Nonbelievers: Why do you think we are here today and gone tomorrow.?

Question

Since there is no intelligent creator. What's the point?

This is a serious question. I am just trying to understand because even when I did not know about the Bible, I still felt there was a God sustaining us.

I am inquisitive about the things around me. I don't exist just for the sake of existing. There is always a beginning and an end. I am not content to just know the middle part.
Thank you for your honesty

Answer 1

We live on the earth as a strangers. It's not our native land;
"For we [are] strangers before thee, and sojourners, as [were] all our fathers: our days on the earth [are] as a shadow, and [there is] none abiding (1Ch 29 : 15)"

We will return to our native land;
"Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee (Psa 116 : 7)"

& not like any other creature

Finally God shall reward us;
"For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works (Mat 16 : 27)"



But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep [you] from evil (2Th 3 : 3)
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Answer 2

Well, it's a fact that we die. That part is settled already.

Why would you think that there's no point if there's no "intelligent creator"? That makes no sense at all.

In fact it is the fact that life is so short, and that it really does end that makes life so meaningful. If you're really just looking forward to something after life, and the only thing that keeps you from killing yourself to get there sooner is the injunction saying that suicide gives you a bad afterlife, then you're really just kinda sitting around here twiddling your thumbs waiting for the world to end, right? And if that sounds harsh, just stick around: in a day or two some Christian will ask if people think the world is ending, and Christians will fall all over each other to say "I sure hope it is!". That's happened dozens of times here.

So if life is just a short prelude to what you're really interested in, what's the point of living? Atheists can answer that question in a positive way: believers seem to find life sadly pointless.

Answer 3

You do not feel a God. You WANT to feel a God. You want there to be something more to life. And I understand that want. Everyone wants there to be something more. But the fact is, there just isn't.
Its such a hard thing for someone to comprehend that there life here is meaningless from a large standpoint. Yes, our lives are meaningless but you can bring meaning to your own life in small ways.
Just because we have no creator, does not mean that we cannot appreciate the life we have and enjoy the small amount of time we have here. True, there is no point to it.....but so what? We just live our life to the fullest because its the only one we've got.

Answer 4

So what you are saying is nothing can have a purpose without a creator? Well then I guess the creator is without purpose. And since what you think created us is without purpose we in turn really have no purpose. If you take the magic creator out of the equation you get the point. Life is what you make of it.

Answer 5

There is no point. I never hear anyone asking what's the point of a maggot or amobea or a two-toed sloth. We are all life forms existing on the planet until we die.

Thankfully we were all born human, and being the intelligent creatures we are, we can enjoy life a little more than some of the lower life forms.

Answer 6

What do you mean, what's the point? To life?

The point is to laugh. The point is to go places. To build relationships. To get married. To build a career. To learn. To explore. To enjoy music, the arts, entertainment, nature, technology, science, literature, history, politics, languages, sports. To think. To help other people. To make this world a better place for future generations. To solve problems.

There are millions and millions and millions of "points" to life. Why would the absence of an intelligent creator suddenly render life meaningless?

Answer 7

What does that feel like - a god sustaining us? It could be indigestion.

But, you hit the nail on the head -- there IS NO point to life. So, make it what you want and follow the rules society places on you.

Answer 8

I turn the question back on you -

Why do you feel that you need a Creator/Father-Figure to give your life meaning and purpose? There's lots of other things to give you purpose and meaning -

family, friends, career, education, charity, adventure, children, growth, development, challenge, ...

The idea that without god you are nothing could possibly be just propaganda, couldn't it ?

Answer 9

You do know that there are BILLIONS of other species who are also "here today, gone tomorrow" , right?

So what's your theory on that one?

I find the most common trait of all holy rollers is their egotism and need to have it all figured out and that they are "special" and God is watching THEM at all times, tuned in to everything they think....
dream on.

The human mammal creates all kinds of stories which cater to their own significance, an intelligent creature with a huge ego.

Answer 10

'Sustaining us'? If we're here one minute and gone the next, how are we being sustained? How do you describe the 'meaning' of young children screaming to their deaths on a plane going down in flames? How do you describe innocent babies getting hiv from their mothers and dying a short sick life? I see less logic in having a 'god' than in not having one.