What is Atheist's Purpose in Life ?

Question

Im a muslim and I just dont understand you !
You really beleive in NO God at all !?

Answer 1

That is correct. No god of any kind. Life is for living.

Answer 2

Just as with anyone else, be they Christian, Hindu, Buddhist or whatever, an atheist's purpose in life is to live amongst and love their family and friends, to walk gently on the Earth caring for their surrounds, to live a moral life.

You see an atheist can live a moral life as morality actually predates religion. An atheist believes that this life is all there is, so they are not putting up with this life in the hope of some nebulous paradise afterwards. Morality started as the glue which kept cave-dwellers living co-operatively when humankind started.

I suspect that you are thinking of atheism as though it is "Atheism", as though it is a form of religion like "Christianity" or a philosophy like "Existentialism".

An atheist is not a theist, they commonly do not believe in gods or the supernatural. They are rational and only believe that for which there is evidence. It is a scientific or a philosophic orientation if you wish.

You may say, "What about Creation?" and they will respond that, yes, the universe started somehow - Big Bang most likely, but they are not unhappy that others have trouble trying to think that there must have been something "before".

Most religionists seem to operate from the supposition that the atheist is exclusively critical of their god, but really an atheist is not really concerned about your god or any other god. They do not believe in gods or the supernatural, so Astrology and fortune telling is rejected too. I cannot state too strongly that atheism is only an absence of belief in any gods.

You see, atheists have just as good a reason to live a moral and purposeful life, it's what we humans do. It's just that an atheist doesn't see the need to have to behave because of some supposed "eye-in-the-sky" god keeping a tally of when they are good and when they are bad, they do it because of their personal, familial and community need to do it.

Answer 3

to love and be love not judging others and spreading hate and violence all over the world. Minding their own business and making the world a better place to live. It is really bad when we have such a beautiful place here and the people are bent on destroying it so they can be in a better place. Well I for one dont think the better place preached and talked about will even compare to the earth's beauty. We need to insure the future not say the world will end any day now. So I might turn the question to you what is the muslim purpose and why do you use God as your excuse

Answer 4

Purposes are created by human beings. They need no god or gods to be created, just an intelligent human mind. An atheist's purpose in life would depend on the individual atheist. God is a concept, not a physical reality, try to imagine the difference.

Answer 5

Nope no god at all.

My purpose is what I decide that it is.

Personally I have made it my purpose to be who I am and leave this world better off than when I arrived by positively affecting the people who enter my life. Why do I do that? Because it makes me feel good. I don't need to be threatened by a god with eternal damnation to behave myself. We get our morality from ourselves. We are the ones who decide what we will do and what we will not. Even religious people do that. That is why we've all met religious people who are either terrible people or are very kind and thoughtful people. Religion doesn't really do anything but entice or threaten people into certain behaviors. When someone does something because their religion tells them to or don't do others because their religion tells them not to is it really morality when one expects a reward or punishment, or is that simply compliance? When an atheist who has no reason to comply or be good and yet chooses to be good. That, in my opinion, is very meaningful.

Answer 6

My purpose in life is love and happiness. :)

I don't really need to believe in God to be happy, or to find love. I think that if someone believes, that's great, but I find religion too restricting given my personality. I'm not good at following strict rules (and I'm certainly not precise enough to know in which direction Mecca is wherever I am in the world! I think it's so cool that people can figure that out ^^ ).

To me, though there's no evidence against God's existance, there's no evidence in its favor either, and I find the idea a little bit unrealistic. That's why I don't believe. It's a matter of opinion, really.

I enjoy studying different religions, and I have the utmost respect for those who practice different religions, but I, personally, don't see a religion finding time in my philosophical schedule.

Peace!
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Answer 7

I believe people create their own purpose in life. If you like the "purpose in life" laid out for you by your parents, be they Muslim or Christian or Jew, then you can stay in the religion of your birth and not feel disconnect. If however, you're born into a religion that doesn't work for how you see the world, the disconnect comes in, and one of two things happens. Either you continue living an unhappy life hammering away your own beliefs and replace them with a collective set of beliefs (religion) or you leave your religion for another, or you give up on religion, because the world how you see it doesn't fit into what other people think it is.

Answer 8

Anyone who rejects God also rejects real purpose. Here is what one atheist had to say about purpose:

“Unless you assume a God, the question of life’s purpose is meaningless.” –Bertrand Russell (philosopher, mathematician, Nobel Laureate)

When someone says, "my "purpose" is to live a good life and be a good person", what they really are telling you is not purpose but just ways they have found to feel good about themselves and/or forget that their lives are without purpose or meaning. They have to have some way of dealing with a meaningless existence and they do it through various psychological tricks: 1) keep busy so you won't think about it; 2) focus on small happy feelings; 3) do some good deed so you will boost your ego. All tricks for self deception.

Answer 9

sigh

I really do believe that there is no god at all.

Really.

I'm here. I didn't decide to become alive, I simply found that, well, here I am.

Mostly, I just live. Enjoy myself.

I prefer life when I'm working at a job that has meaning to me. The 2 jobs I've had have been in educational reform, which I see as our best hope for making this a world fit for humans and other living things.

I don't need someone else to give me meaning; I've chosen my own.

Answer 10

We don't believe God exists. Such an entity is unnecessary and illogical.
What makes you think we need to have a almighty purpose? I live life just fine with my purpose being defined by me. Live long, be happy, give more than you take away.

Answer 11

Correct we do not believe in any kind of god. There is no need to believe in an imaginary person who has never shown himself. What you do not realize is that religion, modern day religion, is just the same as people worshipping Zeus in ancient times. What is funny is that now we consider that idea mythology and yet society still worships god. Both are the same thing a myth.
Furthermore, religion has been used to justify slavery, war, atrocities, and many other anti-social behavior.