
WOF 345: Understanding the Present Moment #2 (Friedrich Nietzsche)
The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture
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If There's No God, Then It's Up to Me
i think atheism is a wish fulfilling phantasy. If there's no god, then it's up to me. As long as i don't get caught, i don't upset too many people, i can do whatever i want. Objectively, what happens if god is dead is you have moral and metaphysical chaos. Calls to mind a quote from the english mathematician john lennox. He noted how stephen hawking had said that religion is a fairy tale for people who are afraid of the dark. And lennox responded, atheism is a fairy Tale for those afraid of the light.
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