If Life is Meaningless Anyway, then What's Wrong with Religion?

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I've never understood what "meaning" religion gives life. Reducing it to some sort of test for a bored sky daddy? To me, that is meaningless.

It had meaning because I was part of something really important with eternal and infinite consequences.  There were billions of souls at stake, and they could end up with an eternity of felicity or an eternity of misery, depending on my actions.  It was thrilling and exciting to have such an important responsibility.  The creator of the whole universe needed something from me.  My life mattered because I had important work to do with infinite consequences.  I actually kind of miss feeling like I had such an important job to do.

But what was wrong with that?  Sure I was delusional in believing that Sky Daddy has important work for me to do, but those delusional beliefs gave me a strong sense of meaning and purpose.  What's wrong with that, especially if life is meaningless anyway?  In a billion years it will make no difference whether I was right about everything or whether I was totally delusional.

So your life had meaning because you were a 'big shot'? Seems more like self worth than anything else. Why not just join some great cause that means a lot to you where you get to see first hand how your contributions move other people's lives? I volunteered at a food bank and got to physically hand people dry goods and food and got to see their thanks and need. It was life changing.