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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I've heard that last paragraph so many times and I can't describe the pain I get in my eyes from them rolling so far back in my head.

Typically this shit comes from theists who can only find meaning in life if it comes in the form of some dusty old book written by unknown people some 2000 years ago.

Theism tells people their lives only matter to serve some made up deity for the hope of some eternal peace after they die. It's a socially acceptable cult praying on people who are lost, think they hold no self worth, or can't handle the existential terror of death.

You don't need theism to have meaning in life. The meaning of your life is the one you give to yourself, bereft of any outside influences. Nobody's life should be beholden to anyone else's standards or expectations.

We're all pointless. This life is all we get. Don't waste it trying to find some grandiose meaning. Just live it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

The group of non-theists I've surrounded myself with (atheist, agnostic, between) knows we are dumb meat bags. Our purpose is to make ourselves and the other meat bags around us a little happier and a little more comfortable. We don't really shout it out since we're not driven to convert others/profess faith and not trying to act superior over those that beleive in something. So there may be more around you than you realize just tying to not be a dick

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

i think the concept of death is relaxing. guaranteed that one day it will be over and you can rest

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We are not pointless at all, and I'm sorry you feel that way. What I wrote has nothing to do with theism or deitys or cults. :)