(November 4, 2014 at 10:00 am)whateverist Wrote: So you're an atheist. Are you also a skeptic? Does it puzzle you to experience a little synchronicity every now and then? Skeptics who assume the answers they already have are sufficient to explain every coincidence that may arise go too far. Dreams aren't completely well understood. I think you may interpret this any way that seems right to you. Does it make you question your lack of belief in gods?
Definitely doesn't change or alter my belief in Gods.. (Still don't believe and never will)
But would change and alter my beliefs with respect to human existence I guess..? I always come back to Science at the end of the day.. I sit and ponder what the point to human existence is all the time and I find the answer that 'Life is what you make of it' still very unsatisfying for many reasons one of the biggest ones being that I work with people who have mental health issues and deal with suicidal ideation a lot.
All I can ever tell these people is that this existence is the only one we have, and we need to make the best of it while we are still here. These people are severely depressed and don't have the same outlook on life as a lot of us.. and it is hard for me to try and find reasons to tell people to keep hanging on.. Some of the things these people have been through is just absolute insanity... I don't know how you help someone re-discover that life is worth living when some really horrible things have happened... I guess I see why certain people resort to religion? After some of the stories I've heard from these people that is all that they have to bring them comfort... How can I bring words of comfort for these people without imposing my Atheist views?
