(05-24-2021, 06:06 PM)GenesisNemesis Wrote: It's the typical "atheists don't care about anything!" straw man.
(05-24-2021, 06:09 PM)Percie Wrote: Just the opposite - it's atheists shouldn't care about truth, except as it's necessary for happiness.
That makes no sense, Percie. Atheism isn't a worldview; it's a position on one thing, and one thing only:
"Do you believe that gods exist?"
One can be an atheist and a humanist, an atheist and a non-theistic Buddhist, an atheist and a follower of a particular political ideology. (I self-describe as an agnostic atheist humanist Stoic, former Buddhist, former agnostic polytheist, cultural Asatruar.)
Truth is valuable in and of itself, and it's of critical importance in a crisis situation where dangerous realities need to be confronted - and it doesn't always lead to happiness.