Atheists do not love their family, friends and pets...

wil said:
That is what I believe as well. It is comfortable, and heck.we want a diety to look like us...

Surely not like a cockroach, or a mist...
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Based on religious population I have to disagree.
 
Godmachine said:
I've often wondered what kind of gods other creatures might believe in if they believed in gods. Do ya suppose a Bigfoot god would be a bigfoot?
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Yep. I believe they would. We do create gods in our own image. That doesn't negate the possibility of gods. It makes it easier for us to relate to them.
 
Dookie Marcus said:
Because wouldn't it be a nice thing? A God who cares about us? .....

So, the possibility makes this life more magical to me more open to other things and I love the fantasy.

The possibility makes life more cool for me, just like the possibility of there being a Bigfoot amongst other things.
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I believe a great many people would agree with you, Dookie.

For me, it is not necessary to look beyond what is right in front of us - that right there is magical and fantastic. No need to look further....
 
GN, again, quite insightful! If we see a beggar, is it Elijah? If we see a Prophet, is it the opponent in disguise? If we see this whole wondrous Kosmos a material thing of infinite dimensions, is it really something quite simple?
 
Gordian Knot said:
I believe a great many people would agree with you, Dookie.

For me, it is not necessary to look beyond what is right in front of us - that right there is magical and fantastic. No need to look further....
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I can respect that.
 
What I hate is when atheists say rest in peace when someone dies...

Cause in the atheist perspective they don't exist anymore so there can be no peace because the person is not there anymore.

I don't know about an afterlife but I'm not an atheist. Don't be calling me out though cause I recently joined the Humanist Association and I am an agnostic. I weak agnostic to be exact.

Cheers and Peace.

P.S anyone want some cheese with that wine?
 
I always thought to have peace you must be there but I could be wrong.

When I die and If I no longer exist I guess I won't care either way about peace cause It will be like I was never alive to begin with.

A somber thing at that I suppose...
 
"When I die and If I no longer exist I guess I won't care either way..."

Yep. That pretty much sums it up! One doesn't have to care to exist, but one must exist to care.

I have noticed a running theme in your posts - you want to be remembered that you had lived. Or, at least, you are troubled about your existence being forgotten. Isn't that the human condition though? How many of the 5.725 gazillion people who have lived since the species began are still remembered today?

Pop quiz. Just off the top of your head, can you remember someone famous who lived during the 1800's? And NO cheating by internet search!
 
Gordian Knot said:
"When I die and If I no longer exist I guess I won't care either way..."

Yep. That pretty much sums it up! One doesn't have to care to exist, but one must exist to care.

I have noticed a running theme in your posts - you want to be remembered that you had lived. Or, at least, you are troubled about your existence being forgotten. Isn't that the human condition though? How many of the 5.725 gazillion people who have lived since the species began are still remembered today?

Pop quiz. Just off the top of your head, can you remember someone famous who lived during the 1800's? And NO cheating by internet search!
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Didn't Johnny Appleseed live during the 1800s?

I would love to be rememberd for doing something great...

I could of been in the same situation Brad Pitt....
 
What do you know about Johnny Appleseed? That he was a capitalist alcohol manufacturer controlling vertical and horizontal monopolies?
 
What do you know about Johnny Appleseed? That he was a capitalist alcohol manufacturer controlling vertical and horizontal monopolies?
 
Wil you are repeating yourself. Wil you are repeating yourself.

Well Dookie, I guess you'd better get cracking cause you cannot be remembered for doing something great unless you do something great!
 
Notorious or Famous....

Is that one of the first or the last decisions when deciding you want to leave a legacy? (or both?)

Another contemplation Dookie...

Imagine your death...(quickly get over that thought)

Your tombstone, what would you like those who are in that decision making seat....what would you want them to agree to carve on your gravestone??

A coworker, a friend and a family member....what would you want them to stand up and say about you?

And then live your life in such a way that they will naturally do all that....

You're not dead, you've got some time to make those changes required.
 
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