GoofBoy t1_j2lbyli wrote
>Our existence would be a brute fact, and we simply live, die, and then stop existing for all eternity.
And? So, what?
I can easily argue a Theist has to believe in eternal after-life because it is how they cope with their own mortality. The alternative is simply too terrifying for them.
Through this lens, these arguments against Atheists then look like desperate attempts at rationalization for belief in an after-life rather than introspection into how they are really coping with their mortality.
>Our finite existence is overshadowed by the reality that death will swallow everything we know, do, and love.
OP's overwhelming fear expressed right here.
OP, I hope you find peace with your mortality however you need to; but please stop projecting this infinite utility nonsense, I am certain you can do better.
_Zirath_ OP t1_j2lgb6b wrote
As a Christian, I am quite at peace. I feel you have missed the point- this post is about the naturalist's outlook on its own terms, and the expressions therein are those of atheists that have told me as much. Not theists.
The point is that naturalists shouldn't be happy to die forever. They should be motivated to seek life and only discontentedly accept naturalism given its implications. Naturalism has nothing to offer that won't be lost eternally.
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