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Someone on another board wondered how we could be atheists, as without any afterlife to look forward to, life is without purpose.
Sounds a bit like the old "why are we born if we all die?" argument. My kids are a dab hand at it (in a different field) - sort of "Dad, why do I have to get washed if I'll only get dirty again?"
The fact is that just as dark is lack of light, dead is lack of life.
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The only reason I felt that way, is because of my faith. If I had no faith, and no perceived feeling of repercussion from my God...I don't know?
Not wanting to disparage your faith, T&S, but if you don't know how you would react without faith, how do you know that your "morality" is the result of your faith?
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Well, yes and no. I have no belief in an afterlife, so maybe it does seem a little irrational to me. On the other hand, you're talking to a woman who is reluctant to slay little electronic "people" in a swords-and-sorcery computer game unless they attack first.
:lol me too, Mac (erm.. except for the "woman" bit, that is.)
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Here in the pub,the atheist’s main goal is to punish the theist from having any flavor other then an atheist brew
He's right, y'know. Druid must have seen the sculls of theists that we have on polls outside the pub doorway :lol

John