An atheists guide to reality

[*Deidre*]

Alex Rosenberg, (in his book "An atheists guide to reality") at last an honest atheist who admits that ultimately atheism when taken to its logical conclusion leads to lack in intentionality, lack of meaning or purpose in life and nihilism. If only a few more atheists admitted this to the general public we would be a lot better off. The true colours of atheism are coming out.

So, one guy hasn't found any real "purpose" to his own life and you make the leap that all atheists feel that way?

A wee bit of a stretch. lol

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When I was following Christianity, my mind was always "torn" between focusing on this life and also on "the afterlife." The problem with religion is that it takes a "believer's" focus off of the here and now and causes the here and now to look "less than" the after life.

We should be wishing to support one another and make the world a better place. Religion divides, it creates competition and acts self righteous. To me, it is breeds angst fear and a sense of purpose as being an unhealthy focus on the whereabouts of one's soul after death.

All people would gain a greater sense of purpose and well being if we all worked together to make the world a more compassionate and tolerant place. Religion gets in the way of that, frankly and instead, causes more focus on a life that may or may not exist.