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Post #680252

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Mrebo
Parent topic
The merits and shortcomings of religion, spirituality, and nonbelief
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Date created
27-Dec-2013, 3:40 PM

Atheism as #firstworldproblem

Although, Leonardo conveniently pre-responds:

As someone who does not need theism, I don't feel like I'm using "my superior intellect versus a primitive mind" cause I'll be the first to admit, I am a moron. I'll just say, try to look beyond your postulates. It ain't so bad.

I'm a theist. RO_2 makes many good observations on various viewpoints. And I agree with much of what Duracell has to say, particularly:

DuracellEnergizer said:

I don't currently subscribe to theologically conservative, inerrant Christianity because I find -- from what is admittedly only a theologically-uneducated layman's POV -- vast chunks of the Bible to be either internally inconsistent or historically inaccurate. I do think there could be validity to theologically liberal, non-inerrant forms of Christianity, though.

I also don't subscribe to atheism. I find it presumptuous to reach such a conclusion when mankind hasn't even reached full understanding of the physical universe, let alone what might be beyond it. Also, on a more emotional note, I'm not comfortable with the nihilism I believe is inherent in an atheistic universe.