Share your worldview?

[GrandizerII]

For some reason, I missed the question about whether or not I feel guilty as someone who doesn't believe in sin. My answer to that is "yes". Now for your new set of questions.

1) How do you deal with the idea of ceasing to exist after death - or doesn't it bother you?

There are some things about the nature of existence that bothers me, but ceasing to exist after death isn't a problem for me. You die, and that's it. No more pain, no more misery, and no hell to worry about.

2) How do you explain what could be considered evidence of intelligent design (such as DNA) - or the statistical improbability we could have happened by random occurrence.

How is DNA evidence of intelligent design? Stuff happens in this world, which leads to other stuff happening, including the gradual and eventual formation of DNA.

And we didn't happen by random occurrence. We exist in the "here and now" because it is a logical inevitability. Probability, to me, is really about how certain we are of something. But everything that exists is 100% probable (i.e. necessary) given the right contexts and constraints. In this universe, you and I exist now because it is necessary that we do. We do not exist in the long past because, again, it is necessary that we do not.

Another is - Can you explain why you became an atheist? But that could easily be a topic for another thread.

In summary, I just couldn't see myself being intellectually honest while still adhering to a God belief. Everytime I concluded "God", it felt like I was forcing him to be a reality. So, after a while, I just simply dropped it. And now, I'm an atheist.