Athiest, How exactly does it make you feel good to believe life has no purpose?

Question

If I believed their was no purpose, I would be all sad and moppy and thinking along the lines of people that commit suicide.

So explain it to me,how does it make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside thinking life has no purpose,no design,no reason for existence?

Answer 1

sigh........

I do not drive too fast, even if i don't agree with the rules. I give too much change back to the girl behind the counter in the supermarket. When i find a wallet on the street, i return it to the owner without expecting a reward ,because the relief on your face is worth more to me than money. In a bar i'll talk to you, when you are standing alone. I will never jugde or disrespect you on your looks, not even on your charactre.

And i do that without any God telling me to do that

I give to charity, i seperate my garbage for a better environment. I rather put on an extra sweater, than to put up the heater. I never throw my chewing-gum on the street. Every week i buy the paper from a homeless person. I will help and support you if you're attacked by drunken guys on the street, i'll avoid the fight, but i'll never leave you alone. I help the old lady cross the street, i'll bring the crying lost little girl back to her mother.

And i do that without any God telling me to do that

I know no rules, except my own thoughts. After thinking everything through, i have to conclude that there must be 'something' to make this all happen. I've looked around and inspite of all the misery, the poorness, the crime, the hate, i don't see humans as sinners, but as people with choices. I don't think that i will be lost if i do not meditate on a mountain or pray under a cross. I don't even believe that the guy who blows himself up between a group of schoolkids will burn eternally.

And i think that without any God telling me to think that

Every person has something good inside. Sometimes on the surface, sometimes deep hidden inside. I hope that the God they all talk about, is not the guy with the beard sitting on a cloud. The God i have faith in, is just a metaphore. A feeling. A sence of all the goodness inside the people. Nothing more than that. And more clear: nothing less than that. The goodness in our heart is the most important thing we have. My God has an extra 'O'...Good.

And i am good, without any God telling me that

Good has no need for symbols. No cross, no boring books, no big fat guy, no cow, no buildings with colored glass windows. Good is everywhere and is eternal. There is no need to pray for something good, because it will always be there. There is also no need to pray to end something bad, because the bad will also always be there. Sure there are bad people. These people are to dumb to understand the good. Goodness, kindness can relieve you. Badness only creates more badness. We can never beat the badness. A bad guy with a gun can only be beaten by a good guy with a gun. But a good guy doesn't use a gun.

And even if the Good will always loose, I'll always try to be Good.

Everything has its time, and its place. In our sadness, in our anger, in our happyness, in our love we can see our humanity. These things make us to be the people we are, they shape us, they teach us, they make us really feel. And in every deep misery, there is always a hidden hope, cause we all know anything can always be done differently. This earth is our playground, to feel, to laugh, to cry, to love and to live.

And i live. And that's good.

Answer 2

Im sorry you are so weak minded that you need a deity to give you purpose in life. That is truly sad. If I were that weak minded, I guess Id join your cult as well....

How do I feel about life not having any purpose? But it does my friend!!! My purpose is to live and love and be loved by others. My purpose is to have compassion and to make our lives here on earth as enjoyable and easy for the both of us. We accomplish this through compassion for each other and through cooperation... And, yes, this makes me feel warm and fuzzy.

Can I ask: what do you feel like when faced with terroristic threats of eternal damnation from your All Loving God? And, do you not find irony in the fact that suicide bombers seem to have religious motivations based upon this beleif in an afterlife being better than ther life here on earth?

Answer 3

Just because we don't believe that there's a god doesn't mean that our lives have no reason or purpose. The love we feel for our friends and family, the sense of satisfaction we get from achieving a goal, and our love and appreciation for being alive are all reasons enough not to be sad.

When I look at my children and see them growing and developing, I get the warm and fuzzies you seem to be thinking about. Knowing that my life will go on through them and their lives through their children fills me with a deep sense of the purpose of my own life.

It sounds like you are religious because religious belief provides you with a purpose that you otherwise wouldn't have. In other words, you believe because it feels good to believe, notwithstanding whether it's true or not.

Answer 4

My life has plenty of purpose. It just doesn't derive from a supernatural source. I volunteer my time to causes I think are worthy of it, I donate money or other resources to charities, I help people, I pay my taxes, maintain my property, support my family, and if I see one that needs it, I'll even help a little old lady across the street.

My purpose in life is to better my family, my community, my country, and myself. If you met me on the street or in your office or at your school, you probably wouldn't pick me out as an atheist from any other person there. We're just ordinary folks who go about our lives like you do. Maybe I'll get a Darwin fish for my car, just so you can tell who I am.

Answer 5

It doesn't give me a warm and fuzzy feeling to know there is no meaning to life other than what i assign it. It doesn't bother me either. It seems like it's a personal problem to have to buy into some fantasy in order to give your life some meaning. Do you not enjoy parts of life? Is there nothing you do or care about that is real that makes it all worth while?

Answer 6

But it is you who believe in fantasy that which is purposeless. We very much believe life has purpose. Truth is purpose. But you have fallen too very deep into the pit of ignorance to understand reason. So it would be useless to try and explain to you. Your youth on the other hand is still worth saving. So we will reserve our knowledge for your youth before you are able to drag them down with you.

Answer 7

What's your purpose? To burn in hell? With 200 or so different religions all convinced they are the one and only 'right' one , the odds are that you are in one of the 199.whose followers are going to hell. With odds like that, you should be sad and mopey (not moppy) and suicidal. I feel all warm and fuzzy from lack of fear and uncertainty.

Answer 8

Well see it doesn't make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. It just doesn't bother me. I don't need promise of something greater to do good now. And that's just why there is religion, so that people can feel warm and fuzzy inside. I turn to other things to make me feel warm and fuzzy, my girlfriend, video games, math/science (yeah I'm a pretty big nerd), surfing, and occasionally meditation or Buddhist teachings because they make sense. But that's just me.

Answer 9

Most of us believe life DOES have purpose. We just don't believe that purpose has anything to do with a God.

To be honest, your life has more purpose when you realize you have to take personal responsibility for it, and not just pass everything off on the Divinity.

Answer 10

My life has plenty of purpose, thanks. People that commit suicide (or suicide bomb others, for instance) are those folks that think there is an afterlife that is better than the life they are currently living. Atheists wouldn't commit suicide, that would be stupid.

It does make me feel warm and fuzzy inside to know how grand and unlikely our existence is. That's pretty special.

Answer 11

I believe in God, but I am almost ashamed to be included in a group with such stupidity. Don't hold it against me guys, I know that Christianity is false.

Their purpose would probably be a full enriching life that included family, work, and play. They also strive for something that you obviously have not found, knowledge.