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Re:Ask HN: What book changed your life? by torbTurret on Sunday March 20, 2022 @01:03PM (#30744377)
“I suppose for those who consciously or subconsciously know they're guilty of sin, the idea of annihilation is far preferable to facing judgment for their sins in the past, so I can see how atheism would be an attractive option, ultimate meaninglessness notwithstanding.”

This kind of quite literally holier-than-thou pretension is a large reason why, despite being raised religious, I want nothing to do with it today. Especially Christianity.

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Re:Ask HN: What book changed your life? by TimTheTinker on Sunday March 20, 2022 @03:02PM (#30745533)
> holier-than-thou pretension

Could you elaborate? I certainly didn't mean to imply I'm any better than someone in the position I described. I'm as much guilty of sin as anyone else.

I don't think it's pretentious either to say that all have sinned in some way or another. As Solzhenitsyn writes, the line between good and evil runs right through every human heart -- all are capable of great good and great evil.

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Re:Ask HN: What book changed your life? by torbTurret on Sunday March 20, 2022 @05:21PM (#30746772)
The attractive option of atheism bit.

Plenty of other reasons why someone would turn to atheism. Eg the massive occurrence/support/obfuscation of sex abuse in the Catholic Church.

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Re:Ask HN: What book changed your life? by TimTheTinker on Sunday March 20, 2022 @05:48PM (#30747013)
Ah, understood. I didn't mean characterize atheists or conversions to atheism.

It's just that from my own frame of reference, that's the most attractive aspect of atheism.

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Re:Ask HN: What book changed your life? by torbTurret on Monday March 21, 2022 @02:09PM (#30757612)
Misinterpreted on my end, then - nothing personal!
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