Re: Whether or not God exists is inconsequential to the human experience
If atheism is true, then life is ultimately meaningless. Thus, the contributions of the scientist to the advance of human knowledge, the research of the doctor to alleviate pain and suffering, the efforts of the diplomat to secure peace in the world, the sacrifices of good people everywhere to better the lot of the human race—ultimately all these come to nothing. Your life is inconsequential.
Last edited by Hosakawa Tito; 09-23-2010 at 23:51.
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Re: Whether or not God exists is inconsequential to the human experience
Why does there need to be a god to validate what is meaningful?Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito
Re: Whether or not God exists is inconsequential to the human experience
For many people the belief in God is hope, and hope makes a tremendous psychlogical difference for them. Is a life without hope inconsequential ?
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." *Jim Elliot*
Re: Whether or not God exists is inconsequential to the human experience
That depends on what one defines as consequential. Is living one's life as if it were simply a transition to the afterlife consequential?
Re: Whether or not God exists is inconsequential to the human experience
For some people it is, but there is more than one path to the top o' the mountain; who's to say any are the wrong way. Funny, I used to know a lot more when I was younger than I do today.
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Re: Whether or not God exists is inconsequential to the human experience
Not me. I have a lot of respect for people of faith. I just don't agree that an atheistic world view renders life meaningless.
Re: Whether or not God exists is inconsequential to the human experience
The 'meaning of life' is to reproduce in a stable environment so life continues. In otherwords, live your life in peace and harmony, fostering an environment where all, especially your children will grow up safe and secure.
What other values and meanings you want to add onto that, is entirely up to you. But forcing others to live in conflict and dispair, trying to justify it by suggesting they will be rewarded in sugar-candy mountain is simply exploitation and degrading life.
Life is what you make of it, so make good use of it. You only have it once.
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Re: Whether or not God exists is inconsequential to the human experience
Hah! Without checking previous votes, I voted 'disagree'. As did, so it turned out, the religious fundamentalist crowd.
All you silly atheists who voted 'A' are wrong and will burn in hell!!
I think all of this qualifies as the exact opposite to Banquo's (in)famous Camus quote:
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"If there is a sin against life, it consists not so much in despairing as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this one."
Albert Camus, "Noces"
At any rate, lots of famous, Gauloises-puffing, sexually experimentative French left bank philosophers disagree with you etc etc
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