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MineralMan

(147,606 posts)
50. The impersonal universe is an easier place in which to live.
Sun Dec 30, 2018, 03:47 PM
Dec 2018

With no deity at all involved, the universe is just a container. I like that.

And it's so easy! PJMcK Dec 2018 #1
Well, that, too, of course. MineralMan Dec 2018 #3
Yes but violetpastille Dec 2018 #9
Posting on DU is a great exercise that keeps your intellect in good shape. MineralMan Dec 2018 #12
It's not about the posting. Pope George Ringo II Dec 2018 #13
You make an excellent point! MineralMan Dec 2018 #18
I don't believe in wasting time by playing cricket, either Pope George Ringo II Dec 2018 #19
I'm bothered too violetpastille Dec 2018 #21
Like conflating atheism with Chinese authoritarianism, for example? Pope George Ringo II Dec 2018 #23
Gotcha. violetpastille Dec 2018 #31
Myth violetpastille Dec 2018 #33
Obviously, it symbolized something. We don't even have the original to speculate, though. Pope George Ringo II Dec 2018 #44
and yet strangely Brainstormy Dec 2018 #2
Many people have a lot invested in their religious beliefs. MineralMan Dec 2018 #4
Some misframe atheism out of ignorance Major Nikon Dec 2018 #5
Ah...there you have it. MineralMan Dec 2018 #6
When it's the latter, one can certainly speculate about the reasons Major Nikon Dec 2018 #42
Similar to thinking people "believe" in science. n/t Beartracks Dec 2018 #53
Reading your post I had to look up the definition of deity. Upon reading several of the definitions c-rational Dec 2018 #7
You know, I've never done that. I will, though. MineralMan Dec 2018 #11
Why are you mad at God? edhopper Dec 2018 #8
Ironic, Isn't It? MineralMan Dec 2018 #10
Why is god mad at me? LakeArenal Dec 2018 #26
That nonsense is exactly what JenniferJuniper Dec 2018 #37
Good thing she did! PJMcK Dec 2018 #39
Of course, it wasn't an apple. They don't grow MineralMan Dec 2018 #48
Do you know the real difference between an Atheist and an Agnostic? Onyrleft Dec 2018 #14
Uh, no. Not at all. MineralMan Dec 2018 #15
History has proven that any BS (Belief System) that you can't take a joke about, Onyrleft Dec 2018 #54
Oh, so you're a joker, then? Your post was a joke, then? MineralMan Dec 2018 #64
I'm sorry to hear your mother's condition is worsening, MineralMan. Mariana Dec 2018 #65
Thanks. It's a difficult time for her and my father. MineralMan Dec 2018 #66
I'm an atheist with two dead parents. Pope George Ringo II Dec 2018 #16
That's like saying edhopper Dec 2018 #17
Or like "There are no atheists in foxholes." MineralMan Dec 2018 #20
what does it say edhopper Dec 2018 #25
It doesn't say much at all, really. MineralMan Dec 2018 #29
After my father's death, predatory religionists came out of the woodwork. Pope George Ringo II Dec 2018 #30
When my younger brother died in 2017, MineralMan Dec 2018 #34
I have a pretty good grip on this one, too. Pope George Ringo II Dec 2018 #46
Well, it's true that funeral services are for the survivors. MineralMan Dec 2018 #47
That is utterly disgusting behavior. Mariana Dec 2018 #36
The sheer banality of evil is always overlooked. Pope George Ringo II Dec 2018 #45
Mine are both gone, and I identify as an atheist The Genealogist Dec 2018 #32
I don't understand JenniferJuniper Dec 2018 #38
Oh like a liberal is a conservative who hasn't been mugged. Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #56
Some of the religious are the most "mad at God" people I've ever met Freelancer Dec 2018 #22
Interesting. MineralMan Dec 2018 #24
" Why god 'allows' so many sinners to live?" He made them that way in his perfection.. LakeArenal Dec 2018 #27
what's the use of doing good stuff if you don't get the big rewards? rurallib Dec 2018 #28
You were right violetpastille Dec 2018 #35
Is your cousin a Christian? Mariana Dec 2018 #40
LOL. "Very few Christians would disagree" Good one. Freelancer Dec 2018 #41
It is funny how many Christians don't like the way God runs the show Mariana Dec 2018 #43
That the Universe is utterly impersonal is scarier than thinking it's is ruled by a bad person -nt Freelancer Dec 2018 #49
The impersonal universe is an easier place in which to live. MineralMan Dec 2018 #50
Most people are in the stages -- on the way to the point where you are currently Freelancer Dec 2018 #51
I agree for most situations. MineralMan Dec 2018 #52
Your philosophy isn't a problem solving solving process. Onyrleft Dec 2018 #55
Actually throwing out bad ideas... uriel1972 Dec 2018 #58
Oh and athiesm is not a philosophy... uriel1972 Dec 2018 #59
I didn't claim that it was. MineralMan Dec 2018 #62
I think the inverse should be stated as well Lordquinton Dec 2018 #57
I think atheism is more general than that. Kablooie Dec 2018 #60
That is skepticism. Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #61
I suppose you're right. Kablooie Dec 2018 #67
I think you meant "Thighest" MineralMan Dec 2018 #68
No, because I might believe in that. Kablooie Dec 2018 #69
For me, atheism has nothing to do with unwillingness to believe. MineralMan Dec 2018 #63
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