are you an atheist? how come?
2007-10-24 02:40:49 · 33 answers · asked by Wisdom 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm glad I could get feedback from all of you, I simply wanted to engage with others to give you a platform to say your say without prejudice, but i see some of you couldn't resist.
I am a Christian, have been since birth, and I'd like to share with all of you the good news that life is not purposeless. There are too many miracles happening from day to day, you simply need to open your eyes, free your mind and ask God to infuse your minds with wisdom and understanding of his divine purpose. Pray this prayer continually and if I am wrong, if you receive no answer in some or other form (either someone telling you by word of mouth or by some personal experience) then, you don't have to believe me ever again. I am an educated professional, and I've had too many of my own prayers answered for it to be mere coincidence, that is why I say again, pray and keep an open mind. May God bless you! Wizzz...
2007-10-24 03:20:03 · update #1
Yes, because i know there is no god, if there was one god why all the different religions? I don't believe there is a "purpose" in life. we live, we die. Like all the other animals...
2007-10-24 02:44:36 · answer #1 · answered by 地獄 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
There isn't an argument for atheism, being that it's simply the lack of belief in god. There is no argument for lacking something. What's more, it's astounding that you've actually rigged a faulty argument that attempts to force a person into believing in god under the guise of atheism being illogical. The main issue with this is that you're arguing semantics but we'll ignore that for now. "If life has a purpose then reason is required." Nonsense, being that there does not have to be an ultimate purpose, and that a single individual is capable of giving their own life meaning. While the universe is apathetic human beings are not, and ALWAYS give their own lives meaning whether that meaning is a non existent god or their children. Poor argument, that doesn't even begin to prove irrationality of atheism. This is like me trying to say that because you don't believe in Santa Claus, it makes no sense to have Christmas anymore wtf are you saying.
2016-05-25 10:59:13 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm non-commital. I do not deny the plausibility of an existence of a purpose to life, but I understand that if a purpose exists, it is probably beyond the realm of human comprehension. I think that giving this life a "purpose" could be seen as an excuse to not live in the moment. Perhaps that makes me more agnostic than atheist.
Religion never did it for me. Almost for these same reasons; I believe that if we have a purpose, it's not to sit around all day and figure it out. I think that if there is a creator, he/she/it is so amazingly amazing and endlessly bizarre that's it's completely beyond our comprehension. I believe that anything else would be selling him/her/it short. I believe strongly that a lot of organised religion is a means of crowd control thought up hundreds of years ago. I do not mean to undermine it's importance or it's contribution to our society. Just my two cents :)
Any follow up? :)
2007-10-24 02:49:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes i`m an Athiest and came to this way of thinking through reading but have always known even going back to being a child, the reading and research has confirmed it..
T believe the purpose of life is procreation of the species the same as any other animal...
2007-10-24 02:55:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sure they wait to evolve into big blobs of brains and have super mental powers that natural selection is of course going to go.
Truthfully anything you do in inconsequential to the universe. No matter what humans do and where they go death and nothing will eventually be the end result given enough time to pass. One day they will be forgotten in the stream of time like it never happened. Might as well eat, drink and be merry because whether you live 1 day or 100 years is not important as when you are dead it won't matter anyway.
2007-10-24 02:44:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The purpose for me is to live life to the full and be happy. Raise my children to respect others and be respected and to enjoy themselves.
I don't believe in a religion, where you see miracles, I see people achieving. I don't feel the need to attribute it to some higher authority.
Although I respect your right to your beliefs, I would appreciate you respecting atheists rights to theirs as well.
Being an anthiest doesn't mean we automatically want anyone to 'open our eyes to miracles'. We are happy as we are with our choice and interpret what is around us in a different way.
2007-10-24 08:02:50 · answer #6 · answered by Mancloud 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't belive the universe has an intrinsic purpose. However some things we chose to do are more benefical to humanity than others. but it is hard to know in advance what those things are sometimes. I am an atheist because I refuse to accept amongst other things that a good god would create a universe in which genocide occurs.
2007-10-24 02:47:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Just because you think there should be a purpose does not mean that there has to be one. Think about it a bit before you dismiss it out of hand, why does there have to be a purpose?
No, I don't think there is a "real" purpose to life other than to continue the species.
I'm an atheist because there is no evidence or indication that any god exists, and no evidence that any holy book is a trustworthy source of information about any gods.
2007-10-24 02:44:57 · answer #8 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
My fundamental purpose in life is to produce copies of long chains of amino acids.
Not very fulfilling, but that is the reality of the universe.
Now, if I chose to find a purpose for myself - improving the world, taking care of my family, or whatever. Then I can go do that.
2007-10-24 02:51:45 · answer #9 · answered by Simon T 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the only evidence we have is that we are here to make sure the human race and life continues. There may be some other purpose but nobody knows that
2007-10-24 02:53:46 · answer #10 · answered by Maid Angela 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As I observe these answers, I see one in particular that exemplifies the problem:
"There is no universal purpose to our lives, our purpose is what we make of ourselves. We can squander what we have or we can do something."
It is the acceptance of a no-purpose life yet it simultaneously clings to worth. To squander our lives implies that our lives have worth yet we all know that things without purpose have no worth. How can life be squandered at all if there is no purpose to life?
In their worldview, their activities somehow create worth for their lives. But the only ones who see these worth-creating activities are other creatures (humans) who also have no worth.
2007-10-25 01:05:47 · answer #11 · answered by Matthew T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋