00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862447470 Buklod 20220427160443.0 m | | ta 220427s2009 cau rb |001 0|eng d 9781577316428 (pbk. : alk. paper) (iLib)UPBAG-00044442482 DLC BAG rda eng BL 2747.3 M35 2009 Maisel, Eric 1947- author. The atheist's way living well without gods Eric Maisel. Novato, California New World Library [2009] 187 pages 22 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-178) and index. Introduction: We embrace atheism (for many reasons) -- We have our traditions (did you know that?) -- We leave our churches (if we formerly believed) -- We make our own meaning (what a remarkable idea!) -- We invest meaning (another curious idea!) -- We nominate ourselves (as the heroes of our own stories) -- We get blue sometimes (who doesn't?) -- We deal with meaninglessness (yes, by making meaning) -- We choose our meanings (or do they choose us?) -- We make idiosyncratic meaning choices (as is our right and obligation) -- We maintain meaning (daily and over the long haul) -- We make our ethics (as active moral philosophers) -- We stand firm (even while consternated) -- Conclusion: We find life amazing (exactly as it is) Describes how to create personal meaning and live a purposeful life without God or religion. Atheism. Conduct of life. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN BL 2747.3 M35 2009 Book