Wednesday, December 21, 2011

The Stupid! It Burns! (meaning of life edition)

the stupid! it burns! And Atheists Want What?
I’m curious: what do atheists hope to accomplish in the world? I mean, working from the premise that there is no God and never has been, what does the atheist want to do? Do they want to make the world a better place? Why?

I can’t see any other motivation that can come from believing that the physical world is all there is or ever will be other than complete selfishness and narcissism. I mean, if animals are all we are (and not even that because animals have an animal spirit and simple souls), then what else is there to do but ensure the survival of our gene pool? And yet, even that isn’t possible.
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  1. Ron Murphy12/21/11, 8:26 AM

    And this isn't the lowest of his lows. Try this one:
    http://thebelieversrevolt.blogspot.com/2011/12/higher-state-of-mind.html

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  2. Larry Hamelin12/21/11, 4:21 PM

    Wow. Every time I think I've hit the bottommost depths of human stupidity, someone hands me a shovel.

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  3. L.Long12/21/11, 7:16 PM

    So being a slave to an unseen sky-fairy gives the person a strong meaning to his life? How exactly does that work?

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  4. GuyM12/21/11, 9:47 PM

    That bloke obviously doesn't get our much. How can people still hold that type of view? How stupid (willfully ignorant?) do you have to be?

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