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The Atheist Response to Sandy Hook

layopinions Wrote: Jan 15, 2013 11:23 AM

"Also, if you are an atheist who helps others then you are a fool." When deciding how to live your life, most people (regardless of their religious beliefs) come to realize that the "Golden Rule" is a pretty good guide. The most logical and reasonable way to make the world a better place is to "treat others how you want to be treated." There are many motivations that lead to this same conclusion: - Make the world better for me - Make the world better for my kids - Make the world better for everyone - Go to Heaven after I die Isn't that last one just as selfish as the first?

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The Atheist Response to Sandy Hook

Last week the New York Times published an opinion piece that offered atheism's response to the evil/tragedy in which 20 children and six adults were murdered at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Connecticut.

What prompted Susan Jacoby to write her piece was a colleague telling her that atheism "has nothing to offer when people are suffering."

She wrote the piece, "The Blessings of Atheism" ("It is Here and It is Now!" screams the subhead) to prove her colleague wrong by offering a consoling atheist alternative to religion's consoling belief in an afterlife. Atheists cannot believe that there is any...

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