V <vfr44@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> got completely shitfaced and wrote in
news:a728b321-00e6-4303-adea-00fd58657ca4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
alt.atheism:
> Without spiritual values, the atheist is sunk. The conundrum of the
> mind manacled, defiance based, spiritually sick atheist is this. They
> need spiritual values to be at peace - yet their own defiance blocks
> them from seeking and finding these values.
> <snip rest of hate filled, envious diatribe>
By default, I am at peace. There are fundamental truths I have sorted out
like the meaning of life, my place in the cosmic scheme of things etc. so
that I no longer need to spend any time worrying about them. Perhaps the
most fundamental of these truths is the question of whether or not there
is, or ever was, some supreme being whose compassion, concern and potence
- omni or not - I could rely on to help me on my journey through life.
It became clear to me many years ago, that there isn't, and that I'm
responsible for, and in charge of, every bit of my own shit. This
realisation was the most spiritually liberating thing that ever happened
to me.
It was a bit, I suppose, like having been an alcoholic, and fully and
finally getting to the point where I knew that I would never, ever again,
need to drink.
Having never been an alcoholic, I couldn't be sure of that analogy, of
course, but I'd bet a huge fortune on it being bang on target.
Na zdrowie! Dick.
--
David Silverman C.B.E.
aa #2208
Lord Mayor of Awphucket
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