Richard Weikart: Is life a cosmic accident?

Richard Weikart (Ucal Stanislaus) studies how naturalism (nature is all there is), often called “materialism,” affects our thinking:

Since the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, atheist and agnostic thinkers (i.e., materialists and positivists) have considered everything, including humans, as merely the product of accidental processes. This means that human life no longer has any value or moral significance. This talk examines the way that many thinkers, such as the eminent British philosopher Bertrand Russell, espoused this view, but also contradicted themselves by implying that humans are important.Richard Weikart, “Is Human Life a Cosmic Accident?: Atheists’ Contradictory Position” at Forum of Christian Leaders Post-Forum Seminar

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See also: Historian Richard Weikart Is On C-Span Tonight, On The Death Of Humanity And Hitler’s Religion

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