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MineralMan

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51. Bleak? I hadn't noticed that, somehow.

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 12:25 PM

Mar 2012

Another article written from a biased perspective, it seems to me.

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Yes, life without God can be bleak. Atheism is about facing up to that [View all] rug Mar 2012 OP

It depends on how you look at it. Someone raised with a strong dose of pnwmom Mar 2012 #1

That's about what I was going to say Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2012 #2

Either you or I misunderstood her post. It appeared to me that she was being sarcastic. rhett o rick Mar 2012 #7

I wasn't being sarcastic. n/t pnwmom Mar 2012 #8

I did Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2012 #14

You are implying that "religious qualms" hold people back from being self-centered rhett o rick Mar 2012 #4

Shame on me? Because I point out that progressive religious ideals can have a positive effect pnwmom Mar 2012 #9

Apparently I misunderstood. Shame on me. rhett o rick Mar 2012 #20

Isn't that the point of confession? Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2012 #15

No. Confession wouldn't mean anything if it weren't sincere. n/t pnwmom Mar 2012 #18

Selfish and self-centered like acknowledging you are gay, or use birth control... Humanist_Activist Mar 2012 #30

I tend to agree with Dr. Steven Weinberg. deacon_sephiroth Mar 2012 #48

My life isnt bleak at all. Nor am marybourg Mar 2012 #3

I feel bleak sometimes. Especially after the death of a loved one. PassingFair Mar 2012 #52

Everyone I know MinneapolisMatt Mar 2012 #5

Like the myriad followers of Ayn Rand and the objectivists. nt Thats my opinion Mar 2012 #27

For someone who claims to abhor the "guilt by association" meme, you employ it quite often. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #28

load of whoee and full of false logic and just opinion really lol msongs Mar 2012 #6

He makes a critical point about morality. Jim__ Mar 2012 #10

The religious lecturing atheists about morality is stunningly stupid. Warren Stupidity Mar 2012 #11

What religious lecturing atheists? Jim__ Mar 2012 #12

I contend that morality is not related to religion. rhett o rick Mar 2012 #21

I want to comment but - well what horse shit. rurallib Mar 2012 #13

Life is hard cbayer Mar 2012 #16

Dude. There's no Hell. 2ndAmForComputers Mar 2012 #17

Well, it's true that life without God can be bleak; but so can life WITH God LeftishBrit Mar 2012 #19

To say that not believing there is a God is negative is like saying not believing in unicorns rhett o rick Mar 2012 #22

Unfortunately the "there's nothing else" SATIRical Mar 2012 #23

Rubbish LeftishBrit Mar 2012 #24

Nope SATIRical Mar 2012 #25

Might that be a reflection of the access to firearms? cbayer Mar 2012 #26

I agree it doesn't have anything to do with religion LeftishBrit Mar 2012 #32

Agree. This knife cuts both ways and should not be used where it is not warranted. cbayer Mar 2012 #33

Actually, I find that belief in an afterlife makes people devalue their own lives and the lives of.. Humanist_Activist Mar 2012 #31

That is a flippant plattitude SATIRical Mar 2012 #34

There are so many different interpretations of religion CJCRANE Mar 2012 #38

Yeah, the ones who think gays burn in hell but they go to heaven for shooting up a UUA church... Humanist_Activist Mar 2012 #40

It is not only atheists who do not believe in heaven and hell LeftishBrit Mar 2012 #42

Because spending your whole life in poverty edhopper Mar 2012 #29

Disagree with "the dark, brooding existentialist gripped by the angst of a purposeless universe" mr blur Mar 2012 #35

Atheism = Acceptance. PassingFair Mar 2012 #36

There's no reason at all to think existence is without purpose. DirkGently Mar 2012 #43

It is imbued with the purpose that we give it. PassingFair Mar 2012 #44

I agree we can choose to imbue life with purpose, but we don't understand DirkGently Mar 2012 #45

"We just don't know what it means or what the point IS." PassingFair Mar 2012 #46

Maybe you describe the purpose perfectly. To pass it on to those whom cbayer Mar 2012 #47

Being a good parent fits into purpose. I've yet to see anything pointless or purposeless in Nature. DirkGently Mar 2012 #50

There is no one-size-fits-all atheist CJCRANE Mar 2012 #37

Atheism is bleak? onager Mar 2012 #39

Atheism isn't nihilism, for God's sake. DirkGently Mar 2012 #41

This sound familiar actually... deacon_sephiroth Mar 2012 #49

Bleak? I hadn't noticed that, somehow. MineralMan Mar 2012 #51

What's his bias? rug Mar 2012 #53