Indeed, is it not funny, and somewhat pathetic that after going
to such lengths to denounce traditional systems of faith we get
atheists who denounce one set of shackles only to put on another.
Heres a good example.
But gee... I'm an atheist and I am able to think beyond myself.
I know that once I die, there is no meaning to my life beyond what
meaning other people make of it. And even though I won't be around
to appreciate it, it doesn't matter. After all, I won't be
around.
Notice the use of the word appreciate, as if it was any
justification for thinking beyond the self. At the end of the
day, this emotion and thought of appreciation is but a movement
of chemicals in the brains of others that can take whatever meaning
anybody should see fit, if they are brave enough to be the
superman, to impose upon it.
I don't think there is any inherent meaning in this universe.
Yes, winners win. The strong survive. There is no 'good' and 'bad'
other than what we make of it. We bring our definitions of 'good'
and 'bad' into this universe. You seem to be saying that a true
atheist would be incapable of thinking beyond himself.
How can you seem to grasp the truth of your ideology in one
sentence and then lose it by the end of the paragraph.
I am not saying a true atheist is incapable of thinking beyond
himself, that is an arbitrary value judgement that you have thrown
up from who knows where, and its certainly not from the
naturalistic laws of atheism.
The true atheists is not incapable of thinking beyond himself, what
he realizes is that, such a question in itself is quite irrelevant
as long as he has the power and will to make this question matter
to him or not. Being incapable of thinking beyond oneself is
neither wrong, nor right.
As you said it yourself, there is no inherent meaning in this
universe and winners win. There is no right or wrong, good or bad
in this universe. Even nonsense or lies are not inherently worst
positions over having logic or truth, all that matters is if the
individual (or system/memes) have the clout and power to make their
own way about the universe. It is not selfish, selfishness is an
illusion.
Hence the REAL atheist will realize (if he truly understand and
believes his own idealogy) that the question of religion or if God
exists of not or if all this is any good to the universe is quite
irrelevant. In the true atheist mindset religion or the belief in
some Devine being is neither inferior or superior
its just a
system that has gathered so much will and power through its very
nature that it carries on to survive and prosper today.
The supposed death and negative points brought out by religion
are arbitrary value judgements that differ from person to person
and quite irrelevant as far as how much power the individuals who
have their pet opinions have the power to affect their will.
The superman is beyond logic and reason and his own opinion. It is
the pseudo-atheist who admits that the universe and all of
humanitys endeavours are simply constructs and illusions,
vulgarities of perception created by a feeble human intellection
trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning
or purpose, all of it as artificial as the Matrix itself in one
breath, and then retreats to his own pet philosophy of logic and
reason as if it has any more insipid value then a peculiar
arrangement and movement of atoms in his brain. He is no different
from the first primitive man who invented his own god out of the
blue and decided to structure his life about it.
What you bring and make of this world is quite irrelevant, what
only matters is if you have the will and power to implement it. It
is the superman, the true and brave atheist and not the modern
secretly religious atheist that is a poor parody of the true
meaning of atheism, that has the true power to do it.
