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Originally Posted by pla_time
Saying that an atheist has "dread of existence" is just bizarre.
Notable Atheists, Diests, etc.
Abraham Lincoln
Aldous Huxley
Arthur C. Clarke
Charles Darwin
Benjamin Franklin
Bertrand Russell
Clarance Darrow
George Bernard Shaw
Kurt Vonnegut
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everyone has dread of existance. (well maybe some zen masters or jesus freaks would try to exclude themselves - but i think it is safe to say, from the existentalist frameset - everyone faces this) the question is in the face of that dread do you choose to exercise your freedome of choice, and leap through the door of dread into consequnces unknown and accountable - as most in your list would be a yes. or do you follow the masses in fear? and resolve to accept the dread as impassable?
dread of existance is not a bad thing - its justa thing. like a hill - allways there for everyone, but its up to you to turn around and go home or climb it, its truely there when you do not know what is on the other side of the hill. getting there would be experiancing the truth in freedom. - whether the result is good or bad or even capable of being judged is not a part of the equation, but does divide existentailist and nihlist.