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Originally Posted by i_like_black
Is atheism a way of life?
No. I have never heard of a group of atheists going to live together or immerse themselves in deep study to become more atheistic or go through some ceremony to be considered a "true" atheist.
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Oh man, this gives me all sorts of hilarious mental images.
Richard Dawkins in full british gentleman's regalia, standing in front of the fireplace of a moodily lit room, a portrait of Charles Darwin hanging on the wall above, welcoming a new member into the atheist collective. My mind goes all sorts of funny places.
The atoms that make up you and me were born in the hearts of suns many times greater than ours, and in time our atoms will once again reside amongst the stars. Life is but an idle dalliance of the cosmos, frail, and soon forgotten. We have been set adrift in an ocean whose tides we are only beginning to comprehend and with that maturity has come the realization that we are, at least for now, alone. In that loneliness, it falls to us to shine as brightly as the stars from which we came.