Posted by Theophilus on 12/16/06 02:18

"~yobbo~" <misfit61nz@yahookers.com.au> wrote in message
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> Theophilus wrote:
>> > It is impossible to "convert" to atheism since atheism is not only
>> > not a religion, it is a rejection of religion. That's like saying
>> > you joined nothing.
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>> Atheism IS a religion, the most hypocritical known.
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>> Religion is the wilful self-delusion about higher power(s) being the
>> actual arbiters of mankind and the universe.
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>> This self-delusion is necessary to prevent oneself from realizing
>> one's true position in the universe, namely that a conscious mind is
>> no more valuable or meaningful that any other bit of matter in the
>> universe, be it cow dung, helium or coal.
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>> Atheists wilfully remove that self-delusion (usually with great
>> pride), even claiming that the universe is a meaningless place, but
>> never once realizing where that leaves them.
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>> It's really about who the arbiter, the assigner of meaning, is: for a
>> religious person it is God, even though there is no empirical
>> evidence to back it up; hence the wilful delusion.
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>> For the atheist it is his himself, he is his own arbiter, master of
>> all morality and value. That flies in the face of evidence; he says
>> that he knows that he is no more valuable than any other piece of
>> matter in the materialistic universe, and yet continues to assign
>> value to himself and his actions anyways.
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>> Which of these has the most reasonable position? (As if reason
>> itself has any value in a materialistic, godless universe.) Who is
>> the greater hypocrite?
>
> You.

Good answer. Demonstrate.

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