Re:Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?
by romanhn on Monday December 27, 2021 @03:58PM
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As a 100% atheist, I disagree strongly with every single one of your statements.
To elaborate,
> Most anthiests seem to be nihilists
Not true
> they're already (claiming to be) doing that
No, they're not
> the logical conundrum of "I don't need a God or theology to live a good life"
There's no conundrum or contradiction here, plenty of us live good lives
> our constructed definition of "good" comes from religion
Sounds like a made-up fact. I don't need an omnipotent third party to validate that taking another person's life, or stealing from them, etc. is not right. Empathy and the idea of "do unto others" are quite easily understandable and relatable outside of the context of religion.
To elaborate,
> Most anthiests seem to be nihilists
Not true
> they're already (claiming to be) doing that
No, they're not
> the logical conundrum of "I don't need a God or theology to live a good life"
There's no conundrum or contradiction here, plenty of us live good lives
> our constructed definition of "good" comes from religion
Sounds like a made-up fact. I don't need an omnipotent third party to validate that taking another person's life, or stealing from them, etc. is not right. Empathy and the idea of "do unto others" are quite easily understandable and relatable outside of the context of religion.