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I must say this:
It seems that ultimately the downfall of the atheistic meme will be athesim itself
It's actually abundantly clear when you thnk about it.
Men like Dawkins and Sagan both wish(ed) that one day the exalting of the natural world will somehow surpass a religious perspective that includes a reverent worship of a Universal Creator.
Rather than get excited about a god we can't see, we instead should get excited about nature, marvel at its blind design and complexity, revere its Darwinian purposelessness, and be in awe of the illusions of meaning it grants to all its intellegent creatures.
But "like a thief in the night who chides his victims for lacking the items he has taken from them" the secular religious atheist can not truly replace what has been asked to be placed aside in the name of science
The something that is being asked to be revered in an evolutionary worldview can not provide meaning to the human experience. What seems to be the highest distinction between Man and animal is his innate yearning for transcendence. A desire to connect with something far greater than himself. A "spiritual " quest, if you like.
And from this we sense the same quest in each of our fellow sufferers.
Our spiritual nature, our common quest rooted in a belief in one divine source is what brings us together.
Athesim utterly fails here. It utterly lacks the ability to rally the human spirit
It's passive and docile. Ultimately, it seeks and cares only for its own interests.
That's why it's unresponsive to human needs, or at least woefully sluggish
As a collective, it needs more spirit (oops!) or it will utterly fail as a meme.