Quotations:
Isaac Asimov, "On Religiosity", Free Inquiry magazine: "Although the time of death is approaching me, I am not afraid of dying and going to Hell or (what would be considerably worse) going to the popularized version of Heaven. I expect death to be nothingness and, for removing me from all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism."
H. Havelock Ellis: "And it is in his own image, let us remember, that Man creates God."
2006-08-17 13:44:06 · 12 answers · asked by Atheist 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Lincoln Barnett in his biography of Einstein: "Man, in the final analysis, is merely the ephemeral confirmation of the primordial space-time continuum."
2006-08-17 13:54:31 · answer #1 · answered by DrB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep in mind that these men are addressing the projections our egos have made - the contrived gods and other concepts that appeal to our ego thought system. However, there are those who have had an experience of even this very self -- the ego -- being seen as a made-up construction. That's something that's beyond any of the dualistic wisdom we receive from those still coming from the perspective of the belief in a self. Of course, this is our very identity and, therefore, even the concepts of death and annihilation may be easier to deal with for those whose attachment to the self is strong as opposed to dealing with the concept that even the very self that is thinking is contrived. I'd reserve the word 'enlightened' to those who have had the experience that transcended the self.
2006-08-17 20:57:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a man who does not fear death, does not know how to love life.
2006-08-17 20:50:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
some men try to find comfort in trying to ignore our heavenly father which is god, inorder to push the reality of final judgement that awaits all of us as a result of our sins----quote from me>
2006-08-17 20:51:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Where man fines comfort, therein is God.
2006-08-17 20:48:48 · answer #5 · answered by Tofu Jesus 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ROFLMAO
Yes he may for sure in time for the end is not yet will fade to black.
oh well, and I like his books.
2006-08-17 21:06:31 · answer #6 · answered by Grandreal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enlightened men to some... Blind and in the dark to many more!!!
2006-08-17 20:50:02 · answer #7 · answered by englands.glory 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Men cannot live without women...but women CAN llive without men".-Bishop Sheen, NYC
2006-08-17 20:51:06 · answer #8 · answered by MadforMAC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE A QUESTION? OH...
1+1= 2........P-O-I-N-T-S-
2006-08-17 20:49:33 · answer #9 · answered by Holla!!! 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What is ur question? What do u want?
2006-08-21 11:09:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋