Dont worry, I'm not a christian- just agnostic. But everyone has an ultimate goal. Christians want to go to Heaven so the strive to be good in everything they do. And I'm sure thats how it is in most religions. I dont want to know where you want to go when you die- I want to know what you want as an end result. Total peace of mind? A big house, a nice car and 2.5 kids? I want to hear from every atheists out there!
2006-07-19 11:08:44 · 21 answers · asked by michelle112785 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
To have raised my children to be responsible caring adults
To have shared my life with someone I love and respect
To have loved my family and friends the best I could
To have had the courage to speak against injustice
To have done something that mattered
To have had some fun and happiness along the way.
2006-07-19 11:22:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 6⤋
Being atheist? Not really. But not really agnostic either. There's no term for me, but I'd say close to atheist. Anyways, I don't focus on where I go when I die. I don't focus on when I die at all. Because once I'm dead, I'm dead. No point on wondering what happens afterwards. Not like there's anything you can do about it. And I don't like wasting my whole life trying to fit where I go after my life ends. Enough with the living already.
What I want as an end result? For all my goals that I have set for myself to be reached.
2006-07-19 18:13:14 · answer #2 · answered by L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Though I'm an ignostic (with an I) not an atheist, I think I can answer here. My goals are only in this life, to begin with, which is obvious, since I don't count on an afterlife. Everything I'll ever achieve, will be on earth. And my goal would simply be to be happy. To make a family, live relatively well (not rich, but not poor, either) and be able to live on my job. But I don't think that's an "end goal". It's a "means" of living. That's how I want to live, not how I want to end up...
2006-07-19 18:16:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am at peace wherever I find myself, I find humor and joy in everything! I have the car, the house and all the trappings of success it doesn't make me who I am or define my needs. If I were to die tomorrow I know I have left my mark and that my conscious is clean. I think want is terrible master.
It would be nice to have a true hard line division of Church and State, perchance to dream.
2006-07-19 23:03:00 · answer #4 · answered by go_to_girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow...lots of offense taken at a non offensive question....
I'm agnostic too, and I'm sure atheists want the same basic things that we want--that everyone wants: a happy life. We just aren't going to get it in a church.
2006-07-19 18:17:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I'm not an atheist, but I have many friends that are and it is my understanding that they expect nothing when they die. Just dead, no Heaven, no Hell, no big house, nothingness.
2006-07-19 18:12:02 · answer #6 · answered by Tim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmmm...id like to go to film school, play a hand in making big budget movies, have a big family and on my deathbed id like to come to the conclusion that there really isnt a need for a heaven. (that last one ive already done though)
2006-07-19 18:09:51 · answer #7 · answered by johnny_zondo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course atheists don't all want the same things. But most of us would be satisfied with peace, brotherhood, freedom, truth, justice, all that stuff.
2006-07-19 18:14:09 · answer #8 · answered by rollo_tomassi423 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wanna see every human being on earth happy.
I know it's an impossible goal, but it's worth dreaming about it.
2006-07-19 18:13:58 · answer #9 · answered by Thinx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this essay by Penn Gillette is eloquent and to the point:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5015557
I don't think I could have expressed it any better.
2006-07-19 18:16:08 · answer #10 · answered by Finnegan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They wanna live their lives in peace - nobody trying to convert them - guessing they just wanna be happy
2006-07-19 18:13:53 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋