Atheists: If when we die, we die and that's it, what eventual goal can humanity have?

Question

If we don't destroy ourselves and instead eventually have world peace, health, etc, what then?

Answer 1

I don't think that some eternal reward is an admirable goal. It is death-centered, and belief-centered, it has nothing to do with life and reality. Religious belief in the afterlife is not good for society, it does nothing for us as human beings, except give us a fictitious belief that enables some of us to look down on others, and even kill others if that belief is strong enough. A world without religious faith would be a good place to start, because unless you have eliminated that, the other goals you mentioned will never be reached.

Answer 2

It's quite obvious that there is none. If there is no God/eternity, then the only purpose to life is to have as much fun as possible while alive, because entropy will destroy everything you build up, anyway.

I'm no atheist, but that's the only real goal you can have under their conditions. The world will eventually turn into hydrogen, no matter what you do to improve it. The end is inevitable, and all things are meaningless.

Answer 3

Good question! What exactly do atheists think is the goal to life, God's goal for creating us? Obviously if we're created then God had a purpose for our lives, isn't it? But it's ok even though I feel sorry for the atheists cause the Bible says "know the truth and the truth shall set you free" and they are not set free cause they have not accepted the word, but the time will come when "every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord". God bless you - that's all we can say, in hopes that God's grace will fall on you and save you or snatch you out of the devil's arms.

Answer 4

i imagine my very last concept will be alongside the strains of popularity. ‘ Oh properly’ or ‘ Thank goodness that’s over’. some people have come back from the useless on the operating table. maximum of them don’t keep in suggestions some thing , this shows there is not any knowledge after demise , which looks about actual to me. there is all kinds of stuff occurring in the mind once you're close to-demise , Hindus will see Hindu imagery and Christians will se Christian imagery etc . i'm intrigued to attraction to close what imagery Atheists would see upon close to demise.

Answer 5

Sweetdivine, would you consider it more noble to view God's word as the meaning of life, and to live in such a way as to please God and earn our way into heaven, or would it be more noble to dedicate ourselves to improving the world for the next generation? Is it selfish to work for our own salvation and eternal happiness? You feel sorry for atheists because they won't reach Heaven, but might an atheist who works constantly for charity and helps others and lives a selfless life perhaps be nobler than a Christian who lives only to get himself an eternal reward? I don't mean to imply that all atheists or Christians live such lives, but perhaps you should re-evaluate what makes a life worthwhile.

As an atheist, I feel that there is no supreme "meaning to life", but humanity can certainly have goals. For myself, I live to enjoy life by learning and improving myself, loving others and appreciating beauty in the arts and creativity. For others, I live by helping my friends, working for charity and contributing meaningfully to society. The eventual goal is to improve the next generation's quality of life, while also enjoying the time I have here in this world.

Answer 6

The ever expanding exploration of enlightenment. Humanity has continuously raised its consciousness to higher and higher levels, and sometimes taken giant leaps backwards, by transcending cannibalism, human sacrifice and other such ways of thinking. We still are dealing with slavery, genocide, racism, and other more sophisticated forms of violence. But always we seek greater understanding and recently found that Compassion is so far the highest form of thought the human mind can achieve. There seems to be no limit to what we can do or comprehend. When we finally transcend money, power and all forms of exploitation, humanity will finally be able to live life expressing the music and wisdom each one of us is born with. What symphonies of life we will create then is beyond our ability to imagine at the moment, but well worth working towards.

Answer 7

What makes you think it has to have an eventual goal? There is no eventual goal. Eventually it will all end that's it no goal no reason for being or for having bin. zip.

Answer 8

Then our children,and our children's children into the end of the earth will have peace and a good life forever. I'd trade heaven for that in an instant.


And for the people giving thumbs down, if you don't want to make the world a better place for your children, you don't deserve to go to heaven anyway.

Answer 9

What would you like?

Tell you what, first let's get world peace, cure cancer, alleviate poverty and racism, and ensure environmental stability. Then we'll talk. I imagine that we'll find some improvements still to work on.

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Answer 10

The common human mission should be to improve our lot in our only life here on this earth, so that our children may enjoy it.

Let' get this one thing down, before contemplating doing other things.