Hitchens asked this one. [Spirituality & Religion]

@Rolexeo Idk.

However, this lack of an answer does not pose a problem for me, for a very simple reason:

Either there are things that objectively have importance or there aren't.

If there aren't, nothing matters, meaning that no matter what happens, no matter what you or I do, it's all of no importance. There's no point in me taking an action with this possibility in mind, as if nothing's important, nothing's important.

So I might as well assume that there are things that objectively have importance, since if this's the case, my actions can have consequences that are of a certain level of importance.

As for any beliefs that things can subjectively matter, without anything objectively matterring, I find it to be logically impossible.


I know I didn't answer your question but I think I still gave an entirely relevant answer.

@Rolexeo
Says who ?

@DocSavage Says non-narcissists

@canusernamebemyusername Good point. That's something Atheists can't do.

@canusernamebemyusername haa great answer!!!!

@HotDad That article states that [b]non-religious[/b] children are more generous. I presume you accidentally missed off the 'non' in your opening.

@checkoutanytime [quote]when 1 knows no limit, there are no boundaries.[/quote]

Why do you think Atheists know no limits? Don't you think Atheists can have a moral code?

@1490wayb not so. An Atheist could consider a creator if there were a fair amount of evidence to support the claim. God is an extraordinary claim , you would need a good amount of evidence to support it, as opposed to a more realistic cause.

@DocSavage
The Holy Bible itself states that God requires Faith. So for your statement to be true it would have to be some other god that you would visibly see.

@1490wayb [quote]here is a spiritual dimension you refuse to acknowledge and is intangible[/quote]
That's not evidence, it's just an illusion.

@FCNantes No, because the theist believes they’re acting at the behest of a deity or spiritual being.

@bijouxbroussard That's a different issue. You were adressing the emotional difference in the OC (or maybe you weren't?) & know you're adressing the difference in logic.

@FCNantes This is what I said, and I stand by it.
[quote][b] There is none. The difference is, the atheist doesn’t do it with the hope of a reward or fear of punishment from a deity.[/b][/quote]

@DocSavage It really is.

@DCarey
Such a thing could only be achieved if a god existed. If Christians got it wrong, it can’t happen. On the other hand , a worthy Atheist might impress god enough to be gifted eternal life. That would convince them of god’s existence.

@DocSavage Assuming you are an atheist, you have committed the unpardonable sin. Enjoy the afterlife.