Snowy
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Reply 18 of 74 (Originally posted on: 03-14-05 08:16:00 AM)
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Quoted from Drahnier:
Basically, it's this:
I don't believe in a god or an afterlife, so i figure that the only logical thing to do is try to enjoy my life as much as possible while i'm still alive.
This makes perfect sense, doesn't it?
To a certain extent. If one is an atheist that doesnt naturally exclude the basic impulse to do good for others, to nurture and care for you fellow human beings..so to me the thing you say next is rather strange.
Quoted from Drahnier:
This leads me to the next conclusion.
I should do anything i possibly can to make life as easy as possible for myself, and this includes hurting other people.
If i, hypothetically, had the opportunity to make a million dollars by committing a murder that i could be sure to get away with, then there's no reason not to do it.
In fact, it would be irrational to not take that opportunity.
Incorrect, just because there are no spiritual ramifications when you steal breath from another, doesnt mean you havent failed utterly at being a human being if you decide that all you have to do with the life you have is pleasure yourself. Society is here to offer you shelter and food, a state of grace we often take for granted. Why should it be natural for you to steal? Or murder others of your species to grant yourself financial satisfaction? From what you've said so far, that could also be seen as an incredibly unnatural thing to do. I dont believe common decency and compassion are only gifted to human beings via religious constructs, rather the religion has grown in an attempt to map the human heart.
Quoted from Drahnier:
The same thing applies to any other horrific act you can think of, like raping a child or something.
The fact is that i've never really cared about what happens to other people, and doing those things wouldn't make me feel bad.
And because i don't have these irrational feelings of guilt, there is absolutely no logical reason for me to NOT hurt another person in order to gain advantages for myself.
Oh, you were born with only the muscle-heart, not an emotional heart.
Quoted from Drahnier:
I don't care if my actions are considered immoral, there's no reason for me to follow some obscure moral code.
I prefer to follow logic.
I think the only logical thing for me to do is to do anything i can to make life easier for myself, and whether i hurt other people or not in the process is really irrelevant, because that's not MY problem.
Life will be easier for you if you do not have to strive and earn anything yourself? The only conflict will be the clash of knife against bone as you slaughter some wealthy unfortunate? I am curious as to why your intelligence doesnt make you disdain the life of a cuckoo bird. If you live your life that way, have you ever considered that it might repulse other human beings, and leave you alone? You do not want to be loved? An animal makes it's life as easy for itself as possible, taking every opportunity at hand. You, free of religion, care and conscience..choose to be nothing more than an animal. That's very curious to me, my intellect would shame me to suicide for living such a life, if nothing else.
Quoted from Drahnier:
I mean, since i don't believe in a god or a life after death, why the hell would i NOT try to enjoy my life as much as possible while i still have it?
It really seems like the only rational thing to do.
Does this make sense to you?
I cant imagine killing people would make one enjoy life as much as possible, but if I were sans a heart, sans a conscience and sans a soul, it might indeed be an option. I wouldnt be satisfied by the creature I saw in the mirror, not at all. And I would secretly yearn for Snowqueene to find me and kill me before I could to more harm unto others ; )
I hope I did that quote thingy correctly, here goes.
I open once and you call me devil's gateway[/whisper] | [whisper] Evil me, oh yeah I know, what good curves can you throw?
This reply was last edited on 03-14-05 08:21:04 AM by Snowy.
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