When you think this is everything, you kiss each moment.
In a backhanded way, you have copped to evolution, but do not sufficiently understand it.
The absence of proof for your claims speaks for itself, or rather, says nothing at all. It is curious that if a Creator ever existed, it went carefully out of it’s way to erase all evidence of itself.
Suffice it to say all of the science, all of the evidence and every tittle and jot of testable proof demonstrates a universe that exists as it is without a creator. It takes merely an honest examination of the abundant data to defeat any cause to presume indefensible nonsense repeated from the imaginations of ignorant ancients.
This post was edited by Don Barzini at December 10, 2019 4:19 PM MST
You are right. Once it becomes apparent that we cannot count on this mortal life being merely a dry run for an imaginary afterlife, that this one brief existence is all that we will ever have, the value of every moment, every second, should become instantly more precious.
What hardened believers can not, or will not allow themselves to process, is that they’ve been gravely (and conspicuously) misled as to the basic realities of the world, and the nature of the life that inhabits it. The doctrines of the Parties of God unfailingly cheapen life, enforce ignorance, and impart a backward and fallacious worldview wholly dependent upon faith in the ravings of men who knew essentially nothing about the world.
IMHO, this is not a position from which the true value of our limited time can be most effectively conveyed.
It is imperative beyond words that we recognize and are duly grateful for how incredibly fortunate each and every one of us is to have ever lived at all, and that we cherish and exalt in every moment we have. Atheist out.
This post was edited by Don Barzini at December 10, 2019 7:19 PM MST
You may have noticed I am not adverse to people believing in what resonates with them; I totally believe in the power of the individual to sort out their spirituality, find their own “truth“, and live happily in their own way. (As long as no one suffers for it.)
But I hold the lowest regard for the actual belief doctrines themselves, those that instill patently false, nonsensical claims about life, history and the world. We could go on at length about talking snakes, fake floods, executing homosexuals, and self-contradicting scriptures, but they aren’t truly relevant to why people choose faith. I wish you well in the path you have put before you.
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