This is a question for "athiests". why were you born? why are you here, and where are you going?
Posted in: enart.nnmj.com Date: March 11th, 2010
My purpose for existing? Survival. Why not enjoy life if we have life? Why do we need to have two lives to enjoy this one, you're not making ANY sense.
When i die i cease to exist, yes. That's why i'm enjoying it while i can and making the world a better place for future descendants of humanity as much as a i can. Try telling that to Einstein, we'll see where relativity sits at if he decided his life was useless.
Walking time bomb getting ready to die anytime, you're just delusioned and refuse to accept that you will leave this world. We will all die because life is not eternal.
Experiences with the supernatural? Ohh noo i'll tell you i've seen chuck norris and that round-house kick is DIVINE.
A mere mortal cannot understand anything bigger than we are? We've studied the Earth, we've documented thousands of species of animals and studied them, we have space-craft that travel beyond that of our habitat, we made it possible to simulate environments and grow crops, we genetically modified animals and plants, we made places previously impossible for human inhabitation safe to live in. There are many other examples like medical breakthroughs.These scientific improvements did not come just because scientists prayed.
They put effort in finding, testing their hypothesises, and proving their theories to the world.
And I'm telling you, without science, you could have died at the age of 10 with the flu just like people did in medieval times. You're taking science for granted and praying to what will not save us.
Your purpose, being worshipping your god, does not help humanity in any way. It does not bring new drugs and medication to the world, it does not cure cancer, it does not ensure the continued survival of humanity for years to come.
Your purpose is a meaningless purpose, one that will do nothing to help us, to help mankind.
What you should ask yourself is why you need to desperately hope for a better 'next' life. Is this one too dark and 'real' for you to accept? I believe everyone needs hope and aspiration in order to live a fulfilling life, however, the religious crutch should be seen as a self-delusional pacifier for those who fear to truly experience life.
What you should do is follow the teachings of the man your religion is based on.
Did Jesus tell you to go out in the world and spread hate and bigotry?
Did Jesus tell you that the dumber you are the quicker you will be saved?
Did Jesus tell you that you have the knowledge of who is going to your "hell" and who is not?
Did Jesus tell you that you must also teach bigotry and ignorance to your children?
Did Jesus tell you that you should ignore common sense when it is obvious the buy-bull is nonsense?
I say, Jesus please protect me from your rabid followers. If you are a loving example of your religion, I will pass.
Are there mysteries in life? Of course.
Point-of-living questions are really just like argument from design questions--they involve an infinite regress.
What is the point of life after death? What would the point of eternal life be? What is the point of god's "life"? At some point one has to reach a terminus, but there is no logical reason to put that point anywhere. Just as the multiverse could be self created and sustaining--so could our life be its own point without analyzing it further.
If we cannot learn to "live life on its own terms", how are we going to handle eternal life?
Happy, productive, fulfilled, joyful people don't have to have a 'reward' in heaven for living life to its fullest. They just do it for its own sake.
It's an even greater incentive to make the most of our time here BECAUSE there's no other opportunity. This is not a rehearsal. Grasp it now, or fritter it away on your knees, the choice is yours.
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What are YOU doing here.Heaven awaits,this world is ruled by the invisible boogieman in the closet you children call Satan.Why are you here?What "purpose"do YOU have?To despise this life,be afraid of the boogieman tripping you up,so that in the end,you get to spend eternity worshiping and kneeling and groveling at the feet of the "master"while almost everyone you loved is in fiery torment?You kid,are not moral nor righteous.You are a sniveling wimp,willing to trade all decency and concern for others just so long as YOU can be your "masters" little lap dog.How utterly morally repugnant
2. To give you crap.
3. Going to crap even more.
You said it yourself
And, calling people ignorant for merely disagreeing with you is very immature and indicative of a weak personality.
Addition: I just received the below message from the questioner and I thought Iâ ™d share it because it demonstrates the level of ignorance and arrogance of this moron. Perhaps this dolt should put down the Buy-Bull once in a while and pick up a Spelling or English book. After acquiring a sixth grade level reading competency, perhaps he might move on to a book on critical thinking. Perhaps the brainwashing was just too successful and he will remain in his secluded little bubble of ignorance until he dies and nothing happens. His writing is pathetic, but actually quite humorous. They wonder why we laugh at them. This is one of the reasons.
Message: â œyou call me delusional? ha I think you should have a look at yourself. I am not delusional infact I know what is the truth. Jesus is the way truth and the light. Try telling other athiests this who have been to hell after being resusitated after they were declared dead and then gave their hearts to Jesus. God is not mocked. But on the other hand God laughts at all the proud like you. You will be very suprised when you die where you will ned up. and they way you are going it will not be very nice. You will endeed reap what you sow. Just because you have not seen God does not mean he does not exist.â
What do you know of Buddhism? You know that we do not believe in the existance of a God or gods, correct? You also know that because of this we are atheists, right?
I was born, again, because I have not attained Enlightenment. If I believe that, then I must, then, believe that I have lived before. If I believe that I have been reborn, and will continue to be, until I attain enlightenment, then that must imply that I do believe in life after death.
No I am not existing and that is it. I exist to work towards enlightenment. I work to help make those around me suffer less from my words, actions and thoughts.
As Buddhists we believe that you can live the life that makes you happiest, and we encourage you to do so. Though your beliefs are different from ours, we hold no ill will toward you. Perhaps in your next life you will begin to open your mind and your heart to all life.
Man cannot escape from the need for philosophy; his only alternative is whether the philosophy guiding him is to be chosen by his mind or by chance.
--Ayn Rand
In an age of skepticism (certainty is impossible) and nihilism (nothing means anything), many people are desperately searching for a guide to life, a philosophy.
As Ayn Rand wrote in her book Philosophy: Who Needs It: "A philosophic system is an integrated view of existence. As a human being, you have no choice about the fact that you need a philosophy. Your only choice is whether you define your philosophy by a conscious, rational, disciplined process of thought and scrupulously logical deliberation -- or let your subconscious accumulate a junk heap of unwarranted conclusions, false generalizations, undefined convictions, undigested slogans, unidentified wishes, doubts and fears, thrown together by chance."
Instead of turning to reason, many are turning to what they think is an alternative: religion. It is easier, and it's what they hear everywhere: Politicians, community leaders, and even professors all tell them that that there is no rational certainty, thus leaving them with the implication that to have principles means to accept religious dogma.
Religion is a primitive form of philosophy because it attempts to provide a theory of the nature of man, man's place in the universe, and a guide to human action. But religion admittedly has no rational basis, meaning: no basis at all. "Faith" is merely someone's assertion (without evidence) that something is true. As a "guide" to life it couldn't be more dangerous. And it is becoming an increasing danger to Americans as the 21st century opens. The religious right's efforts to enforce religion and destroy our rights is all around us: laws preventing abortion and assisted suicide, censorship, school prayer in public schools, laws against homosexuality, laws mandating the teaching of "creationism."
The threat to turn America into a semi-theocracy is no longer the exclusive province of the conservatives. The left wing, the "liberals," have abandoned even a lip-service advocacy of reason. All the current presidential candidates are either kowtowing to religion or fervently supporting its role in politics.
This Web site explores these issues. It shows the dangers of the religious right and religious left, and it shows how anti-American is this increasing political power of religion. This site also contains information about a rational philosophy, one consistent with the love of liberty on which this country was founded. That philosophy is Objectivism, a philosophy for living on earth.
well, my mom liked my dad, my mom liked my dad, and eventually I am going to the grave.
"what is the point of living and enjoying life if there is no life after death"
Wow, do you really need an eternal afterlife to make sense of this one? I pity you.
"What is your purpose for existing"
objectively, to reproduce. subjectively, lots of things, life is fun.
"you think when you die you cease to exist what are you doing here then"
again, life is fun, plus all you mammals are entertaining.
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there is no purpose of existing . it just is. So while we are here, might as well make the most of it. Help people. make the world a better place. We create our own standard of morals. Which is usually much stricter and higher standing than religious morals.
You deligate the important works to a God. WE TAKE it in our hands and actually DO IT.
You waste this life, denying every human natural impulse of enjoyment, in an effort to get your soul into heaven, you deny yourself sexual pleasure with the one/many you may love in a lifetime, if you are not in a marriage, although, whoops, you've probably fornicated just like us sinners. You pretend that your moral standards are so high and mighty, that you look down upon people who enjoy themselves, or tell funny jokes, because it's ungodly, but deep inside, you're laughing like hell...Me, I am who I am, I say what I really mean, and NEVER betray my true self to appear another way to other people. I don't treat the people in my life like ****, then go beg forgiveness on a Sunday, and have my slate wiped clean for the next week, I don't pour money into the churches coffers, to assauge my guilt and guarentee my place at the right hand of a fictional character? I'm good to people because I have decided that that is the best way to live my life, not for fear of the punishment I'll receive if I don't. I live life with zest, energy and hope, for me the glass is always half full! I love life! I would certainly not describe myself as a walking time bomb, any more than you are... As for your experiences with the supernatural, lay off the LSD, I know you have your "get out of jail free" card to play on Sundays, but that **** fries your brain. As for being surprised when I die, I wish I could say the same to you, but guess what, shock, shock, horror horror, you won't be anything but maggot food.
Why does there have to be life after death for me to enjoy my life?
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