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What The Hell Do People Believe In If They Don't Believe In God?

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What The Hell Do People Believe In If They Don't Believe In God?
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What The Hell Do People Believe In If They Don't Believe In God?
May 26, 2014 at 6:00 am (This post was last modified: May 26, 2014 at 6:32 am by MountainsWinAgain.)
This question gets asked a lot by religious nuts, how can you atheists found meaning without god?

So I found this wonderful video from Stephen Fry (I hope that this wasn't already posted here)





Enjoy

Quote: Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: We stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more."

-Christopher Hitchens

Quote:“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”

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Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?

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RE: What The Hell Do People Believe In If They Don't Believe In God?
May 26, 2014 at 6:08 am
Don't BELIEVE in anything. Strive to understand EVERYTHING
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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RE: What The Hell Do People Believe In If They Don't Believe In God?
May 26, 2014 at 5:42 pm
We don't need to believe in anything, to see a beautiful sunset you don't need to believe in it, you simply see it, and the same with everything else in life.
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What The Hell Do People Believe In If They Don't Believe In God?
May 26, 2014 at 5:48 pm (This post was last modified: May 26, 2014 at 5:48 pm by Rampant.A.I..)
Unless you're one of the idiots that caption photos of sunsets as "proof of God"

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RE: What The Hell Do People Believe In If They Don't Believe In God?
May 26, 2014 at 5:56 pm
How can I be happy? Well, listening to Stephen Fry discuss humanism is a damned good start.

That was terrific, MWA. Thanks for posting it.

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RE: What The Hell Do People Believe In If They Don't Believe In God?
May 26, 2014 at 6:02 pm
Yeah, meaning is something we give ourselves, guided by life experiences and the people around us. What we "believe" is entirely up to us. No one can give you meaning in life but yourself.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."

10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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RE: What The Hell Do People Believe In If They Don't Believe In God?
May 26, 2014 at 6:10 pm
I understand the need of primitives to find meaning for their little lives in fairy tales.

What I wonder is why they are still primitive today?
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RE: What The Hell Do People Believe In If They Don't Believe In God?
May 26, 2014 at 6:14 pm
(May 26, 2014 at 6:08 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Don't BELIEVE in anything. Strive to understand EVERYTHING

^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^

Perfect!

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"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
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RE: What The Hell Do People Believe In If They Don't Believe In God?
May 26, 2014 at 7:39 pm
my pop told me when I argue with a "nut" he sees two "nuts", in a meat sack. saggy at that.
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RE: What The Hell Do People Believe In If They Don't Believe In God?
May 26, 2014 at 8:57 pm
They believe in themselves.
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