Atheist In A Foxhole

[Immanuel Can]

Since there was a call for more poetry relevant to philosophical issues, here's an oldy...

The last verse seems particularly on point for this article and topic.



There Is No God, The Wicked Sayeth - Poem by Arthur Hugh Clough


"There is no God," the wicked saith,
"And truly it's a blessing,
For what He might have done with us
It's better only guessing."

"There is no God," a youngster thinks,
"or really, if there may be,
He surely did not mean a man
Always to be a baby."

"There is no God, or if there is,"
The tradesman thinks, "'twere funny
If He should take it ill in me
To make a little money."

"Whether there be," the rich man says,
"It matters very little,
For I and mine, thank somebody,
Are not in want of victual."

Some others, also, to themselves,
Who scarce so much as doubt it,
Think there is none, when they are well,
And do not think about it.

But country folks who live beneath
The shadow of the steeple;
The parson and the parson's wife,
And mostly married people;

Youths green and happy in first love,
So thankful for illusion;
And men caught out in what the world
Calls guilt, in first confusion;

And almost everyone when age,
Disease, or sorrows strike him,
Inclines to think there is a God,
Or something very like Him.

[Arising_uk]

...
And almost everyone when age,
Disease, or sorrows strike him,
Inclines to think there is a God,
Or something very like Him. [/color]

Good job Hume was a philosopher then.

Why is 'it' a 'man'?

[Jiman]

As a non-religious I believe it's better we leave death for dead people.
To find the meaning of life as a 56 years old man, I can say after 30 years thinking about who am I,as you said not as a professional philosopher but as a professional alive man; I can say I have found the meaning of life.
I could find that life comes out of life and its meaning is shortly in quality of life. we must live the way that life be able to progress. With correct information and good act life will progress in a bigger dimension of life. at the moment after evolution we are making culturs which need more time to be completed.
particles making atom, atoms making molecule, molecules making organ, organs making a person and persons making societies and so on.
if anyone is intrested I can explane much more and go in details.