The assertion that atheists are narcissistic seems to have flooded the Christian gossip circuit. So, fellow free-thinkers, what do you believe in that transcends your own inner workings?
(quote taken from an earlier posting.)
2006-11-05 08:06:54 · 19 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The whole freakin' UNIVERSE!
I'm only an egg.
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2006-11-05 08:08:49 · answer #1 · answered by Chickyn in a Handbasket 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Everything, there is nothing that I have control over. I am just a result of things, just a part of this thing that I do not own and that does not owe me any favors. My life is no more important than the life of a cockroach. I really don't feel that I am important or that I am significant. I am so small and my existence is so silly that when I take a look at the big picture it makes me laugh. Listen to how I dare to think for a second that I can fathom some sort of "big picture". I am part of it, no matter how far I try to step back, my thoughts cannot escape from how small I am. We're just clever beasts, non of us sanely escape this feeling of self importance, and gods and religion are just another way of keeping this self importance. Christians cannot rationally say a thing like this because when you break them down they also gain a feeling of self importance when they worship.
Oh, and it was just a massage and I threw the meth away.
2006-11-05 16:29:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every molecule requires atoms
Every cell requires molecules
Every human and animal requires cells
Now, the ecosystem and the biosphere doesn't require me, but the diversity of the ecosystem and the biosphere gets along better when there is that diversity,
The ecosystem is greater than me
The biospehere is greater than me
The universe, cosmos, greater than the biosphere and the ecosystem, greater than myself, and not requireing myself or the ecosystem or the biosphere.
Earth is unncessarry to the universe.
Sean (Me) is not neccessary to the universe or to the Earth.
I am neccessary to my wife and child. But even then, without me, they would exist.
There are many people who know me. There are several who know the "real me".
If I died there would be a sadness and a mourning.
In a few generations I'll just be the name on the family tree.
What is greater than me? Time, history, family, Universe/Earth etc.
Did that answer the question?
2006-11-05 16:18:26 · answer #3 · answered by Jim_Darwin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Humanity.
Because I'm just one person, a drop in the ocean. I could do great things, and still barely make a dent on history and the improvement of the world. But as a whole, humanity is a force to be reckoned with. We get past our differences, and there's nothing we can't do together to better future generations. :)
2006-11-05 21:41:29 · answer #4 · answered by Ophelia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The universe can't describe humanity, nor can a cockroach. Humanity has the ability to understand, imagine, create, and explore everything the universe has to offer. We can even create alternative views of existence (religion) with the power of our imagination.
Ignoring the possibility of other intelligent life in the universe, there is nothing bigger and better than us.
2006-11-05 16:14:16 · answer #5 · answered by Duffmuff 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charity for the greater good.
The US Constitution.
Helping someone in need get a hand-up, not a hand-out.
Volunteering, for many different things.
Protesting the illegal war in Iraq.
Fighting for equal rights for all, not just the elite.
Those are what I believe and what I do. And they're all bigger and better than me. I'm just tryin' to make the world a better place, in the words of Earl Hickey. I'm tired of the "atheists are miserable, unhappy, self-invovled people who don't have a purpose in life because they don't have god" bull$hit.
2006-11-05 16:14:35 · answer #6 · answered by ReeRee 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Bigger? There are a lot of things that are bigger than I. Shaqille O'Neal and an elephant, to start.
Better? There are plenty of people out there who's skills in certain areas are greater than my own. No one is the best at everything.
More important? Nothing. I am my own god.
2006-11-05 16:19:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's plenty of stuff that's bigger and better than me, and my inner workings are in constant need of a tuneup; but there's nothing better or more wondrous than humanity.
2006-11-05 16:12:50 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does Dawkins worship count?
2006-11-05 16:11:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many things, and a good many people. There's a whole big world out there. I'm just a small part of it.
2006-11-05 16:10:58 · answer #10 · answered by Let Me Think 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am constantly amazed by the universe, the world, the human mind, and how they all work together.
Infinitely more awesome than some bearded guy sitting on a cloud....
2006-11-05 16:10:05 · answer #11 · answered by finaldx 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋