Atheist's Journey

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Once On a Flight
If there is no God, there is no meaning in life. When you look up into the sky what do you see? “Nothing” some might say. No, you see the different hues of blue and orange, pinks and a vivid range of colors; not artist can say he or she has painted it or created it. I ask yet another what do you see in the sky? Do you see birds? Birds of different colors and of different sizes? Eagles, hawks, and geese, robins and such? What else do you see? Trees of different colors, sizes and shapes, some bearing fruit or flowers. God make the world in seven days and He saw that it was good. Genesis 1:1-2:3 (New International Version) No one can say that all of these creations are by “coincidence” or “evolution” Not at all! This
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We believe in a special creation (origin). All atheism sees the Darwin’s evolutionary processes. We are living as nothing more than being higher evolved creatures, with no purpose other than to seek out life until it ends.” “ Really” I replied. “That sounds so sad.” Pardon my reply, but how does on live with no purpose? Treading through life alone, I don’t know how one would even start such a journey.” May I call it a journey? “What if you’re wrong?’ Has it ever occurred to you there is a purpose, meaning and a destiny?” “ No” she replied you have to get to a point in your live when you live a life without interference from gods, then you begin to put together a worldview that will allow you to assess the reality you experience.” “ I replied, what about skepticism, and critical thinking?” How does this apply that to Atheism? “We intuitively know the difference between that which is and that which is not, the dullest persons who carry on meaningful conversations already grasp the distinction between being and not being. They may be able to articulate the notion, but everything they say implies the distinction.” (Sire, pg.

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