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Samme William Lane Craig har gitt ut et 'langt kortere' notat
fra en av sine bøker:
Hvorfor havner den ateistiske tenker så lett i sin tankes fengsel.

"Sartre’s program is actually an exercise in self-delusion.
For the universe doesn’t really acquire a meaning just because we
happen to give it one.

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One rabbi who survived the camp summed it up well when he said that
at Auschwitz it was as though there existed a world
in which all the Ten Commandments were reversed.
Mankind had never seen such a hell.

And yet, if God does not exist, then in a sense, our world is Auschwitz:
There is no right and wrong; all things are permitted.

About the only solution the atheist can offer is that we face the
absurdity of life and live bravely.

The British philosopher Bertrand Russell, for example, believed that
we have no choice but to build our lives upon
“the firm foundation of unyielding despair.”

Only by recognizing that the world really is a terrible place
can we successfully come to terms with life.
Camus said that we should honestly recognize life’s absurdity
and then live in love for one another.

The fundamental problem with this solution, however, is that it’s
impossible to live consistently and happily within the framework
of such a worldview.
If you live consistently, you will not be happy;
if you live happily, it is only because you are not consistent."

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