 2013 at 12:19 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Now if questions of value and quality do not interest you, then atheism works just fine. Who am I to say what you need to find purpose and joy in life?
Atheism does not preclude determining quality and value. It simply precludes objective value from a divine source. It leaves me free to determine those answers on my own. Not only has that led me to joy, it led me to purpose as well.
Now, I will be the first to admit that this was not an easy, instantaneous journey. It took many years of struggling to figure out who I was and what I needed in my life.
(May 9, 2013 at 12:19 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: At the same time, I think try to address those issues without stepping outside of purely physical explanations is a fool's errand (figure of speech, not implying anyone is a fool.)
How so? I can find meaning and value while simultaneously believing they are physical properties of the brain.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell