Most people
are never going to die because they’re never going to be born.
The number
of people that could be here in my place outnumber the sand grains of sahara.
If you think
about all the different ways our genes could be permuted you and
I are quite
grotesquely lucky to be here,
the number
of events that had to happen in order for you to exist, in
order for me
to exist. We are privilaged to be alive and
we should make the most of our time on this world.
Nature
demands our attention, begs us to explore, to question.
Religion can
provide only facile, unsatisfying answers.
Science, in
constantly seeking real explanations, reveals the true majesty
of our world
in all its complexity
People
sometimes say “There must be more than just this world, than just
this life.”
But how much
more do you want? We are going to die, and that makes us
the lucky ones
There is no
all seeing, all loving God who keeps us free from harm.
Atheism is
not a recipe for despair. I think the opposite. By disclaiming the idea of the
next life, we take more excitement in this one.
The here and
now is not something to be endured for eternal bliss or
damnation.
The here and
now is all we have and is an inspiration to make the most of it.
So atheism
is life affirming in a way religion can never be.
Look around you.
Richard Dawkins
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