I doubt it.
If there was a version of good and evil enforced by a super-powerful or supremely-powerful entity, I guess it would make sense.
But how would you test that, exactly?
You seem to refer to a specific version of heaven and hell, whether it belongs to any one religion or not.
Ever read wuxia novels? Some times they introduce the idea of there being nine heavens and nine hells within the cycle of reincarnation.
If you were the best possible person you would be...
Perhaps a naive or domineering government will always have issues with a persons 'sick' preferences.
I don't care either way about the legality of this genre, so long as the real children are left alone.
Unless it's at odds with your morals or a subject that really bugs you, just tactfully extract yourself from the discussions.
If it's a waste of time, and you know it's a waste of time, stop wasting your time.
People will figure themselves out, the only obligation you have to others is the one...
Perhaps not the moderators themselves, but they should have some people at the ready to assist the moderators in doing so.
Also, if the answer is too obscure to be accurately fact checked, the moderators should ask for clarification.
Welcome. Glad to see atheism is becoming popular.
Do you have a grasp on other things you may identify as while being an atheist? (e.g. Buddhist, secular-humanist, etc..)
His toilet "theories" can be logically disregarded by almost, if not every, ration and sane person with a middle school or above science education.
Side note: His debate with Bill Nye was pretty funny, the Noah's Ark bit especially.
It's a display of the difference between pity and empathy.
More people can understand the feeling of getting high or drunk as a way of escape, rather than the feeling of having to support a child by yourself.
I can only see more gun deaths as a result.
This doesn't fully concern me, I cannot legally posses a firearm.
However, I'd prefer not to be shot by some idiot wanting to play hero in a crowd panic situation.
I also wouldn't like it too much if my always intoxicated neighbors had such weapons...
I drove my sister out to give her gift, as I might for the next few years, and then I drove home.
Mother's day and father's day long ago lost any meaning to me as I deny the existence of any such figures in my life.
Well it is named after someone who can be considered equivalent to a saint within atheism.
I don't know.
I use it as a description of my attitude so the actual intention behind the definition is something I have yet to put deep thought into.
How paradoxical of you.
Maturity is best, I suppose... but not as fun.
I treat Hitchens razor as an attitude towards claims, not as a claim itself.
Clicking it in my quote box will take you to the description, if you can show me that it is a claim I will try to address that to the best of my ability.