THIS Is A BIG Problem For Atheists?!?!?!? #atheism #atheist #christianity #god

[RuminatingRaptor]

They always have to misquote to pretend they made a good point.

[joelonsdale]

If you decide you have a purpose, you have a purpose.

[somersetcace]

The meaning to life is to give life meaning. We all do it. Some of us choose ready guides and some don't. That's the only difference.

[SnakeMan]

It's neither unsettling nor something an atheist *has* to answer.

[Akkordeondirigent]

Yes, but look how joyful he seems to be for thinking he made a valid point! Kind of cute, in a way. 😀

[bradypustridactylus]

My answer to this question comes from existentialism, not atheism. Go to the right field of questioning to get a proper answer. It's like asking why geometry does not have the answer to schizophrenia.

[exvangelicarol]

It was a huge RELIEF for me to realize that my life did not have to have a purpose. I no longer have to "discern gods will"😖 that had caused me so much anxiety! Now I'm free to just simply be me 🥰

[Tnargav]

When someone asks that question you already know they are barking up the wrong tree.

[bokononbokomaru]

The meaning to life is to mindlessly enslave yourself to an undetectable, magic tyrant that always needs money...

[llamathrust]

as our lord sir sic would say... No, now wheres my scotch.

[TheSkepticBeingHindi]

I am an atheist and I never asked this question to myself. I love being alive and I am extremely happy without any bs of religion.

[oldline]

The Christian here is super creepy. I wouldn’t let him near a child. Is child molestation a part of their meaning of life?

[davidfrancis]

Why do theists think we HAVE to answer all these questions?

[RobertSmith-gxmi]

The only question I have to answer is do you believe Evidence exists to support the allegations made supporting the existence of supernatural deities and that answer is emphatically no.

[thomaslance]

I had to stop watching. I couldn't deal with yet another fundie bringing up Dawkins! Dude thinks we worship Dawkins.

[hansj]

The arrogance to think we're super special is staggering.
Our planet has been around for 4.5 billion years, we've been here for around 200.000 years. But they think it's made for that makes no sense

[nixhixx]

“Anyway, if you stop tellin' people it's all sorted out afer they're dead, they might try sorting it all out while they're alive. ” ― Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, Good Omens

[greyfade]

I don't understand the question. "Meaning" in the context of life is a category error.

I hear apologists ask questions about meaning far more often than I've ever heard anyone ask it of themselves, never mind the fact that I can't make enough sense of the question to apply it to myself. I can't find a context where "meaning of life" makes any more sense than Deep Thought's answer to the ultimate question, and so the question, and any potential answer to it, may as well be a jumble of nonsense words.

Ask me a question that isn't a deepity.

[exactlyLondon]

Just like always. It was pleasure to listen to you. 👍👍👍

[RustyWalker]

"Is there meaning to life?"
If he's going to ask it that generally, then yes - for genes to propagate themselves.

That's it.

"The universe we observe [etc]."
So? That doesn't invalidate the meaning to life. The properties of the universe are not the properties of life in that universe. That's a fallacy of division.