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MineralMan

(148,181 posts)

8. Our individual existence has boundaries. Birth and death.

Reply to Voltaire2 (Original post)

Sun May 19, 2019, 02:22 PM

May 2019

Those boundaries make our existence more precious to us. They make every moment, minute, hour, and all other measures of time crucially important.

Were it not for the short period of our individual existence, we would scarcely have any reason to accomplish anything.

That's this atheist's viewpoint.

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If God Is Dead, Your Time Is Everything [View all] Voltaire2 May 2019 OP

I like this. trev May 2019 #1

It's a redundancy to attempt to argue that procon May 2019 #2

I don't think that Hagglund is making that argument. Voltaire2 May 2019 #3

Non-existent gods trev May 2019 #4

It is solely the believers themselves that choose to procon May 2019 #6

of course Voltaire2 May 2019 #7

... Major Nikon May 2019 #5

VERY nice Bretton Garcia May 2019 #9

Perfect. trev May 2019 #10

Our individual existence has boundaries. Birth and death. MineralMan May 2019 #8

Hm, maybe. trev May 2019 #11

My bet is that Marilynne Robinson has read Pliny the Elder, Montaigne, and Camus. Jim__ May 2019 #12

In regards to the purported... NeoGreen May 2019 #14

She appears to have staked out the Voltaire2 May 2019 #15

If someone hasn't heard the athiest, or secular, position explained, they aren't looking very hard. MarvinGardens May 2019 #13