> > If there is not a creator, then life has no purpose and we > are all just little dust motes to be swept away in time, and > it doesn't matter what we believe or do because the whole > thing is pointless to begin with. (I personally find that to > be a little bleak). I mean why, even care what happens to > ourselves or our children, the planet, or anything, even Pentax > (hehe) if that's the case? > > If on the other hand, there is a creator and life does have a > purpose, then possibly there is much better in store, and it > could behoove us to look for that purpose rather than the other way. >
Why does the existence of God imply that there is a purpose and a point to existence? As so often, postulating the existence of God just shifts the question a little bit. It means we ask 'what is the purpose of God?'. 'Why is there a God?'. And if there is a God and there is a purpose to his existence, why is that less bleak than having no purpose? What, after all, is the point of having a purpose? You see, the questions just become more absurd when you look at it that way. On the other hand, why should an absence of external purpose be bleak? It's liberating. It means we get to decide how we want to live and what we want to do with our lives. Strangely enough, we usually come to the same conclusion as people who think there's a purpose, namely to care about children and family, and to try to help other people and make the world a better place. But we've come to the conclusion because we've thought it through, not because God has told us to and we'll go to hell if we don't do as we're told. 'Better in store' is a huge con used to keep the poor, simple and ignorant poor, simple and ignorant. Bob
