The problem with atheism is no reason to create anything but babies and food. Agreed?
by 
ethicalbro
ANSWERS: 29
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Can't agree. Do you know why people become atheist?
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*shaking head*
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Definately not. Why would you think that? Atheists have emotion like everyone else. They can feel joy, pain or love. And it makes a lot of sense to enjoy life and make the best out of it if there is only one life.
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And that's why modern secular society has not created anything but babies and food. No novels, no films, no paintings, no scientific advances, no technology, nothing. Just babies and food. *eyeroll* How come, then, the most explicitly religious countries on earth are also the most backwards, stagnant societies anywhere? I don't see Vatican City pumping out great music these days or Iran generating great science. It was only after the Enlightenment, when societies became reason-based, that we saw the great advances that helped us live longer, healthier, more comfortable lives. You can dispute the costs of that if you like, but can you really argue that there was no result but "babies and food"? Really?
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No.
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The problem with religion is that it divides people and makes a lot of bigots feel better about themselves. Agreed?
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Atheists argue that all life is a biological accident. Which means that human life is no more meaningful and purposeful than an insect's life, another product of the biological accident of life on earth. Food keeps an organism alive long enough to procreate. So, yeah babies and food.
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No, not agreed. What a stupid thing to say. Deliberately inflammatory, in fact - and judging by the total lack of commentary on the answers to your question, I'd bet you are totally disinterested in responding to anyone who says anything beyond "Oh yes, EthicalBro. What amazing insight you have!"
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I'd say the real problem with atheism is that people don't bother to understand it and assume that atheists are at best radically different and at worst somehow less than human, but either way, always less.
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Are you in any way suggesting that everything that has been either discovered, created, written or invented is the work solely of religious people?
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no, i don't agree. that is the most idiotic statement i've heard all day.
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really?
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Reason is a human construct. A such, it's up to us - individually or collectively - to define a reason. However, recognizing the fact isn't a problem of atheism. It's merely stating a truth. One of the "problems" of religion is that it confuses imagination and wishful thinking with reality. +5
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Well someone created you and when you die you'll be food for the worms. I think you should replace Atheism with Humanity.
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The problem with generalizing about atheists is that it is futile, misguided, and generally done out of spite rather than any logic-based reasoning: "The problem with atheism is _____" (The very beginning of this statement is fallacious; it doesn't matter how you follow it up)
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Atheists create a life of their own and not a life for God. They enjoy a great many things. They have love for other people as well as their spouses and friends. Many have fascinating careers that provide immense enjoyment. There are atheist who even volunteer to make society better place to live, it's the only place they got. The reason they create a wonderful life for themselves is that they do not believe there is another one. They have much more reason to live then believers. Believers figure, ah well my life sucks, at least I get an afterlife with God. Atheist think, I better make the best out of life, cause it's the only one I got.
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Disagree. If a god is your only reason for doing anything beyond making babies and eating, you have some problems.
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No, I can't agree. I'm not mentally subnormal. Atheists have reasons for doing many, many things. Carl Sagan and Steven Hawking are good examples. They just don't derive their reasons from an invisible man in the sky.
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No, I do not agree. As an Atheist, I take great offence to your statement. Since us Atheists do not believe in "heaven" we do everything we can in order to make the most of the life we have. I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish with your "question" but you have a lot to learn about Atheists. Babies and food? Where on earth did you come up with that? This makes no sense whatsoever. Your reference to Communism also makes no sense. Perhaps you should read the definition of Communism before you start using it as an example. All you are accomplishing is making yourself sound like an idiot.
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Are you saying that the only reason you do anything else is because of your fear/belief in gods? That's a rather shallow attitude to life.
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I do not agree...however. The art created under the reigns of most of the Popes was nothing short of brilliant (not to say evolutionary) and more recent art, shorn of 'holy purpose' and a learned patronage class is reductive and merely decadent on a good day. The NEA is a rubber stamp agency with an agenda based far more on politics (the correct ones of course) than aesthetics (really who's to say that something isn't art, after all). . I don't want to turn back the clock here. But can we at least admit that we're not getting our money's worth from government-enforced citizen patronage?
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Liz! If you made a baseball bat that could hit any pitch and turn it into a home run. Gave it to your boyfriend so he could make money. He in turn took the bat and busted heads before robbing people. Is it your fault or his the pain and agony the bat made?
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Nope. We have our reasons they just don't involve God or Jesus Christ or the bible.
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I think a lot of atheists spend time searching for (or 'creating') realistic answers as an alternative to the dead end of ancient supernatural beliefs. It can be an interesting and invigorating challenge.
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You are obviously a pin head. Agreed?
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Which brand of flat-headed theology are you representing? +5
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I disagree.....we have no reason for babies and food either.
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I agree with you about Christians seeking, talking about going to heav'm . It just don't nobody want to go!LOL:-)
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I completely disagree with you. As an atheist I found the meaning of my life with out the assistance of an imaginary friend. Religion doesn't give meaning to life, the person living it does.
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