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The Meaning of Life for Atheists

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01-16-2009 7:25 AM 		Reply to: Message 27 by Agobot
01-16-2009 4:12 AM

Re: No Such Thing as Objective Meaning
Agobot writes:
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DrJones writes:
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No, it's a lack of beleif in gods, not a beleif that are no gods.
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Fighting against other beliefs strongly implies that this lack of belief in gods is much closer to a radical belief that there are no gods.(though i am sure it doesn't look so to the individuals who hold those beliefs strongly).
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The most intuitive description of what atheism really is (or isn't)that I ever found, is the following:
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Atheism is a religion in the same way that not collecting stamps is a hobby.
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Hope that helps to clear things up...
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