Atheism and the meaning of life - what drives you?

[Spongebob]

No, I don't mean challenge as in threaten.  Rather do they sometimes cause you to question what you really think or believe about something?  Do they cause you to go deeper in thought about a topic than you have before?  I'm asking this because if you are having difficulty putting your thoughts to words then perhaps these questions are taking you somewhere you haven't been before in your thoughts.  And this is a good thing.  This is precisely why I engage in this way with others.  When people talk about things like the meaning of life, I'm hoping someone says something I've never heard or thought of before because this provides me with a new idea that I should evaluate and perhaps incorporate into my own worldview.  I know this must come as a shock to you since you think that I'm narrow minded and rigid, but this is the truth.  I was narrow minded and rigid back when I was an obedient Christian.  But listening to others and thinking about what they said had an impact on me and led me to widen my worldview significantly.

No, that never happens.

Well, if this never happens, then I don't understand how or why you have difficulty expressing yourself.  If you understand where you are on a given topic and nothing anyone here says challenges your thinking, then you should be well acquainted with your own thoughts and thus, able to express them adequately.  You just start typing and see what comes out.  Or is it that you just don't like to type all that much?  I do notice that most of your posts are very short and you seem to enjoy criticizing me for being verbose.

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Then why are you here?

Just to throw in my two cents when I feel it's appropriate. Same as anybody else.

That is most certainly NOT what everyone else is doing.  I just explained that to you.  Did you not read it or did you not understand it?