Yeah that period of time, where you believe nothing matters, so consequences don’t matter, until you realize that just because it doesn’t matter in the long run, it still sucks and you still have to deal with it, is one of the more challenging aspects of childhood atheism.
That’s not atheism, that’s nihilism which is different.
Atheists don’t believe in God, largely because religion doesn’t really answer any of the big questions. No particular mode of behaviour is required of an atheist. You certainly don’t need to go around being destructive of quasi religious icons (Christmas trees aren’t even related to Christianity it’s a corporate thing).
Nihilism is just the people who are having a midlife crisis, or are just play acting at depression in order to get attention. It’s not a philosophical position. It’s just been whiny.
Atheists are just the other side of the coin from religion, they KNOW there is no god and nothing you say matters. They can’t prove it, but they have absolute faith and will fight you every step of the way because their dogma demands it.
Agnostics are more the chill ones. They know they can’t prove if there is or isn’t, they just know religion isn’t for them.
Yeah that period of time, where you believe nothing matters, so consequences don’t matter, until you realize that just because it doesn’t matter in the long run, it still sucks and you still have to deal with it, is one of the more challenging aspects of childhood atheism.
That’s not atheism, that’s nihilism which is different.
Atheists don’t believe in God, largely because religion doesn’t really answer any of the big questions. No particular mode of behaviour is required of an atheist. You certainly don’t need to go around being destructive of quasi religious icons (Christmas trees aren’t even related to Christianity it’s a corporate thing).
Nihilism is just the people who are having a midlife crisis, or are just play acting at depression in order to get attention. It’s not a philosophical position. It’s just been whiny.
Atheists are just the other side of the coin from religion, they KNOW there is no god and nothing you say matters. They can’t prove it, but they have absolute faith and will fight you every step of the way because their dogma demands it.
Agnostics are more the chill ones. They know they can’t prove if there is or isn’t, they just know religion isn’t for them.
Christmas trees are actually an older pagan thing that happens in several cultures, but the practice is pretty close to an old Saturnalia tradition.