Can atheists feel the world itself is amazing?

I am gobsmacked

most of the time.

Still no gods, though.

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Regards,

John Popelish

I have an issue with this. I think the majority of atheists are just agnostics seeking cover with the label atheism. It isn't cool to doubt apparently. Actual atheists do not feel awe at the universe because that would be deifying it. There is a portion of the human brain that lights up when discussing God and faith and it lights up regardless of what the person believes or doesn't. Assuming there is no God, the feeling of religious awe is biological and universal. Those who wish to deny it are fighting evolution and denying their own brain physiology. They need to deny the awe because if they run with the neural necessity they will deify the starry sky or the beauty of animal and plant life.

You can choose to doubt - an honorable position, or you can deny your own brain because it expresses the same feelings that a believer gets. Feelings that seem to have been necessary to human survival. But to say "I look with awe at the world" and say you don't understand faith is nonsense.

Totally and absolutely...

How does adding the unnecessary level of explanation of a god or any other supernatural device or being make the world any more amazing. Indeed adding that layer REMOVES the wonder because, when trying to understand, all you need to say is 'God did it' instead of finding out the amazing truth.

In your Oprah quote, all she is doing is forcing her views (not unusual) onto others.

Added:

When I watch a beautiful sunrise, or look at one of the many beautiful flowers in our garden, I do not say "Wow... that is (a scientific explanation of the flower or sunrise)." I just feel joy and awe.

I also get it when I see a beautiful aircraft or ship... to I have to belittle the designer by saying "Well really god did it."

No different than theists in that regard. The only difference is that atheists believe the world exists the way it does through billions of years of trial and error as opposed to somebody planning it.

You don't need a book or a creator in the sky to feel appreciation, excitement or awe over what we experience in life. You can do that all on your own. Open your eyes and your mind and look!

As per Fundamental Rights, they are allowed to do it.

There is no such restriction, limitation or condition that one should not get utterly confused.

Nature is so much more amazing when you realize no one is pulling the strings.

the fact that the world is beautiful is not evidence for a supernatural being who uses magic.

it just isn't...