Freethinker's corner
I will not go quietly into the night!
Author: drenn1077
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Would we want a society that was ruled by logic and reason alone? A number of people have suggested that it would be a better world than that ruled by religion. What if the world was ruled by such edicts as: ”The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or one” What…
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Originally posted on Freethinker's corner: (Also titled: The Nonexistent Reward) No one except the terminally ill, suffering great agony desires death. This nothing, this ending, is a primal fear in humans who have seen people just go away. If some way could be found to continue existence, most would desire it, especially if that extension…
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(Also titled: The Nonexistent Reward) No one except the terminally ill, suffering great agony desires death. This nothing, this ending, is a primal fear in humans who have seen people just go away. If some way could be found to continue existence, most would desire it, especially if that extension promised paradise. Imagine regaining total…
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Perhaps religion is too strong a word to describe groups of atheists when they come together. Perhaps ideology would be a better application. Ideology: the set of ideas and beliefs of a group or political party The singular atheist by himself has no religion and is only defined by his non-belief in a deity. Like…
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An idealistic, optimistic, view of humanity is unwarranted. Humans will never, can never, change. An individual can occasionally awaken and see the course human endeavors take, but most will either say “who cares” or “nothing can be done”. To a great extent it is true, nothing can be done. Species after species has bitten the…
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Is it possible to live a moral life? Who judges whether your life is moral? What is moral for you may be immoral to someone else. Could it be that a person can only define the morals by which he desires to live irrespective of what others might consider moral? By establishing a set of…
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There is nothing new under the sun. It’s all been thought of and done before. There are times when this seems the distressing reality. In fact the times that it seems untrue grow shorter as my time upon this earth continues. Just when I think I have an original thought, a unique idea, I find…
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Shhhhhhhh! There are certain things you cannot speak of. There are issues covered by the veil of political correctness that have mandated directives as to what you must think about them. To buck the current of the crowd is to invite a mob justice reaction. Shame on you, they will say, you should be more…
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As an atheist I see religion as being a totally fictitious belief system or ideology. There is no deity, no god or gods, as its foundation. Its roots can be found in myriad prior religions, and among the many myths of the day. There being no evidence everything must be accepted upon faith… total complete…
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