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Being Atheist
- Thread starter Fool
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Are you asking how we feel about any afterlives?
I don't know about others. Myself, I have long concluded that it is not a worthwhile worry for one to have.
I don't know about others. Myself, I have long concluded that it is not a worthwhile worry for one to have.
Cockadoodledoo
You’re going to get me!
Today we make plans for tomorrow!
Otherwise we’d still be living in caves......
And we’d be in a forest.
Otherwise we’d still be living in caves......
And we’d be in a forest.
I think it is Christianity that is about not worrying:
He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds! Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height? If then you aren't able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest? Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith? Don't seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious. For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things. But seek God's Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.
Luke 12:22-31
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Matt. 10:28-31
Politesse
Amor Vincit Omnia
It seems to me that an atheist would be very worried about the proximate future. You've only got, at most, as much time to impact the world as you have mortal breaths in a single life, and a lack of planning will restrict even that number as mortality will find you that much sooner. My atheist friends really ought to be as efficiency-minded as possible, if they want their life to mean anything. Yes?
Thermos aquaticus
Well-Known Member
I don't know many atheists that find meaning in being as efficient as possible. A life spent worrying about your schedule would seem to be a life wasted. I think it is best to enjoy life wherever you are at that moment.
Altfish
Veteran Member
Oh dear!! You do not know what atheists think.
We realise that we have one life and we must make the most of it. Enjoy every day, do good every day, make the most of friendships and opportunities that come your way, look after our planet and its flora and fauna.
Theists are going to be disappointed, there is no afterlife, so if they do not make the most of this life they will miss out. They are gambling on unproven religions.
Cockadoodledoo
You’re going to get me!
Much better to work together with everyone in unity.
In unity one can possibly achieve great things.
Jesus didn't believe in something apart from himself. He believed it was present in self.
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Cacotopia
Let's go full Trottle
Depends what the unanimous conclusions are. If it's there's a god and we are going to heaven, and the earth was made for us to screw around in, Then we are going to trash the planet, because people will think the earth was given to us to do what we please. That's not a responsible way of thinking.
Revelation 11:18
The nations raged, but your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”
Cacotopia
Let's go full Trottle
How many Christians you know that know the bible, not many I'm going to guess, and certainly none of them think alike and interpret it the same way. There is no consistency in any belief structure. 65-70k denominations 36 majorly different interpretations and the current population of christians personal interpretations.
books can be like rorschach tests. they give you an insight into the mind of the observer.
100 people could read to kill a mockingbird and most all of them would have somewhat similar but different synopsis.
really not that amazing/astonishing. the jains have a parable similar in concept. it's called the blind men and the elephant.
Thief
Rogue Theologian
to be or not to be.......hmmmmmm
to continue or resign to the eternal darkness of the grave.....and rot
i've already got oozing and leakage.
Thief
Rogue Theologian
lostwanderingsoul
Well-Known Member
Actually being atheist is not something a person can choose. God calls those people He wants and gives them faith to believe. Atheists have not received the call.
yeah, hopefully the next model has better replacement parts
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