wheelhomies

how interesting. i am an atheist myself, in love with the ideas of marx and sartre. to the post about atheism being easier because you are not held accountable for anything after death:

what???(!) where is the problem in carpe diem, madame? to say that you are not responsible for your deeds in the afterlife does not mean refusing to accept responsibility for your actions. one can accept responsibility for then during life! one can act honorably, not for the sake of religion or a fear of the afterlife - but because it is important to do so in and of itself.

i have seen an increase in agnostics, moreso than atheists. i have met some agnostics who definitely only do it because they are afraid to call themselves christian - out of fear of rejection among their peers. they believe in heaven and hell, and yet "question whether there is a god". that is something i don't understand, and i doubt these individuals do much questioning at all.

the atheists i know are very few...i find people have difficulty declaring, "there is no god!" (presumably out of fear). another thing, i know hardly any atheists who were raised as atheists...most of them are christians who have stopped believing. i have to say that i do not think it is a trend...although, it is definitely somewhat easier to say these days than it has been in the past. people's outlooks on it have changed, but not to the extent that being an atheist will generally get you accepted, or make your life easier...at least not from what i have seen.

oh crap - i just realized there are five pages to this thread. that's embarrassing. ah, well; you live and learn.

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