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To: Right Wing Professor
I can't speak as an atheist, but as an agnostic, I certainly have purpose; more than one purpose.

Oh, an agnostic. That's different. I never claimed you guys were irrational or shallow. :-)

And, atheists obviously have purpose even if they don't know or can't articulate it. God-given rights apply to everybody.

676 posted on 11/24/2003 4:17:40 PM PST by Tribune7 (It's not like he let his secretary drown in his car or something.)
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To: Tribune7
And, atheists obviously have purpose even if they don't know or can't articulate it. God-given rights apply to everybody.

I don't understand this conflation of "rights" with "purpose". Maybe you should clarify what exactly you mean by our "purpose" in life. Is it "purpose" as in an externally-imposed positive obligation, or is it "purpose" as in that which makes us want to go on living? Or something else?

680 posted on 11/24/2003 5:52:46 PM PST by jennyp (http://crevo.bestmessageboard.com)
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