Atheism and Purpose

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You know, what am I supposed to do with my life?

I don't know. Do you have any dreams or aspirations? That might be a good place to start.

What meaning do I have?

You, as a biological creature and a human being, have the meaning/purpose to mate and have kids. You know, survival of the species and all that.

Is there any reason for my birth?

Most likely, your parents wanted a child.

How can I find my purpose for being?

See "What meaning do I have?"

If there is no God who created me, then I have no purpose. No inherent purpose, no mission in life.

Wrong.

If everything is chaos and natural selection, then I'm just a determined entity. I don’t have to worry about “purpose.” There is no purpose. I am free from my existential dilemma.

Hmm. I guess that's true. But I'm not sure how believing in God would give you anymore purpose than you already have.

All I have to do is stop believing in God.

You see, that's not true. You have to actually believe that God doesn't exist, not just stop believing because you think you'll be "free". Those are two different things.

Have any of you had the same experience?

No. But I'll give you my atheist experience.

When I was around twelve, I started to question my beliefs in God. I believed in God because that's what my parents taught me. But I was curious about it, and I read the Bible cover to cover, and by the end of the book I was an atheist. I started to realize that there is no evidence for God. If there is, could you show me some? Because I can't find any. (And, of course, religious texts do not count as evidence because they were not written by God. They were written by man). And out of the many, many theories and possibilities about how the Earth, and the universe for that matter, came into existence, why is God the correct one? And how do you know you aren't believing in the wrong God? Which one is right?

And tada... I'm an atheist now.