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Originally Posted by Rissask
Personally, and I think this is fairly typical, most atheists don't believe in ghosts or angels or anything else that is supernatural as opposed to 'of the natural world'. Not chupacabras either!  (sorry, Scott.)
(because I am an agnostic atheistic though, I am undecided on the possibility of a higher power at work in the universe; it's possible, I am open minded- but I don't believe in the Judeo-Christian god.)
My worldview is more of a karmic, be a good person and you will be rewarded type of thing....that our choices make our lives the way they are, for the most part, and that happiness is largely a choice we make (barring mental illness of course!), yet sometimes random sh*t happens we have no control over and you have just to deal the best you can, shake it off, move on, and stay positive. |
I dunno. Seems like a bit of a copout. If you're a good person you'll be rewarded, but what about the bad people?
Maybe I'm simplistic, but when I held my son, born 11 weeks premature, to my breast and prayed for his survival, and then felt the peace that only God provides, I believe. But then again, I believed before I prayed.
I believe in a God that created this Earth and it's inhabitants. I also believe He created us with free will so that should we learn of his existence, we are free to reject that idea. I'm dumb I guess, to think that all this on Earth is not just random and that's why we have yet to find it on any other planet.
I wish you could know the comfort of having a higher power to turn to in times of crisis. Sometimes my own strength is not enough.