Re: If There Is No God
I think the number of suicides compared to the number of people suffering gravely for a period of time is disproportionate. If a person was convinced there was no God, surely the reasonable thing to do would be to kill himself in time of grave suffering.
Anyone espousing any religion can kill themselves, but only an Atheist a good reason to do so.
As for higher powers, surely the fact that so much is unexplained would lead one to believe that there is something out there worth knowing, even if it is just static electricity. The man who thinks he is the centre of the Universe and the whole meaning of his life was the attainment of temporary pleasure and avoiding temporary pain is unnatural. The consequences of mortality convinces him of that.
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