And yet, we deep down want to believe there is a god because that gives meaning to the universe.
I want to believe what the facts and evidences say, and there are none for any god.
Without that, life has no purpose and just exists in an empty void.
The purpose is whatever you want it to be. For many it is procreation. Others it's helping people and bettering their lives. But it's also ok to be selfish to a degree and just live life for yourself and enjoy what limited time you have alive.
But even though none of this matters in the grand scheme of this unimaginably large universe, that's no reason to behave with what you know to be immoral.
who they cling to patently stupid beliefs without which they could not face life's hardships.
Yea there's a lot of people like that.
You're wrong about the reason though. It's not to give life a purpose, but rather almost all of us have at least a subconscious desire to live forever to some degree. It's hard for our brain to comprehend the fact that eventually it will cease to be. So most people cling to some sort of deity or idea of an afterlife, even if they don't identify with a specific religion.
You are in a faith based religion that relies on the miracles of the Big Bang and abiogenesis. Nobody can explain why the universe just exploded into existence, and the sure can’t figure out how some random inanimate proteins turned into living creatures.
You rely purely on faith of your assumptions that a bunch of Malthusian scientists who can’t figure out the basic questions of our origins or our consciousness.
I want to believe what the facts and evidences say, and there are none for any god.
The purpose is whatever you want it to be. For many it is procreation. Others it's helping people and bettering their lives. But it's also ok to be selfish to a degree and just live life for yourself and enjoy what limited time you have alive.
But even though none of this matters in the grand scheme of this unimaginably large universe, that's no reason to behave with what you know to be immoral.
Yea there's a lot of people like that.
You're wrong about the reason though. It's not to give life a purpose, but rather almost all of us have at least a subconscious desire to live forever to some degree. It's hard for our brain to comprehend the fact that eventually it will cease to be. So most people cling to some sort of deity or idea of an afterlife, even if they don't identify with a specific religion.
You are in a faith based religion that relies on the miracles of the Big Bang and abiogenesis. Nobody can explain why the universe just exploded into existence, and the sure can’t figure out how some random inanimate proteins turned into living creatures.
You rely purely on faith of your assumptions that a bunch of Malthusian scientists who can’t figure out the basic questions of our origins or our consciousness.