masterplum posted...
So I personally don't understand how people don't believe in something. I can completely understand agnosticism but a belief in nothing at all confuses me. I don't understand why you would even bother doing anything productive or moral at all.
So I'm curious, what is your purpose for living? Does the concept of death bother you?
I would argue that the belief that there is no such higher power is only confusing was because you were raised to believe otherwise. i find it just as confusing that people would belief in a higher power based solely on faith. It may be the case that there is such a higher power that simply chooses not to intervene in human life, but if that is the case than his existence is irrelevant as far as I am concerned.
To address the other questions: I choose to be a good person for two reasons. First, the world is better off if everyone is follows "good morals," and I personally find my life more enjoyable if I behave as such. I would believe that people should behave morally for the sake of it rather than to appease some higher power.
On your last two questions, I dont think life has an intrinsic purpose, but my "purpose" is simply to improve my own life as much as possible without unjustly harming that of others. And yes, the concept of death bothers me, but I have accepted it as fact of life.
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