In article <3c145afa.1093074792@news.rcn.com>, dusbox@hotmail.com

wrote:

> Athiests, if I am correct, do not believe in the existence of god.

Yep.

> Assuming god is an omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent being. But if

> there is no god then what the hell are we doing here?

Well, I'm killing time before heading off to work. You seem to be

wanking.

"What are we doing here?" is a bloody pointless question - it assumes

that there has to be some "point" to existence. I see no evidence of

any such.

> I am in no way

> a follower or believer of any religion. But I do believe there HAS to

> be a god or this universe, earth, and my brain could not exist.

So? Go ahead and believe that if you like. Just don't try to convince

me that your belief has any merit.

> I

> cannot prove nor can I disprove god (feel free to prove me wrong...i

> hope you do). It just seems that if there isn't a god who cares then

> why do we bother continuing?

Is your life really _so_ empty that you need to ask such a question?

> Are we just afraid to die and thus we go

> on living. Or is it that we don't realize that if there isn't a god

> or an afterlife everything we do is pointless from our own standpoint.

So? I fail to see a problem. We are born - we exist; anything else is

up to the individual.

> Sure what we do affects others but if we die than it is as if we have

> affected nothing at all.

SO? If you’re dead then it can hardly bother you, can it?

> Just seems that if I surrender to my nagging belief that I am no more

> than a freakin speck in history of the universe I dont see a reason to

> go on.

Bummer, that.

> Luckily I can't believe this i just can't it seems we ( or at

> least myself) are too complex and too intricately designed to not have

> been created by something far superior. Anyway if anyone has found

> anything greater to life or at least a better meaning to why we

> exist...send it my way

*Lfie* is it's own reward. Enjoy what you can. Do what you enjoy doing.