• ekZepp@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Maybe most of the people is simply disillusioned by religions, but not totally confident that there’s nothing at all.

    In my case i’m more of a “hopefull” atheist. Considering the entropic and chaotic nature of the universe, the continuous predatory massacre that we call “life” and extreme difficulty to keep any state of equilibrium in this reality. I really don’t want to think of some sentient all-powerful being in charge of all this.

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      8 months ago

      Hmm.

      One group uses the threat of eternal damnation to compel moral behaviour, the other has no external compulsion*.

      Which group is likely to have more “good” members?

      * Yeah, laws? Social etiquette?

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      8 months ago

      You were a christian scholar? Mind if I ask what sort of things you were interested in, when you were researching? I’m always curious about what the real intellectual types are pondering in their beliefs or church history.