[Serious] When God isn't the answer to the question, then what is?

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The almighty Cod.

The man in the white coat.

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You asked. I'll answer, but I will not enter into a debate. Have been there and done that a great many times over a 40 year period.

 How come we are here?  The meaning of life? Why not ask a hard question?

For me, the purpose of life is itself. Life is self perpetuating, in billions of forms.  I admit, it took me decades to reach and then accept that conclusion. I accept that having a god can be very comforting.  I did not choose to go from catholic to Atheist .It was a long process with an inevitable outcome. 

Who should we serve? Have never asked myself that question in a metaphysical sense. In a  moral sense,  I think being 'other centred' rather than 'self centred' is a great good and one path to personal  peace  and fulfilment.  Not something I've actually tried, I'm far too selfish.

Who cares for us?  Not a question I've asked myself since I was 17. It was at that age I became self supporting.  A wife or life partner will ideally provide moral support, but does not 'serve 'the other. 

 There is an appropriate joke;  I wanted to ask God for a new bike. However, I know god doesn't work like that. So I stole a bike and prayed for forgiveness.   

Not to drag you into any discussion, but I find it fascinating that DNA seems to do NOTHING but slavishly make copies of itself (assuming available raw materials) and it is very good at that task. And oddly nothing much else. If an error creeps in to the sequence, it will slavishly copy that too. It doesn't "make protiens" or "contain blueprints/instructions" or any of that stuff. Left alone all it does is make copies of itself. Outside of that, it is an oddly and boringly inert complex molecule.