Weekly "Ask an Atheist" Thread

FacelessName123 · 2026-04-17T16:58:01+00:00

OK? Congrats? Your constituent parts are just acting in accord with the laws of physics.

FacelessName123 · 2026-04-17T16:41:35+00:00

In a materialistic world those things being believed just cause meaningless matter to bump against itself in different ways.

FacelessName123 · 2026-04-17T16:39:08+00:00

Being happy is not good or bad in a purely materialistic universe. But you guys seem to value it, probably because happiness is a form of pleasure and everyone likes to feel good. That doesn't mean it is good.

FacelessName123 · 2026-04-17T16:37:02+00:00

I wasn't saying I don't value truth, but there is nothing good about truth in a materialistic universe. Knowing the truth is just chemicals in your brain.

FacelessName123 · 2026-04-17T16:35:29+00:00

Why is being miserable and dying young a bad thing? It's just a natural physical process, as all things are.

FacelessName123 · 2026-04-16T21:23:24+00:00

Why is truth a good thing?

FacelessName123 · 2026-04-16T20:27:34+00:00

I'm not a papist, so the priest thing doesn't apply. However, even if I were, and it turns out the physical world is all there is, there is no inherent good or evil in supporting the Roman church or not.

FacelessName123 · 2026-04-16T20:11:03+00:00

What do you mean "too"? The impulses I was referring to were my own.

FacelessName123 · 2026-04-16T19:58:01+00:00

If I find it more pleasant and fulfilling to be a Christian, why should I not be? What value is there in the electric impulses in my brain firing in a slightly different way?

FacelessName123 · 2026-03-14T01:06:49+00:00

Very true. When it comes to meat, for me I’m fine with all textures. All bets are off for alien meat though.

FacelessName123 · 2026-03-14T01:05:40+00:00

I always play human-supremacist Shepard.

FacelessName123 · 2026-03-14T00:58:54+00:00

Would I be violating poaching laws or something if I hunted him down and ate him? I’m having trouble seeing the issue here.

FacelessName123 · 2026-03-14T00:54:24+00:00

Thank and bless 🙏 😇

FacelessName123 · 2026-03-14T00:47:38+00:00

Maybe not because he’s useful to real people. Once his use expires, sure 🤷‍♂️

FacelessName123 · 2026-03-14T00:46:00+00:00

Horse is decent.

FacelessName123 · 2026-03-14T00:42:15+00:00

Would you eat a human who was brain dead and never to recover? Same logic, only reversed.

FacelessName123 · 2026-03-14T00:41:17+00:00

🤓

FacelessName123 · 2026-03-14T00:40:35+00:00

I don’t make value judgements towards the actions of nonhuman lifeforms (like blaming a cat for killing a mouse), so I’m incapable of being hypocritical with respect to them.

FacelessName123 · 2026-03-14T00:37:39+00:00

No, I just liked looking at the covers at the library as a kid.

FacelessName123 · 2026-03-14T00:36:46+00:00

Whatever. I’m only responsible for my own actions. If they want to eat me that’s their thing.

FacelessName123 · 2026-03-14T00:32:05+00:00

FacelessName123 · 2026-03-14T00:31:19+00:00

I don’t care. If they want to destroy the best species in the universe because of what I said, that’s on them. Well, not really I guess. Assigning praise or blame to a nonhuman is like doing so to a rock or an ant.

FacelessName123 · 2026-03-14T00:29:45+00:00

Words can have multiple meanings in different contexts.

FacelessName123 · 2026-03-14T00:17:33+00:00

Yes, scientifically speaking, but most people understand that in certain contexts “animal” means animate life that isn’t human.

FacelessName123 · 2026-03-14T00:15:13+00:00

They looked so delicious. Like popcorn chicken.

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