Is Camus right in his idea about Philosophical suicide and that the atheist path is the authentic one? — Ross Campbell
Their belief whether God exists or not provides them with a sense of meaning and purpose in life and to tell them that their belief is philosophical suicide seems rather arrogant I think — Ross Campbell
Their belief whether God exists or not provides them with a sense of meaning and purpose in life and to tell them that their belief is philosophical suicide seems rather arrogant I think — Ross Campbell
Is Camus right in his idea about Philosophical suicide and that the atheist path is the authentic one? Is belief in a religion or some secular ideology a type of avoiding asking life's fundamental questions. It's a refusal to acknowledge that the world is meaningless and indifferent yet humans continually try to find meaning. My view is that Camus's solution would not work for many people including those who are religious. Their belief whether God exists or not provides them with a sense of meaning and purpose in life and to tell them that their belief is philosophical suicide seems rather arrogant I think — Ross Campbell
My view is that Camus's solution would not work for many people including those who are religious. — Ross Campbell
He was an existentialist, so I don't know if he wanted everybody to accept his idea of the absurd... maybe that would be arrogant. — ChatteringMonkey
If a person wants to "believe" (guess) there is a GOD...and that guess brings the person comfort and contentment in some measure...why would that be an "inauthentic" path? — Frank Apisa
But it isn't that person's authentic meaning, it's an off-the-shelf, prepackaged meaning that someone else thought up. — Kenosha Kid
Your authentic self similarly would be off-the-shelf and prepackaged to many many others. — Risk
Religion offers a golden stamp of validity to many subjective notions. Whatever path you take to arrive at them and then act upon them, would be your authentic self. — Risk
By accepting religion, you are prescribing to a dogmatic set of rules. These can't be arrived at rationally by any other means except for them being "just so". — Risk
Man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that great gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creature is born. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
if you authentically arrive at a common position — Kenosha Kid
I do remember Camus trying to pass an argument suggesting that the logic of life recommends being an actor. The tendentiousness of this line of reasoning always felt egregious and the conclusion silly. — Tommy
I don't perceive religious dogma as an entire package. — Risk
I'm not sure what basis you could possibly argue that they are somehow less authentic purely because there may be a seemingly large intersection with other peoples values? (hence the importance of the many I mentioned before) — Risk
I would attempt to convince them (if they are rational) that you don't need ultimate meaning or purpose to enjoy your life. Also the false hope and meaning that religion gives you is like opium (alluding to Marx).My view is that Camus's solution would not work for many people including those who are religious. Their belief whether God exists or not provides them with a sense of meaning and purpose in life and to tell them that their belief is philosophical suicide seems rather arrogant I think — Ross Campbell
Is belief in a religion or some secular ideology a type of avoiding asking life's fundamental questions. It's a refusal to acknowledge that the world is meaningless and indifferent yet humans continually try to find meaning. — Ross Campbell
My view is that Camus's solution would not work for many people including those who are religious. Their belief whether God exists or not provides them with a sense of meaning and purpose in life and to tell them that their belief is philosophical suicide seems rather arrogant I think — Ross Campbell
Ignorance is bliss you mean? Because that's what the sense of meaning in religion gives you. You are ignoring to think about the world and life authentically and without filters to feel content with a meaning that has been given to you by others, not yourself. — Christoffer
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