RE: Atheism and the meaning of life - what drives you?
October 26, 2021 at 8:14 am
(This post was last modified: October 26, 2021 at 8:17 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 26, 2021 at 7:06 am)Spongebob Wrote: That is certainly a possibility and many people struggle with this. The idea of just living/surviving from one day to the next, going to a dead end job, having no grand aspirations in life. These are real obstacles for people feeling satisfied with their life. I think this is why religion is such a draw.
We've intentionally made our lives smaller and more focused to be more manageable. We used to be generalists in a direct relationship with a much broader set of things..individually, but we were all poor, just...dirt poor. Trying to satisfy myself solely within the confines of the american dream could only ever be partially satisfying. It's greater than me, still, and I served it with pride and humility and understanding for the people on the opposite end - but life is even bigger still.and religion (particularly the christian religion) has always been a pitch to captives of one sort or another. People who's horizons have been artificially narrowed by circumstance who nevertheless feel that there's more to it all - and more for them, and they're right.
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