On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 05:46:23PM +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 4:33 PM, Hendrik Boom hendrik@topoi.pooq.com wrote:
I'm an atheist whose basic emotional attitude is anger against God for not existing.
hendrik, i have to be honest: don't take it the wrong way ok, but i found this very very funny. windmills?? chearrrrge!! :) it's like, if you _did_ believe in god you'd be castigated and Sent to Helllll for having a negatve emotion called "anger", but *come on* man: if you believe *god doesn't exist* what the heck are you doing damaging your psyche by bothering to be angry! about something that in your mind *doesn't exist*!
beautifully ironic :)
Exactly. You get it.
Intellectual understanding and emotions can be in conflict. It's the way we are built.
I recognise the resulting contradictions, accept them, recognise I'm not perfect, and get along the best I can, using emotions and intellect as guides.
-- hendrik