Sy Borg wrote: ↑September 22nd, 2022, 10:35 pm
Atheism has nothing to do with personal voids. It's just not subscribing to the superstitious beliefs of ancients. I lose nothing important by not believing in Zeus and I lose nothing important by not believing in Yahweh. Ancient gods are anthropomorphised representations of nature. One can have awe and respect for nature without pretending that it is ruled by a quasi-simian consciousness.
What you lose by not believing in Zeus, Yahweh or Mithras is ... God. You apparently don't see this as a problem. Fair enough.
"Ancient gods" illustrate aspects of God, as all the beings we call "God" do.
One can, of course, "have awe and respect for nature" without believing in God.
WindowtotheWorld wrote: ↑September 22nd, 2022, 11:24 pm
I am not a madman who thinks there is no such thing as death or that we are not subject to it. I am taking about being saved from death's sway and dominion. About being released, post mortem, from death's grip.
I believe in the Vital Soul. And this Vital Soul is capable of triumphing over the diseased body. This is what I believe. I have no illusions that I won't experience decay and death of my body. I have an Absolute Faith I am the Vital Soul, apart from the lifeless body.
I too believe in the possibility of some sort of continuation after death. But I hesitate to describe it too precisely, as I have no idea at all of how it might happen, or what it might involve.
And I don't find the expression of views different from my own — religious or otherwise — to be, in the words of the topic title,
offensive. I'm surprised that you do. What is so bad about atheism, that you cannot ignore it, but feel inclined to attack it instead? It's just another view, as
unjustifiable as yours, or mine, is.