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Originally Posted by peter12
I guess I'd ask then, what is the point of atheism other than nihilism? This is such a shallow void of a belief.
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Is life so shallow that it becomes a void once the belief in a divine power is removed from it? Many atheists are humanists. The meaning of life is to embrace the human experience and use our limited sensory and reasoning powers to make sense of the natural universe around us and to use our imaginations to build a future, to advance civilization, etc. We are a temporal, corporeal species with finite lives. If you need the hope of some eternal destiny to give meaning to your existence, I have no problem with that. I know exactly how that feels. But many people do not and they are neither inferior nor superior for holding that belief.
Atheism is not the belief in nothing. It is the lack of believe in a deity. Everything else is fair game.