Posts tagged atheism
You Live Here.
We all live here.
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Knowing there is no afterlife is what brings the true moral calling of atheism; not just what is or is not personal comforting, not just reason is good and science is bad, not just that atheism is logical it is also the only true moral option, because an atheist knows that time is short, and that people must be appreciated and loved now, here, because too soon they will be gone and gone forever. Every moment is precious, and every moment must be appreciated, to be used beautifully, and the potential of all lives must be cherished, because when that life is gone it’s potential is gone too.
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In an elegant demonstration of a historical truth, Atheists in California are refuting the notion that the U.S. was founded upon the Christian religion.
The new 48x14-foot billboard raised above 1526 Newport Boulevard in Costa Mesa, California, simply quotes the 1797 Treaty of Tripoli.Via
Anyone have their copy of the Treaty of Tripoli handy to verify?
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BOOOM, America. BOOM.
We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.
Because here’s something else that’s true. In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And an outstanding reason for choosing some sort of god or spiritual-type thing to worship - be it JC or Allah, be it Yahweh or the Wiccan mother-goddess or the Four Noble Truths or some infrangible set of ethical principles - is that pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive. If you worship money and things - if they are where you tap real meaning in life - then you will never have enough. Never feel you have enough. It’s the truth. Worship your own body and beauty and sexual allure and you will always feel ugly, and when time and age start showing, you will die a million deaths before they finally plant you. On one level, we all know this stuff already - it’s been codified as myths, proverbs, clichés, bromides, epigrams, parables: the skeleton of every great story. The trick is keeping the truth up front in daily consciousness. Worship power - you will feel weak and afraid, and you will need ever more power over others to keep the fear at bay. Worship your intellect, being seen as smart - you will end up feeling stupid, a fraud, always on the verge of being found out.
I worship the FSM and Donna (my yoga teacher/life coach). They create a pretty solid spiritual life for me.
