Hi, I'm looking for answers

[Eilonnwy]

Pandering to the 'self' seems to be where problems occur. Why not be selfless? Isn't that the route to greater happiness?

How can you give to others if you can't give to yourself?

Do you think atheists are selfish?

To be honest, my recognition that this life is all I have and that I need to make meaning out of it myself makes me want to help people. There is no great orgasm in the sky after this. This big blue ball is all we got, and so many people experience pain and suffering in it. It makes me want to help them. I want everyone to have the best life possible. I want us all to work together to create heaven here, because this is the only thing we know for certain that we've got. So yes, it means gaining a sense of self, I wouldn't call it pandering. If I become completely selfless, how can I truly be happy? I've given everything I have away.

Atheism is more than just the knowledge that gods do not exist, and that religion is either a mistake or a fraud. Atheism is an attitude, a frame of mind that looks at the world objectively, fearlessly, always trying to understand all things as a part of nature part of nature.