Is Atheism Rational Part1

Atheism Is Rational? The Problem of Meaning and Purpose.

Copyright © Howard Robinson 24th April 2010.

Introduction

Since the Dawn of time, Mankind has debated, Researched, pondered, Disputed, and mulled over Agonised over-the subjects of Meaning and Purpose.

Mankind has found a number of options to answer thesis questions:

World Religions; Revelations - Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Mormonism, Philosophical Doubts Gold Uncertainty - Atheism and Agnosticism.

Judaism, Islam, Mormonism and Christianity are different optometrist in Claim To Have Been Initiated by divine revelation, not by man.

For a start let's look at Atheism, Then The Other Options and Take It From There.

Atheism

An Atheist Someone Who IS gold dened disbeliever The existence of God or gods. It Is A Philosophical choice. It Is A Set Of Belief. Many Atheists Believe thats the Scientific Method and Rational Thought Cdn Provide The Answers To The Questions of existence and purpose. Many Atheists believe in the Theory of Evolution and The Theory of the Big Bang. [Emphasis mine].

So We See That Atheism IS Something That Is Believed Is A Philosophical and it is based choice Those Beliefs.

The alternatives:

Hinduism

Most Hindus worship one or more deities, believe in reincarnation, value The Practice of meditation and observed festive holidays like Diwali and Holi.

Hindus believe in The Law of Karma: That a good life now results in a better life In the next reincarnation.

For the Hindu The Goal of life is to Attain freedom from reincarnation, to This Is not guaranteed.

Buddhism

Buddhists believe in the Buddha, Believed To Have Achieved enlightenment from Thousands of re-incarnations.

They Do not Believe That Created and this World is Ruled by a God or god.

Essential beliefs:

1.The Buddha is our only Master.

2.We take refuge in the Buddha, The Teachings of Buddha (the Dhamma) ordained Buddhist monks & the gold nuns (the Sangha).

Sikhism

Basic Sikh Beliefs are summed up in The Words Of The Mool Mantra, The First Hymn Written by Guru Nanak:

There Is Only One God. Truth is His Name. He Is The Creator. He Is Without Fear. He Is Without hate. He is timeless and Without form. He Is Beyond Death, The Enlightened One. He Can Be Known By The Grace of the Guru (God, the Great Teacher.).

It Is Believed That God Created Everything, so all life is good, to attachment to material leads to reincarnation Things and The Suffering of birth and death. The goal of Sikhism Is To End the cycle of rebirth and Be With God united.

Mormonism

Mormons believe in the Book of Mormon, Which Is Said to Have Been Given by Jesus Christ to Their founder, Joseph Smith. THEY believe in a lost tribe of Israel, Which Settled in America.

Mormons Believe That Is The prophet Joseph Smith-through Whom the Gospel of Jesus Christ restored to earth WAS, thesis in The Last Days, The Dispensation Of The fullness of times, and Declared Earlier Predicted by prophets in dispensations.

Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah's Witnesses Believe That Jesus was Jehovah's first creation, Jehovah Then That Created Everything Else by moyen de HIM.

The leadership of Jehovah's Witnesses claim to Be The sole visible channel of Jehovah and the Bible Asserts That Can not Be Understood Without Associating With The Watch Tower organization.

Believe That Theys 144.000 of Them Will Be rewarded With Life in the New Earth.

Islam

Muslims believe in The First 5 Books of the Bible And That Was The Prophet Mohammed of Their God, Allah. Many aussi Believe That Jesus was a prophet.

All That Is required Is To Believe and recite The Shahada: "There Is No God to God, and Muhammad.