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1. Calm down.
2. Whatever. Replace "religion" with "theism." The fact is that you're arguing for a divine source of morality.
3. Lol.
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1. Calm down.
2. Whatever. Replace "religion" with "theism." The fact is that you're arguing for a divine source of morality.
3. Lol.
Dutch Uncle
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Why? You've already proved you're a cut'n'runner...and not bright enough to back click a conversation. In short, you're too fucking lazy and stupid to have a conversation with OR you're a liar.
Into Тhe Night
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Get over yourself. Either repeat the question or stop being a bitch.
Dutch Uncle
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1. I'm calm enough to recognize a liar when I see one.
2. Thanks for proving you're too stupid to see the difference.
3. LOL
Dutch Uncle
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Thank you for proving me correct, dumbass.
You already answered the main question: You're a meat robot who someone can shoot in the back of the head and it doesn't mean anything.
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It's sad that you can only draw meaning from belief in a god and an afterlife.
Dutch Uncle
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Not as sad as an idiot who thinks he's no different than cattle being led to slaughter.
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You can't accept that this life is all there is. Be a man.
Dutch Uncle
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You're free to think you're just a worthless piece of meat of no more value alive than dead. You're free to believe there is nothing beyond the mortal universe, that the Universe just magically popped into existence and will eventually die for reasons that don't pique your curiosity. I believe there is a mystery there. One worth exploring.
The master said, "We do not yet understand life, how could we understand death?" -> Confucious as quoted in the Analects
I don't think you have to be a bible thumper to be able to appreciate some of the texts in the OP. Niels Bohr, Erwin Schoedinger, and Henry David Thoreau were interested in Indian and Chinese religious wisdom.
Reading and reflecting on the Dhammapada and the Daodejing changed my life in ways that are measurable. And I am agnostic.
Dutch Uncle
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'Murica is wearing blinders and believes he's 100% correct even though there is not a shred of proof about his beliefs.
An eternal soul in the Christian-Platonic tradition sounds unrealistic.
But I also think it's premature to declare we have achieved omniscience and understand everything about life and death.
Dutch Uncle
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Since everything seem evolve into more advanced intelligent, simply doing the equivalent of stepping through a door and remaining the same doesn't make sense to me. Losing one's individuality to become part of something greater would be a more logical advancement.
Into Тhe Night
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The universe is full of mystery. But there are no gods or fairies behind the scenes.
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You're the one who believes in a deity. It's not by burden to disprove your belief.
Dutch Uncle
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Your propensity to leap to conclusions is part of your flawed philosophy of life. Sad.
Dutch Uncle
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Again, you have a habit of stating your opinion as fact. You never made it higher than the bottom level of management....if that high. The Peter Principle in action.
Arthur C. Clarke's Three Laws:
- When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
- The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
- Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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So why is it my responsibility to prove that your deity doesn't exist?
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You're nonsensical. It's also ironic that you're quoting my own relative at me. (Yeah, I'm actually related to Arthur Clarke.)
Dutch Uncle
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It's not, son. That's why I know you have a propensity to leap to conclusions.
I hope you are under 35 because, for a militant atheist, your behavior would be within normal parameters. If you are older, then you have a problem with the severity increasing depending on your age.