FELLOW ATHEISTS: What, if anything, gives you hope that we will greatly reduce war, hatred, hunger, & despair?

Answer 1

ummm...
nothing, this is an ongoing thing, as with life there is always death
its called balance.
earth could not hold infinite people, so there are always ways to reduce numbers.
there can be no death without life.
there can be no hate without love.
there can be no god without believers.

Answer 2

Until the dawn of Science which began with Galileo, human beings uniformly believed their own subjective experience actually was reality and that the physical realm was the imaginary creation of their own mind. (Solipsism) This profound error caused humanity to mistakenly believe that the gods were actually real, that humans could not control natural forces, and that prayer was a practical method to change the future. The resulting early civilizations squandered their resources on futile wars of conquest and brutally slaughtered their fellow human beings over theological minutia.

The rise of modern science has taught humanity the truth about the natural world. It is the physical realm that is the basis of objective reality and subjective experience is nothing but an illusion created by our brains, based on our sensory inputs and modulated by our own expectations. We are now able to understand that the gods of our ancient ancestors were the erroneous result of Plato and Aristotle's fallacious assumption that subjective experience is real. The truth is all gods are absolutely imaginary and the only really effective method available to change future outcomes and alter future events is by deliberately manipulating physical reality.

It is my fervent hope that the human species will soon be able to discard the superstitions of our ancestors and embrace a knowledge based philosophy that will allow us to direct our resources toward meeting the practical needs of all human beings, while protecting our environment for future generations. The only way the human species will ever achieve its legitimate destiny is by discarding the erroneous assumptions of our ignorant ancestors. If we persist in repeating the errors of the past, we are doomed.

Answer 3

I know that death comes to everyone, so when all the boomers kick off I'm sure these things will be greatly reduced or diminished, like the person riding the great beast with the seven heads or churches in Revelation. The dragon has seven heads which represent the seven churches. But the dragon has one body that supports the seven heads. The one body represents christianity. The four legs on the dragon represent the four generals or four legs of Rome.

Answer 4

Hmm ... What gives me hope that we can make a better world...?

Faith and trust in the intelligence of my fellow man and in our shared vision of optimism for a better future gives me hope that war and hatred and hunger and despair can all be greatly reduced.

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Answer 5

Nothing. Humans have been fighting each other for very petty reasons ever since the beginning of our species. If we got rid of religion, then we would fight over skin color, then if we were all the same color, we would kill each other for different haircuts, etc... Human beings are a self-destructive race. As a whole I don't expect that we will "make it" and it probably makes the universe a better place if we end ourselves to tell you the truth.

Answer 6

Unfortunately, nothing. As I get older, I see more hate mongering all over the world. Money, and the love of it, is getting out of hand. Natural resources are being wasted and no real efforts to obtain other power sources other than nuclear.
None of this will happen in my lifetime. At the rate it is going, human kind is doomed.

Answer 7

To be honest, nothing. I think we are bent on our self-destruction.

*War: tend to be religiously and ethnically motivated. Can't stop that as long as intolerance is promoted as a virtue.
*Hatred: see above
*Hunger: the population is out of control and getting worse. I see no end in sight of its upward spiral, nor of the hunger that results.
*Despair: see all above.

Answer 8

Well, not the belief in "God" obviously. I don't know. Perhaps I acknowledge that whatever happens to us in this life, it must happen for an apparent reason. (fate/destiny) But then again I have to speculate that what if human life is extremely random and chaotic with no real purpose in mind. It also boggles the mind of the possibility that our lives as humans here on earth might border between order and chaos as well. Well, to really answer your question, I guess I would choose not to think about it too much, but keep it in the back burner of my mind. Booze helps. LOL!

Answer 9

Get rid of religion. It wont stop all the hatred but it will greatly reduce it.

Answer 10

Possibly two things:

(1) The media - it's easier for everyone to see what's going on.

(2) The internet - it's easier for people to get together and do something about it.

But I don't know how much effect this might have. If we have dramatic climate change then it's all going to get pretty horrible.

Answer 11

I don't believe that Atheists or anyone else will do much to reduce he problems of the world, so long as people remain ignorant, selfish, oversexed ( Population problems ). power hungry, mentally blinded by religion or nationality.