Comments on: Beauty & Purpose

By: Daylight Atheism > The 39th Humanist Symposium

Daylight Atheism > The 39th Humanist Symposium — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:32:40 +0000

[...] last but not least, Rose of the Jewmanist wraps up the carnival with a wonderful post on beauty and purpose. The knowledge that we are all products of evolution gives us good reason to respect the grandeur [...]

By: Rose

Rose — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:06:27 +0000

Thanks a lot guys. Its taken me a while to really understand and enunciate how I feel. And I’m sure I’ll find even better ways to express it as time goes by..

Thanks again. And thx Beth for the link to your similar post. :) I’ll check it out.

By: Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish

Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:53:36 +0000

“Evolution gives human life true purpose. We have come from somewhere and are going somewhere. We have an innate connection with all plant and animal life that envelops us. Inhales and exhales us. We are all connected in a almost a spiritual sort of way, for lack of a better term. It’s the bigger picture that we are all a part, the spectacular journey that guides us.”

Oh yes yes yes yes! I came here through the Carnival of the Godless site on Blogcarnival.com because I was trying to figure out if my recent post on Life Purpose would fit. If it doesn’t fit with the carnival, it certainly agrees with what you have written here.

This is the first time I’ve written a post that I thought would fit with one of the atheist blog carnivals. I normally blog about environmental issues, specifically plastic — reducing our consumption and waste — but last night I was moved to write about life purpose in just the way you are describing it here.

http://www.fakeplasticfish.com/2009/04/do-you-know-your-lifes-purpose.html

You ask, “The notion of a “purpose-driven life” is currently an Evangelical Christian meme, but should it be?” My answer: Absolutely not! Thank you for stating so clearly what I’ve been struggling to explain myself.

By: Yoo

Yoo — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:32:13 +0000

In a way, creationism is just like flat Earth theory: one usually does not think much about the theory of a round Earth, but can be taken aback when a Flat Earther is encountered, and positively feels like they’re in the twilight zone when a significant portion of society seriously believes that the Earth is flat.

(At least it’s a relief that the last part isn’t true for flatearthism …)

By: mathyoo

mathyoo — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:23:09 +0000

beautiful post! I like your statements about evolution leading to a sort of spirituality, especially. I don’t like the word spirituality, either, but I haven’t been able to come up with a better word. Like the Little Book of Atheist Spirituality talks about, I think we can be spiritual without gods, an afterlife or any non-natural phenomena. I’m currently reading The End of Faith by Sam Harris, and he makes a good case for rational spirituality as well.