Atheism (II)
March 17th, 2009 § Leave a Comment
‘Dare to think for yourself.’ On atheism and meaning.
This is the second article on atheism from a Christian point of view. The series is response to the atheistic billboard dat appeared close to Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam in March 2009. In this contribution we will take a closer look at the second statement on the billboard: ‘Dare to think for yourself’. According to the atheists behind the billboard it is self-evident that the non-existence of God leads to the call to have the courage to think for yourself.
Is there any daring left after God has fallen away? What independent thinking can we do apart from God? In my previous article we saw that the atheistic worldview does not leave us any morality to guide our lifes. That is, as we saw, because the material reality does not offer a foundation for an absolute ethic. How is it with meaning? In order to think for ourselves there has to be a reason to do so. There has to be meaning. Thinking must be meaningful.
