Atheism and Purpose

[Paul the Human]

I think I would replace the word 'purpose' (as you've used it) with the word 'potential'. Every seed has the potential to become a tree. What I dispute is that there is some underlying, mystical purpose to life... some grand destiny we are meant to fulfill. I think that each person is born and can only make the best of their life's circumstances. We can strive for happiness and to be a 'good person', but whether or not we achieve it makes no difference in the end, beyond how others remember us.

And yeah... things have changed for the worse in the last few decades, but hopefully they will improve. If not... we still simply strive to be as happy as we can... if happiness is what we desire. Again... it makes no difference in the end. We die... we rot... the end.