Test my belief system

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1. What purpose is this? When I say life has no apparent inherent purpose, I mean from the perspective of a neutral universe / an ”outsider". Purpose implies to me some sort of intended overall goal. Of course we can analyse how things work and attribute our own purpose to anything we like. But "purpose" is an abstract judgement, not a quality inherent to things themselves. That's my intended point Of course we can debate what the definition of "purpose" is. But I meant it to be as part of some sort of intended goal.

If however we turn out to be a computer simulation, life as we view it could be viewed as having an inherent/external purpose, that being completing a program. Whether that program has any purpose itself is another matter, I refer only to our reality for the moment.

2. Saying yes, that you do believe in something while not understanding the question, is most illogical in my opinion. By saying no, you're not saying you believe such a thing does not exist, you're saying you don't believe it does exist. From this point of view, weak atheism makes the most sense while "God" remains undefined.