Re: Does anything attract you to Atheism?
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 2:09 pm
EXACTLY !Audie wrote:Oh, pardon me Handsome, I should have just said "irrlevant" as your post is only about you.PaulSacramento wrote:Irrelevant, since we are not talking about you and there is no objective or universal moral code.Audie wrote:PaulSacramento wrote:Yep, for sure.B. W. wrote:In response to the other thread how about this:
Does anything attract you to Atheism?
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Moral ambiguity for one.
Being a well trained martial artist along with being a former high level military operative gives me a unique perspective on what I CAN do and what I OUGHT to do.
In short, IF I wanted to do what I wanted, very few people would be able to stop me, very few.
laws are a starting point not an end point and they exist to enforce a moral code.
No moral code and the only reason not to follow the laws is because you fear repercussions.
It is obvious how that point is moot for certain people.
There is also the appeal that I could, sexually, do whatever I wanted.
There is also the fact that, as an atheist, I wouldn't have to focus on anyone other than myself and I would NOT be a "slave" to any higher standard than the "acceptable one".
Now, that does NOT mean that as an atheist I WOULD do those things because, quite certainly, many atheists do NOT.
My point is that, as an atheist, there would be no reason NOT do other than, perhaps, fear of the law and repercussions from society ( which I could avoid very easily if I wanted to).
Perhaps if you'd grown up "godless" the way I did, you'd see how odd your perspective is.
Law and repercussions affect everyone. I, though, don't need carrot and stick to live up to my expectations for myself.
You view is fine for you, but not relevant at all for me.
Sure the law affects everyone, just not to the same degree.
Besides, it is nothing but a fabrication of man trying to dominate man anyways.
I am not sheep and I don't follow others.
As one that believe sin nothing and is not subject to some irrelevant judeo-christian notion of "right and wrong", you view has no meaning for me.
Nor does anyone else's.
LIVE, DRINK and FIGHT for this is all we have and tomorrow we die !