Well that's the thing, science is more about 'how' than 'why', and atheists generally put a lot of stock in science. Religion offers an answer to those questions that science can't answer, but none that I find satisfactory. To me at least, every answer simply begets another 'why'.
I don't think the universe has a reason for existing, and again to me, if no one else, that makes it all the more wondrous. Metaphysical opinions aside, I feel that the concept of a creator(s) diminishes the inherent beauty of existence. I can assure that as an atheist, when I gaze upon the night sky and the world around me, when I contemplate the insights that even my pathetically inadequate understanding of science bequeaths to me; I experience a beatitude no less profound than your own.
Apologies, I have rum. It always mellows me out
I don't think the universe has a reason for existing, and again to me, if no one else, that makes it all the more wondrous. Metaphysical opinions aside, I feel that the concept of a creator(s) diminishes the inherent beauty of existence. I can assure that as an atheist, when I gaze upon the night sky and the world around me, when I contemplate the insights that even my pathetically inadequate understanding of science bequeaths to me; I experience a beatitude no less profound than your own.
Apologies, I have rum. It always mellows me out
