"You don't see too many atheists on the deathbed. They all start cramming then."
~ Dolly Rebecca Parton [ American singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, actress, author, and philanthropist]
On your '90th birthday' ~ would you really feel that your life was nothing more than an accident caused by an unconscious evolutionary process? Or will there be meaning and purpose, and ~spirit~
. . .Love for your children and grandchildren, good wish for everyone, and an understanding compassion for the entire sentient family on a lonely blue planet...
If I am fortunate enough to reach 90 I expect to look back on a life spent striving to be a force for good in the world and feel satisfied with that. I think it is mean spirited of you to assume atheists cannot be happy on their own terms at any age. No religion has a monopoly on being a good and happy person.
I never said that an atheist cannot be happy at 90.
"You don't see too many atheists on the deathbed. They all start cramming then."
Doesn't really sound like a state of happiness to me...
You just pointedly suggested it. Same thing, really.
by Jackson Riddle 14 years ago
Currently sitting on a Hubscore of 88 with 19 fans and 1 hub published (hubs score is 77). Does it exponentially get harder to increase Hubscore i.e is getting from 88 to 89 easier than getting from 89 to 90?
by Peeples 11 years ago
Or that we are somehow bad people because we don't believe in what you believe in? I see so many times when people make it out to be that Christians dislike everything about us atheist yet I am married to a Christian and he has no ill feelings toward atheist. Is the thought that Christians dislike...
by TheBlondie 13 years ago
I'm an atheist, and even though I'm a generally good person (volunteer at an animal shelter, nice to people, generous, etc.), I've been told I'm going to hell simply because I don't take part in any religion. I'm really not trying to start a fight or argument, I'm really just curious- why are...
by SirDent 9 years ago
Truth? or not?
by Monica 11 years ago
If atheists do not believe in a higher power, then what do they actually BELIEVE in?...I've always wondered about an atheist's way of getting through life. Do they actually believe in anything? Are they considered to be bias if they believe that there is no god?
by Prodio 9 years ago
I ask sincerely. This question spiked my interest after an atheist, who posts regularly on HubPages forums, complained that believers have 'forced' (her/his definition of the word) religion (Christianity basically) on her/him, countless times on these forums.She/he also admits that she/he, however,...
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