Atheists are mentally ill

[Faith No More]

But to you all of that is just a byproduct of some kind blind unintentional natural whatever it was that made the universe and it's all going to be dust eventually anyway. There's no real permanence or real relevance to it. You may think there is but what you think doesn't ultimately matter as you're going to end up the same way yourself.

Does that frighten you? Are you suggesting that beliefs should be based upon how they make us feel?

Have you ever considered that some people don't want to believe in something that is false, despite the consequences? I know I do, and not only does it not frighten me, it doesn't lessen my life or the lives of other.

In God everything has a permanence, everything has a purpose beyond your own opinion and you are partaking within it, everything you do in some way ultimately does matter in a real way.

What I hear you saying is "believing in god gives me a purpose and makes me feel good." Beliefs should be based on facts, not feelings.

What would be central wouldn't be a blind chaos that somehow churned out a fully functioning life generating universe but at the heart you have love and that would be ultimate basis of human existence right there. It isn't nature red in tooth and claw or survival of the fittest, it isn't about shoring up treasure on Earth.

It doesn't matter what is at the center of a belief. What matters is what is true, and the lack of a god doesn't lessen the human experience one bit. I also think it makes it that more important that we learn to make the best of the world we have for each other.