Spiritual Atheist

Spiritual Atheist : Sumit Paul (Speaking Tree, ET, November 8, 2024) Most of the atheists I've come across claim to be non-believers in God and consider believers to be an illiterate class needing to be helped to understand the stupidity in believing in something which is not amenable to direct perception. Of course, the reverse is also true, as believers don't have a high opinion about atheists. One more category who call themselves iconoclasts is also there, but they have no intention to change believers and atheists. The statement "I don't believe in God, but I am not an atheist" attributed to Albert Camus is interesting. Like HG Wells tried to explain the inevitability of the fourth dimension time for the existence of three-dimensional objects, God is an inevitable necessity for athiests to explain they don't believe in God. Iconoclast by definition is a person who attacks or criticizes cherished beliefs or institutions. Albert Camus's philosophy is known as "Camusian Absurdism" and is characterized by the belief that reality is irrational and meaningless. His philosophy is based on the idea that life is absurd and that humans must confront this absurdity. Camus believed that the only sensible response to the question of life's meaning is that there is none. As we are not philosophers, let's leave it to them to fight it out. For me, moral of the story is, we should not interfere when two individuals fight about the sex of a skeleton. If they approach you for mediation tell them : "Ask another skeleton" M G Warrier

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