Question for Athiests

[TheSanityAnnex]

I'm not religious, nor do I deny the chance at there being a higher power of some sort.

For the athiests...do you still think about loved ones that have passed and try to make them proud and accomplish feats for them? Being that they are dead and all and there being no afterlife what would be the point?

[spurraider21]

if its a dead person i have profound respect for, i try to emulate them. i always want to be a better person, and what better way than to behave like somebody who i view is a great person

[man on wire]

WTF does being a believer or not have to do with how one feels about their past relatives? And why all these damn threads about religion, evolution? One avante is enough.

[Avante]

I could never understand what anyone gains being an atheist.

I remember when my grandpa died and how grandma..."he's in a better place now dear". And how a few years later it was..."I'm going to see David in Heaven" when she died. She really did believe that and it helped her greatly. Why would anyone..."you're just dead, ok?....why?

I'm dead serious when I say the religious people I know ar far better off than the atheists I know.


So the coach....."take a knee gentlemen"...for the pregame prayer, what ya fake it? So you're over at a relgious aunts house for whatever, she wants to say grace, what, ya just fake it?

What doesn't anyone gain with....bah humbug!!!!!!!!! There is a reason only a tiny % of people are atheists.

[Avante]

WTF does being a believer or not have to do with how one feels about their past relatives? And why all these damn threads about religion, evolution? One avante is enough.

Show us how it's done asshole, ok?

[TheSanityAnnex]

if its a dead person i have profound respect for, i try to emulate them. i always want to be a better person, and what better way than to behave like somebody who i view is a great person
Not really what I'm getting at. I want to know if atheists still try and make their deceased loved ones proud.

[TheSanityAnnex]

WTF does being a believer or not have to do with how one feels about their past relatives? And why all these damn threads about religion, evolution? One avante is enough.
Has nothing to do with how you feel about your deceased loved ones, but if you what you do "for" them. And fuck Avante I wish I could block people to threads.

[TheSanityAnnex]

I could never understand what anyone gains being an atheist.

I remember when my grandpa died and how grandma..."he's in a better place now dear". And how a few years later it was..."I'm going to see David in Heaven" when she died. She really did believe that and it helped her greatly. Why would anyone..."you're just dead, ok?....why?

I'm dead serious when I say the religious people I know ar far better off than the atheists I know.


So the coach....."take a knee gentlemen"...for the pregame prayer, what ya fake it? So you're over at a relgious aunts house for whatever, she wants to say grace, what, ya just fake it?

What doesn't anyone gain with....bah humbug!!!!!!!!! There is a reason only a tiny % of people are atheists.
Yes, you fake it.

[Avante]

Has nothing to do with how you feel about your deceased loved ones, but if you what you do "for" them. And fuck Avante I wish I could block people to threads.

Fuck you too bitch.

[Avante]

Yes, you fake it.

Why not..."I'm not doing that"...? Cowards?

[HI-FI]

if its a dead person i have profound respect for, i try to emulate them. i always want to be a better person, and what better way than to behave like somebody who i view is a great person
Who are your atheist heros that you try to emulate?

[TheSanityAnnex]

Why not..."I'm not doing that"...? Cowards?
Cause I respect people and don't give a shit about their beliefs.

[spurraider21]

Who are your atheist heros that you try to emulate?
the people i look up to aren't necessarily atheists

[spurraider21]

Not really what I'm getting at. I want to know if atheists still try and make their deceased loved ones proud.
oh. yes and no... i would try to act a way my grandpa would be proud of, for instance, because i know he was a good person, and if its a behavior that would make him proud, it's probably the right way to go about it... whether or not he's actually in some sort of mystery afterlife.

i mean, even if u buy into the christian afterlife, dont these dead fucks have anything better to do than to look down and see what their spawn is up to?

[spurraider21]

I could never understand what anyone gains being an atheist.

I remember when my grandpa died and how grandma..."he's in a better place now dear". And how a few years later it was..."I'm going to see David in Heaven" when she died. She really did believe that and it helped her greatly. Why would anyone..."you're just dead, ok?....why?

I'm dead serious when I say the religious people I know ar far better off than the atheists I know.


So the coach....."take a knee gentlemen"...for the pregame prayer, what ya fake it? So you're over at a relgious aunts house for whatever, she wants to say grace, what, ya just fake it?

What doesn't anyone gain with....bah humbug!!!!!!!!! There is a reason only a tiny % of people are atheists.
its not about gaining something. what did i gain by learning that the earth is round instead of flat?

i wish i lived in a world where there was no disease and everybody has happy. believing that i lived there would make me happy. but there's no reason to believe it to be true, regardless of "how it makes me feel inside"

[Avante]

its not about gaining something. what did i gain by learning that the earth is round instead of flat?

i wish i lived in a world where there was no disease and everybody has happy. believing that i lived there would make me happy. but there's no reason to believe it to be true, regardless of "how it makes me feel inside"

It's all about how you feel inside, that is always the bottom line. Who isn't out to be as happy with their life as they can be not counting Clipper Nation of course.

[spurraider21]

It's all about how you feel inside, that is always the bottom line. Who isn't out to be as happy with their life as they can be not counting Clipper Nation of course.
what you feel inside doesn't dictate what things are like on the outside. me feeling good inside dreaming of a cancer-free world doesn't actually make it cancer free

[TheSanityAnnex]

oh. yes and no... i would try to act a way my grandpa would be proud of, for instance, because i know he was a good person, and if its a behavior that would make him proud, it's probably the right way to go about it... whether or not he's actually in some sort of mystery afterlife.

i mean, even if u buy into the christian afterlife, dont these dead fucks have anything better to do than to look down and see what their spawn is up to?
More in line with my question thanks. I'm really just curious as to whether or not some atheists actually live life dedicating good deeds/success to a passed loved one to make them proud without realizing the hypocritic nature.

[TheSanityAnnex]

what you feel inside doesn't dictate what things are like on the outside. me feeling good inside dreaming of a cancer-free world doesn't actually make it cancer free
Shitty dream tbh as we be even more overpopulated.

[spurraider21]

Shitty dream tbh as we be even more overpopulated.
:lol

[FuzzyLumpkins]

A deity is not required for an afterlife.

[pgardn]

A deity is not required for an afterlife.

How do you figure?
It does require a poof moment, so why not throw in a deity?

[pgardn]

Oh.

Im not an atheist.
I should not be posting.

[baseline bum]

Yes, you fake it.

Pretty much, I don't treat my aunt the way I would some of the faggots on this board.

[baseline bum]

its not about gaining something. what did i gain by learning that the earth is round instead of flat?

:cry You ungrateful bastard :cry
:cry You learned about the concept of a manifold :cry

[redzero]

I'm not religious, nor do I deny the chance at there being a higher power of some sort.

For the athiests...do you still think about loved ones that have passed and try to make them proud and accomplish feats for them? Being that they are dead and all and there being no afterlife what would be the point?

Atheists would do that for the same reason all people do good--self-gratification.

[DisAsTerBot]

so the question is : what would be the point in honoring someone who has passed if you don't believe in god?

i think you should rethink your question.

but no, i don't think they float around me like casper the ghost and observe my daily activities. if that is what you are getting at.

[The Reckoning]

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[Blake]

More in line with my question thanks. I'm really just curious as to whether or not some atheists actually live life dedicating good deeds/success to a passed loved one to make them proud without realizing the hypocritic nature.

I dedicate my good deeds and success to Allah

[Clipper Nation]

I dedicate my good deeds and success to Allah
Your bull's name is Allah?

[Blake]

Your bull's name is Allah?

Don't know what that means. Explain more in full detail what you're daydreaming about here.

[Avante]

I'd hate to be a low rent atheist, look at how they act.

[Thebesteva]

if its a dead person i have profound respect for, i try to emulate them. i always want to be a better person, and what better way than to behave like somebody who i view is a great person

Arent you like 23 years old? :lol Trying to share your life lessons already

[spurraider21]

Arent you like 23 years old? :lol Trying to share your life lessons already
i didnt share life lessons, or give anybody advice. just saying how i go about it myself

and im 23 and a half

[Avante]

i didnt share life lessons, or give anybody advice. just saying how i go about it myself

and im 23 and a half


You're 23? Well hell that explains everrything, and all this time I thought you were just dumb. You simply don't know any better, I get it now.

Sorry for calling you dummy/idiot etc etc, if I'd known you were just a kid, hey...