Purpose without Religion

[athoughtfulman]

if anything atheists should feel more reason for living than religious people.
We don't believe in an afterlife, so we, well I do anyway, feel it's necessary to live life to it's fullest, go skydiving, travel around the world, etc etc, before i die because i know i will never get another chance

I completely agree. Live life like its your last, because it is your last.

When you think about it the things that give us direction are exactly the same things that give theists direction (family, friends, careers,arts, music, literature etc. etc.) and the only difference is that we have no god.

We have an awful lot more in common than we don't.

Kyu

We sure do. I think it's very interesting at how similar we are, and that's why I find it a little stupid when christians label atheists as immoral, decadent and a curse on society.

Atheism is liberating because it lets us choose what we want to do with life. As a christian, there is a set model to which one must adhere to to get into heaven, however when there is no belief in god, the whole universe is open to us. I've found it great because it means I can explore everything, with no worry as to whether I might to go to heaven after I die. There are so many things to experience in this life and I reckon that the religious are missing out. I don't really understand how an atheist would become a christian, though its happened before.

Life is what you make it. And atheists can make it absolutely anything they want. Isn't that great