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Originally Posted by ShaniFaye
atheism is a "harder route" how does that work? I would think it would be far easier for a person to say....blah blah blah..doesnt exist....I wont believe in anything thats not tangible...Im not accountable for anything when I die because there is nothing after death..etc
how is that "hard"? I dont see where that requires "strength" at all.
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A belief in god subtly undermines everything that we value in humanity. Can integrity exist if god is always watching? Is altruism possible if all good deeds will be rewarded? Are you really moral if punishment of a Higher Power is what keeps you from doing whatever you think you can get away with?
What's easy is pretending that Big Babysitter in the Sky doesn't exist for a while so you can engage in a amoral lifestyle of hedonism and violence... and then repent once it sickens you and tell everyone how you're a "former atheist".
What's hard is,
knowing there will be no punishment for wrong doing, still doing the Right Thing because of whatever reality-based ethical system you've cobbled together for yourself. Actually, just deciding what's important enough to use as a cornerstone for your morality can be pretty hard.
Not believing is easy. Replacing belief with something real is hard.