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To: Steel Wolf
” Atheists are not fulfilled people.”

I’ve found that unsupportable attacks out of left field like that usually say more about the accuser than the accused. Simply because one’s stand is not based in theology", does not mean that he “stands for nothing”.

27 posted on 12/07/2003 12:38:18 PM PST by elfman2
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To: elfman2
I’ve found that unsupportable attacks out of left field like that usually say more about the accuser than the accused. Simply because one’s stand is not based in theology", does not mean that he “stands for nothing”.

All I was making was a general observation that people in modern societies that don't believe in a higher power of some form tend not to believe in anything. Animists, Wiccans and polytheists are not atheists, even some environmentalists ascribe the planet itself a form of higher power. Even agnostics admit that they simply don't know.

Atheists, real atheists, are, in my limited experience, neither happy nor fulfilled people.

Without theology or spirituality, you're basically left with some human or scientifically oriented philosophy to fill the void. It could be communism, or technology, or UFOs. It could be avoidance of the question.

Either way, it's not my business. People are free to believe in or not believe in whatever they like, and that suits me just fine. In fact, I think intellectual freedom is a great strength. Everyone chooses their own path, I'm just pointing out that some paths are happier and more fulfilling to lead than others.

32 posted on 12/07/2003 2:31:02 PM PST by Steel Wolf (Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son)
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