The most insulting thing one person could ever say to another, more repulsive than any racial, cultural, or psychological insult is to call them soul-less.
"Hi, I'm a soul-less atheist."
-Atheism, the logical choice.
2007-07-12 07:13:17 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Why? we haven't found proof of the existence of a soul, why infer we have one to begin with?
I am just a soulless bunch of matter.
2007-07-12 07:16:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Logic? If something is created, Logic says there is a Creator. The Law of Causalities says that every effect has a cause. that is the basis of science. and it is Logical. The Big Bang has just about everyone with a Logical mind on board. That said if you go all the way back to the moment before the big bang. The ultimate Cause of everything that follows is Logically, What? I logicaly conclude that "Something that can exist outside of Time" caused it. What "that" is needs more logical debate than we have space for. You look into it and decide. However, Atheism is a choice that takes "faith" not logic. You Hope that there is no God. at least not a Christian God. Because IF there is. And IF we have a soul. Then we have a consequence. At least that's what Logic tells me.
2007-07-12 07:34:06 · answer #2 · answered by The true face of religion 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a person with a whole lot of training in decision theory (BBA, MBA, Ph.D. in business), I always find the idea that atheism is a "logical" choice quite hysterical!
I won't bore everyone with detailed dissertation on decision theory. Suffice it to say that answering the question, "Is there a God" is an example of decision making under uncertainty. The only possible outcomes are that you are right or you are wrong and there is no way to know with 100% certainty that the answer is yes or no...neither hypothesis can be empirically tested and disproven conclusively!
When making decisions under uncertainty, decision makers can use one of several basic rules to rationally choose between the alternatives. One rule (maximax) would say to choose the alternative with the greatest potential payoff for being correct. If there is no god and you were right, what's the payoff? If there is a god and you were right, what's the payoff? The rational man compares these payoffs...which sounds better 80 years or so of life followed by death (no mention of hell since if there is no god, there is no hell) OR 80 years of life followed by an eternal life of joy? I've worked out all the other two decision criteria too and all of them suggest that a truly rational man would choose to believe in God.
2007-07-12 08:27:24 · answer #3 · answered by KAL 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is just the most insulting, repulsive thing anyone could say to you. You don't have to be Atheist to be soul-less ... or logical. By the way, the first Chritians were concidered Atheist.
2007-07-12 07:21:01 · answer #4 · answered by Dr 8'lls 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The atheist creed of "If you can't see it, measure it, observe it, blah, blah, blah, it doesn't exist" works fine for them until you ask them to rationally and conclusively prove-in a completely non-physical way- the existence of their love for their mothers and fathers, family relatives, etc.
They cannot use any examples such as birthday cards, letters, etc-afterall, what does that prove? It's only their written word and really is proof of nothing; saying that they call their parents to tell them they love them isn't proof that such a love exists-after all, they're just words with no evidence to support their veracity-anybody can claim that.
The list can go on and on.
The day atheism is ever to be accepted as the "logical choice" is the day atheists will have to admit just how hypocritical and unsupported their entire, whacked-out position is on matters such as faith and hope as ascribed to by believers.
This, or that somehow a 500 pound glob of female cellulite in a string-bikini on the beach in broad daylight is truly hot and sexy. Just can't be done.
2007-07-12 07:28:42 · answer #5 · answered by RIFF 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
To the contrary, a soul-less atheist is also saying that everyone else is soul-less. In other words, we are all equal. That is hardly an insult, but a statement found also in many religions (Psalms, Buddhism, Baha'i, etc.).
2007-07-12 07:26:00 · answer #6 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, most of us don't believe in souls per say. I know that all living things have a natural energy that can be measured and observed scientifically. But, I don't believe it contains our consciousness or survives after death. So that insult really doesn't bother me, it just illustrates how misunderstood we are.
2007-07-12 07:19:51 · answer #7 · answered by RealRachel 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Being athiest they wouldn't believe in such a religious concept as having a soul.
2007-07-12 07:22:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Atheism IS the logical choice for SOME.
NOT for me!
2007-07-12 07:16:55 · answer #9 · answered by zytlaly 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, me too, soul-less, whateva. Atheists don't attach any importance to souls, since we don't believe they exist.
2007-07-12 07:18:41 · answer #10 · answered by napqueen 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋