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Atheism and meaninglessness (view source)
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As adults, children who attended religious services regularly are 47 percent more likely to have a high sense of mission and purpose.<ref>[https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/how-to-help-prevent-your-child-atheist/ How to Help Prevent Your Child from Becoming an Atheist] by Joe Carter</ref>
As adults, children who attended religious services regularly are 47 percent more likely to have a high sense of mission and purpose.<ref>[https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/how-to-help-prevent-your-child-atheist/ How to Help Prevent Your Child from Becoming an Atheist] by Joe Carter</ref>
Dr. Katie Galloway writes:
{{Cquote|My next question is, “Okay, but why choose atheism?”
After all, a lack of faith comes with distinct disadvantages. For example, studies show that people with no faith [[Atheism and depression|are more likely than their religious counterparts to suffer from depression and to commit suicide]]. Besides that (or perhaps at the root of that), atheism doesn’t provide any sense of meaning or purpose for life because everything will end with total annihilation.
Even if atheists argue that we can assign meaning to our lives, once the Sun burns out and the universe goes to heat death what is left?<ref>[https://www.bethinking.org/atheism/reclaiming-reason-from-atheism Reclaiming Reason from Atheism] by Katie Galloway, Bethinking.org</ref>}}
In December 2003, the University of Warwick reported:
In December 2003, the University of Warwick reported: