What Is the Higher Power Atheists Appeal To?

[Strathos]

Loaded question.

Not only is there no one at the top of the ladder, the ladder doesn't even go that high.

I've never met an atheist who thought they were the supreme power in the universe. Most atheists would probably say that nature is a "higher power".

 

[Tinker Grey]

Define higher.

 

[Eight Foot Manchild]

I've never met an atheist who thought they were the supreme power in the universe.

Me neither.

Most atheists would probably say that nature is a "higher power".

I know of no atheists who say that. At least, not in any sense that is analogous to a theistic concept of 'higher power'.

 

[Par5]

It goes without saying.

Say it anyway!

 

[jayem]

I usually don't respond to old threads.

But for the record, though I don't believe in any kind of god, I do answer to a higher power. It's called my wife.

 

[StevenBelievin]

What is the higher power atheists appeal to?

 

[Ken-1122]

What is the higher power atheists appeal to?

There is none. As far as I know, there is no higher power in existence, than mankind.

Ken

 

[AirPo]

What is the higher power atheists appeal to?

Gravity will bring you down, but I don't know if that counts.

 

[keith99]

Gravity will bring you down, but I don't know if that counts.

Gravity, it's not just a good idea, it's the law!

 

[keith99]

I'm going to vote for Fat Freddy. There are few who get higher than Fat Freddy!

 

[Skreeper]

This guy of course. I'd worship Cthulhu over any other god in a heartbeat!

 

[Strathos]

There is none. As far as I know, there is no higher power in existence, than mankind.

Ken

Yet there are so many natural forces in the universe that mankind is powerless against. You surely must acknowledge this.

 

[Ken-1122]

Yet there are so many natural forces in the universe that mankind is powerless against. You surely must acknowledge this.

Of course! There are lots of things in nature that are bigger and stronger than humans; but thats not what I'm talking about.

Ken

 

[AirPo]

I'm going to vote for Fat Freddy. There are few who get higher than Fat Freddy!

Fat Freddy's cat?

 

[keith99]

Fat Freddy's cat?

Nah, I think Freddy got much higher. Though Fat Freddy's Cat was arguably much more powerful.

 

[Desk trauma]

Yet there are so many natural forces in the universe that mankind is powerless against. You surely must acknowledge this.

All of those forces are indifferent and not conscious.

 

[Strathos]

All of those forces are indifferent and not conscious.

But surely they serve as a demonstration that humans are far from supreme.

 

[bhsmte]

Yet there are so many natural forces in the universe that mankind is powerless against. You surely must acknowledge this.

Do those natural forces care about humans?

 

[durangodawood]

Yet there are so many natural forces in the universe that mankind is powerless against. You surely must acknowledge this.

Yes. To be dealt with, not appealed to.

 

[Ken-1122]

But surely they serve as a demonstration that humans are far from supreme.

In this context, how are you defining "supreme"? Power wise? Intelligent wise? What do you mean by supreme?

K