[ExI] Meaning in life (Was: Who has a vote that counts?)

[William Flynn Wallace]

I think that's not being able to let go of the past. Sad form of nostalgia.
bill w

On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 4:28 AM Giulio Prisco via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Well, I’m sure many atheists are very good and moral people who find
> meaning in life, but I also think they are sad. Thinking that I’ll never
> see my loved departed ones would make me extremely sad, to the point of
> choosing to log off.
>
> On 2020. Aug 2., Sun at 11:10, Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> On 01/08/2020 07:52, Someone, not clear who, wrote:
>> > Decline of religiousity means decreased social networks and lack of
>> > meaning in life
>>
>> I find that at least misguided, if not obnoxious. It's the sort of thing
>> I'd expect a religious apologist to say, not someone on this list.
>>
>> You can possibly argue about the social networks aspect, and at least
>> that is quantifiable, but the remark about meaning in life is totally
>> unacceptable. It's another form of the specious 'Atheists must be very
>> sad people' meme that the god-squad keep trotting out.
>>
>> --
>> Ben Zaiboc
>>
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