“Well, I am going to cut and paste these three quotes over and over again until every atheist I encounter has seen them at least once,”
And if we recognize those quotes, and detect that you’re using them out of context, then you just become clearly an ignorant quote-miner and we can dismiss you with justifiable prejudice.
“and realizes the nihilism of atheism.”
What if I’m already comfortable with nihilism? You’ve demonstrated your limitations, but moved the ball not one foot towards the end zone.
“Under that view, you are an accident whose lifespan is maybe 80 years.”
And you’re TERRIFIED of that being the end, aren’t you? You can’t STAND the thought of the universe being without you and not caring. Probably afraid of the dark, too?
“After that, you cease to exist, and eventually, the universe dies a slow cold death in darkness.”
Um, yes. But by that time, probably won’t be anything human left.
“Your existence will matter not one whit,”
You think you’re scaring me, but all you’re doing is highlighting what you are afraid of. I’m okay with oblivion. More room for whoever’s left to live THEIR lives.
“so neither did the SCOTUS ruling or any objective purpose, meaning, or morality that you fabricate in order to delude yourself.”
You’re sure you’re going to paradise, so any suffering on Earth is the smallest fraction of your existence. Even if you have a heart-attack every single day for 80 years, that’s still (80*365.25) divided by infinity. SO suffering ultimately has no meaning for you. But I will BET, if i tie you down and proceed to stab you in the eye with a red-hot paperclip, you will attach meaning to that instance of suffering, no?
Things having meaning during my life have meaning. Not ULTIMATE and NEVERENDING meaning, but meaning.
“You may pretend all you want, but you are just delud ing yourself.”
I could say the same to you, as well as any believer in a divine being…
“So, you cannot say, under your view, that anything is objectively "wrong" (including homophobia) without acknowledging the existence of an Objective Standard, or God.”
You’re right. But if enough of us are offended by homophobia, it may only be a working conclusion, but it’s still society’s stance.
“If you disagree, just take it up with your "pope" and "cardinals."”
Except I have never read any of their work.
Just because YOU need authority figures doesn’t mean I do.
““Is there a God? No.”
Well, the question is ‘are there ANY gods, and my answer is ‘i have yet to see a reason to think so.’
“What is the nature of reality? What physics says it is.”
Well, physics. And biology. And a few other sciences.
“What is the purpose of the universe? There is none.”
Yep.
“What is the meaning of life? Ditto.”
No. There isn’t an externally sourced one pushed upon us. That goes for grandma as much as any gods.
“Why am I here? Just dumb luck.”
Nu, where else would I be?
“Is there a soul? Are you kidding?”
Do you have a reason to think otherwise?
“Is there free will? Not a chance!”
Define ‘free will’ in this context?
“What is the difference between right/wrong, good/bad?”
That which harms the least number of people would be right. Wrong is the opposite.
"There is no moral difference between them—”
Lying for Jesus is still lying, fuckhead.
“So much for the meaning of history, and everything else we care about— you will have to be comfortable with a certain amoun t of nihilism . . . .”
Okay. Comfortable. In fact, quite entertained by just how uncomfortable YOU are with it, or even the thought of it. There simply MUST be a god, a heaven, a purpose, or you are lost.