(February 28, 2016 at 1:48 pm)Stimbo Wrote:(February 28, 2016 at 1:15 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: If you're an atheist, then I don't see why/how you can say there is any purpose to our existence. If you personally want to live for something, then that's a purpose to you, but other than that, I don't see how you can think there is some sort of grand purpose for the existence of life.
I don't want to sound condescending, but since you're not an atheist of course you can't see these things from an atheist perspective. We are a social species; our 'purpose' is to exist as part of a social cohesive structure. I don't see why there has to be some grand purpose beyond that which we make for ourselves.
What if someone wants to go off and be a hermit, away from human society all together though? Is he not "fulfilling his purpose?"
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
