Comments on: In Memorium,,, http://atheists.org/blog/2006/05/25/in_memorium A Blog of Atheist Thought Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:58:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CascadiaEventHorizon http://atheists.org/blog/2006/05/25/in_memorium/comment-page-1#comment-35862 CascadiaEventHorizon Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-35862 No, Dave It's to remember those who didn't make it,those who never came home, and those who will never forget them or their sacrifices. <br /> No, Dave It’s to remember those who didn’t make it,those who never came home, and those who will never forget them or their sacrifices.

]]> By: bernarda http://atheists.org/blog/2006/05/25/in_memorium/comment-page-1#comment-35863 bernarda Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-35863 It is simplistic to say it is to remember those who never came home. Some of those who didn't were good people who did make sacrifices, but not all of them. Some were certainly not good people. Why should we commemorate them? Why should we commemorate Custer, for example?<br /> <br /> As the Indians might say, Custer had it coming. Did Custer make a sacrifice? It is simplistic to say it is to remember those who never came home. Some of those who didn’t were good people who did make sacrifices, but not all of them. Some were certainly not good people. Why should we commemorate them? Why should we commemorate Custer, for example?

As the Indians might say, Custer had it coming. Did Custer make a sacrifice?

]]> By: GooseHenry http://atheists.org/blog/2006/05/25/in_memorium/comment-page-1#comment-35864 GooseHenry Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-35864 Dave<br /> <br /> You ask why not remember and improve?<br /> <br /> Assuming an atheist worldview, why make an effort to improve?<br /> <br /> Can we even trust our brains to think out what would be of the best interest of mankind?<br /> <br /> The brain has developed for feeding, fleeing, fighting and reproducing, after all. Dave

You ask why not remember and improve?

Assuming an atheist worldview, why make an effort to improve?

Can we even trust our brains to think out what would be of the best interest of mankind?

The brain has developed for feeding, fleeing, fighting and reproducing, after all.

]]> By: udonman http://atheists.org/blog/2006/05/25/in_memorium/comment-page-1#comment-35865 udonman Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-35865 well this weekend i will remeber those family memebers I have lossed,<br /> the soldiers that have lost their lives in this war, and those that have lost their lives in previous wars.<br /> <br /> But I wont do it with supernatural trappings like some people will and I wont do it lubed up on alchol and watching nascar.<br /> <br /> Well all that and I will be trying to catch me some bass this weekend.<br /> <br /> Tony well this weekend i will remeber those family memebers I have lossed,
the soldiers that have lost their lives in this war, and those that have lost their lives in previous wars.

But I wont do it with supernatural trappings like some people will and I wont do it lubed up on alchol and watching nascar.

Well all that and I will be trying to catch me some bass this weekend.

Tony

]]> By: Frying Pantheist http://atheists.org/blog/2006/05/25/in_memorium/comment-page-1#comment-35866 Frying Pantheist Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-35866 "Assuming an atheist worldview, why make an effort to improve?"<br /> <br /> Because noone else is going to do it for us. “Assuming an atheist worldview, why make an effort to improve?”

Because noone else is going to do it for us.

]]> By: GooseHenry http://atheists.org/blog/2006/05/25/in_memorium/comment-page-1#comment-35867 GooseHenry Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-35867 FryingPantheist<br /> <br /> What is meant by improving the situation and why should this be done? FryingPantheist

What is meant by improving the situation and why should this be done?

]]> By: Frying Pantheist http://atheists.org/blog/2006/05/25/in_memorium/comment-page-1#comment-35868 Frying Pantheist Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-35868 To make the most of the time that we do have. If anything that is <i>more</i> important from an atheist perspective (Or more precisely the perspective of someone who does not believe in an afterlife) - this life isn't just a brief prelude to the main event, it's the one shot we get and for that reason alone it is crucial to make sure it is worthwhile. To make the most of the time that we do have. If anything that is more important from an atheist perspective (Or more precisely the perspective of someone who does not believe in an afterlife) – this life isn’t just a brief prelude to the main event, it’s the one shot we get and for that reason alone it is crucial to make sure it is worthwhile.

]]> By: brodie http://atheists.org/blog/2006/05/25/in_memorium/comment-page-1#comment-35869 brodie Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-35869 <blockquote>Assuming an atheist worldview, why make an effort to improve?</blockquote><br /> <br /> What exactly is your definition of an atheist worldview? To us, it's the bettering of our species, the improving the quality of life for everyone, even those that only care about their own.<br /> <br /> <blockquote>Can we even trust our brains to think out what would be of the best interest of mankind?</blockquote>Seeing as thats all we have, yes. Basic things like food, shelter and health are in everyones best interest. Since you only care if they're saved or not anyway, why bother if they starve to death or die from having a bomb dropped on them?<br /> <br /> <blockquote>The brain has developed for feeding, fleeing, fighting and reproducing, after all.</blockquote>The words of a sheep who hasn't used but a portion of the brain he has. This really is a pessimistic view of our species as a whole.

Assuming an atheist worldview, why make an effort to improve?

What exactly is your definition of an atheist worldview? To us, it’s the bettering of our species, the improving the quality of life for everyone, even those that only care about their own.

Can we even trust our brains to think out what would be of the best interest of mankind?

Seeing as thats all we have, yes. Basic things like food, shelter and health are in everyones best interest. Since you only care if they’re saved or not anyway, why bother if they starve to death or die from having a bomb dropped on them?

The brain has developed for feeding, fleeing, fighting and reproducing, after all.

The words of a sheep who hasn’t used but a portion of the brain he has. This really is a pessimistic view of our species as a whole.

]]> By: Anthony http://atheists.org/blog/2006/05/25/in_memorium/comment-page-1#comment-35871 Anthony Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-35871 My father is a former Marine but did not get to fight in Vitamin due to him being away at the time, although he really wanted to go, and I mean REALLY wanted to go. I'm lucky he did not, otherwise I might not still have him around. Vitamin was a lost war from the start anyway, did not do our country any good at all.<br /> <br /> But really, although our world is a very hard and unpleasant one, all I ask of this world is that when I die, it is for something, not of something. My father is a former Marine but did not get to fight in Vitamin due to him being away at the time, although he really wanted to go, and I mean REALLY wanted to go. I’m lucky he did not, otherwise I might not still have him around. Vitamin was a lost war from the start anyway, did not do our country any good at all.

But really, although our world is a very hard and unpleasant one, all I ask of this world is that when I die, it is for something, not of something.

]]> By: brodie http://atheists.org/blog/2006/05/25/in_memorium/comment-page-1#comment-35872 brodie Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-35872 <blockquote>this life isn't just a brief prelude to the main event, it's the one shot we get and for that reason alone it is crucial to make sure it is worthwhile.</blockquote><br /> That's the whole problem with them, this life means nothing. So who cares if people suffer and die horrible deaths. If their saved they go to heaven, so it doesn't matter. It's ok to drop bombs on innocent children, not because god will protect them, he won't, but because they'll go straight to heaven.

this life isn’t just a brief prelude to the main event, it’s the one shot we get and for that reason alone it is crucial to make sure it is worthwhile.

That’s the whole problem with them, this life means nothing. So who cares if people suffer and die horrible deaths. If their saved they go to heaven, so it doesn’t matter. It’s ok to drop bombs on innocent children, not because god will protect them, he won’t, but because they’ll go straight to heaven.

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