Why I'm Still a Christian

[Thumpalumpacus]

We could alleviate most of the poverty and hunger in the third world if every single person followed the instructions of Jesus and fed the hungry, clothed the naked and cared for the sick. That is what we have been called to do, but first we need to change the minds of those who would rather live for themselves. That is the way God has made it. In the very first book of the bible God gave dominion over the creatures of the earth to mankind with the commission to care for the world. Instead, too many of us ignore him and live only for ourselves. God intends for us to be the keepers of the world that he gave us - even though there is suffering involved.

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That's just the thing. Life makes no sense to an atheist. We live in this world with all this pain and suffering absolutely no reason at all. We're just here by chance. We live through the suffering and try to make the best of it and then we die with no memory of anything that happened. And this goes on and on until the universe self-destructs and something else comes about. All this for absolutely no reason! What kind of sense does this make?

We all assign our own meaning to our own lives. The difference between you and I is that you've assigned its meaning based on a mythological set of instructions rooted in fear and self-loathing, while I assign it meaning based on love and empathy for those in my circle of family and friends. Simply because you're incapable of understanding the meaning of my life does not make it meaningless -- it makes you incomprehending.