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Re: Atheism is the only rational position [Re: clam_dude]
    #17780780 - 02/10/13 11:05 PM (10 years, 11 months ago)

My question is, what do you do when you are really afraid?


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Re: Atheism is the only rational position [Re: clam_dude]
    #17781157 - 02/11/13 12:29 AM (10 years, 11 months ago)

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clam_dude said:
Ok now, seriousness, I demand seriousness. We're talking about adults with imaginary friends here.




So, what happens when you are really afraid? What higher function than prayer does a true atheist have?


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Re: Atheism is the only rational position [Re: clam_dude]
    #17781386 - 02/11/13 02:14 AM (10 years, 11 months ago)

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I'll add this: The argument from utility, which you have just used, is almost an admission that "god" doesn't exist. If there was any evidence for god, you would be pointing to it - not trying to convince me of the usefulness of belief in god.




I am not arguing anything. Just want to know what goes on for a true atheist when they have allot of fear. I'd like to be an atheist, but then I find myself praying. Then when I pray I don't really believe that what ever I pray to actually exists anyway. Atheism does not seem rational to me when I start praying. It is now just a better response than frantic thought loops. Affirmations really don't work for me either.


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Re: Atheism is the only rational position [Re: clam_dude]
    #17791769 - 02/12/13 07:36 PM (10 years, 11 months ago)

I disagree that limiting myself to Atheism is rational. What is rational about limiting my imagination? I feel claustrophobic with limitation. Random belief systems are the only rational position. I have the potential to believe anything. I might as well see what it is like to experience all belief systems. A being consists of many personalities. While this empty, sad, atheist personality pretty much dominates most of my existence, I will not cling to it.


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Re: Atheism is the only rational position [Re: something super extreme]
    #17792080 - 02/12/13 08:33 PM (10 years, 11 months ago)

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sVs said:
What is so sad or empty about atheism?




I did not mean that atheism is sad and empty, just my experience of it is. When no Goddess appears to liven things up, the boredom continues.


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Re: Atheism is the only rational position [Re: clam_dude]
    #18400575 - 06/10/13 11:51 PM (10 years, 7 months ago)

I don't see how there could be a rational position.


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