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SW-User
No reliable proof (argument or evidence) exists, so we should highly suspect all explanations rooted in magic. Yet atheists should strive to prove that a reasonable explanation for eternal life is still possible through the workings of nature. There's too much slothfulness and pessimism in atheism, and this needs rectifying.
Dolimyte · 41-45, M
@SW-User [quote]atheists should strive to prove that a reasonable explanation for eternal life is still possible through the workings of nature.[/quote]
Why?
Why?
SW-User
@Dolimyte To grow beyond slothfulness and pessimism. I stated my reasons.
Dolimyte · 41-45, M
@SW-User I don't see the coronation between eternal life and slothfulness or pessimism, or atheism for that matter.
SW-User
@Dolimyte Theists make an effort to secure something of value: afterlife. They're intrepid optimists. I don't think you meant to say coronation.
Dolimyte · 41-45, M
@SW-User Typo, I ment correlation. But if in fact there is no afterlife, is there value in seeking it? If an afterlife does exist, which one is it and how does one get there?
SW-User
@Dolimyte To never investigate is wrongful, and a natural variety of afterlife would necessarily be about an infinite series of lifetimes due to how chance operates in an infinite cosmos. There would be no actual traveling involved.
Dolimyte · 41-45, M
@SW-User who said atheists don't investigate whether or not an afterlife exists? how did you determine that the cosmos is infinite, that a series of lifetimes (I'm assuming you don't mean in a generational way) is possible, let alone probable?
SW-User
@Dolimyte That's a lot of questions. I'll only answer the first. Skeptical atheists tend to throw out the baby with the bath water. They limit themselves to saying that heaven (magic-based) is a ridiculous idea. They get into a pattern of insisting that others do the work (i.e. burden of proof), and don't bother to explore things themselves.
Dolimyte · 41-45, M
@SW-User [quote]Skeptical atheists tend to throw out the baby with the bath water. They limit themselves to saying that heaven (magic-based) is a ridiculous idea[/quote]
limit themselves how? By rejecting the supernatural?
[quote]They get into a pattern of insisting that others do the work (i.e. burden of proof), and don't bother to explore things themselves.[/quote]
If you make the claim, and want others to believe it, you need to be convincing enough to warrant looking into it further. If I claimed that a colony of space aliens lived in my butt, you'd be justified in calling my claim ridiculous and not investigating further without me laying down some epicly convincing evidence first.
Why haven't you investigated my anal invaders from outerspace? They hold great benefits!
Edit: and I'm blocked. Thank you for writing a response that I can not read now. This is a response in kind.
limit themselves how? By rejecting the supernatural?
[quote]They get into a pattern of insisting that others do the work (i.e. burden of proof), and don't bother to explore things themselves.[/quote]
If you make the claim, and want others to believe it, you need to be convincing enough to warrant looking into it further. If I claimed that a colony of space aliens lived in my butt, you'd be justified in calling my claim ridiculous and not investigating further without me laying down some epicly convincing evidence first.
Why haven't you investigated my anal invaders from outerspace? They hold great benefits!
Edit: and I'm blocked. Thank you for writing a response that I can not read now. This is a response in kind.
SW-User
@Dolimyte You would make a very poor student, and I see that you admit to mental issues.