(May 10, 2012 at 8:10 pm)cbell39 Wrote: When I was in Christianity, I used god as the meaning of life. Heaven was the main goal. Now that I am an atheist, I am having trouble finding my purpose in life. So the question is now what? I need to find the point to being alive. That may sound somewhat depressive or suicidal of me, but I swear its not. I find wonder in this amazing world, I just want to know where I fit in. I want to do something worth my time. I don't want to waste my life. I need a purpose.
Did anyone here feel a loss of purpose when you became an atheist? How did you find your purpose? Do you have any suggestions on some philosophy to read? Any advise on finding my purpose? Do you have any stories you would like to share?
You can create you own sense of purpose. I've never been in a situation where I felt meaningless. I've always been an atheist.
Who do you want to be in life? What do you want to do?
There are many things to do, many paths to walk down. You can walk down many if you so wished.
If your purpose in life was to die and hope for another life then you're pretty much devoid of any purpose. It's like your only purpose for being here is to be there ('there' being some afterlife that may not exist). My purpose for being here is for the journey, not the destination.
If there is no other life beyond this one, all the living and waiting for this afterlife would of been a complete waste. The one and only journey spent hoping for a more luxurious one.
It does not do well to dwell on dreams, you'll forget to live. Life is a journey, not a destination. You don't want to reach the destination, because it'll mean the end of the journey.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
