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Atheism and meaninglessness (view source)
Revision as of 02:27, February 19, 2025
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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>
In December 2003, the University of Warwick reported:
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: "Dr. Stephen Joseph, from the University of Warwick, said: "Religious people seem to have a greater purpose in life, which is why they are happier. Looking at the research evidence, it seems that those who celebrate the Christian meaning of [[Christmas]] are on the whole likely to be happier."<ref>http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/2003/A/20037338.html</ref>
Although [[Bertrand Russell]] was an [[agnosticism|agnostic]], he had favorable views of atheism.<ref>Russell, Bertrand (1947) "Am I An Atheist Or An Agnostic?"[http://www.luminary.us/russell/atheist_agnostic.html] Most online sources say "by which one prove," probably a mistake.</ref> Bertrand Russell wrote in 1903 about [[entropy]] and the [[universe]]:
Although [[Bertrand Russell]] was an [[agnosticism|agnostic]], he had favorable views of atheism.<ref>Russell, Bertrand (1947) "Am I An Atheist Or An Agnostic?"[http://www.luminary.us/russell/atheist_agnostic.html] Most online sources say "by which one prove," probably a mistake.</ref> Bertrand Russell wrote in 1903 about [[entropy]] and the [[universe]]:
Only within the scaffolding of these truths, only on the firm foundation of unyielding dispair, can the soul's habitation henceforth be safely built." <ref>[http://www.alamut.com/subj/ideologies/pessimism/entropy.html Entropy and heat death]</ref>}}
Only within the scaffolding of these truths, only on the firm foundation of unyielding dispair, can the soul's habitation henceforth be safely built." <ref>[http://www.alamut.com/subj/ideologies/pessimism/entropy.html Entropy and heat death]</ref>}}
[[Image:Billcraig_czvx.jpg|thumbnail|left||200px|[[William Lane Craig]] ]]
[[Image:Billcraig_czvx.jpg|thumbnail|left||200px|[[William Lane Craig]] ]]
[[William Lane Craig]] declares:
[[William Lane Craig]] declares about [[atheism and the meaning of life]]:
{{cquote|What we're asking here is not how atheists find meaning in life, which would be consistent with saying that life is objectively meaningless but somehow you've got to get through so how are you going to find some sort of meaning to your existence? Well, you'll invent projects that will bring you satisfaction and make you feel good and so forth, but that has nothing to do with whether or not life has an objective meaning or value of purpose.<ref>[http://www.reasonablefaith.org/where-do-atheists-find-meaning Where Do Atheists Find Meaning?]</ref>}}
{{cquote|What we're asking here is not how atheists find meaning in life, which would be consistent with saying that life is objectively meaningless but somehow you've got to get through so how are you going to find some sort of meaning to your existence? Well, you'll invent projects that will bring you satisfaction and make you feel good and so forth, but that has nothing to do with whether or not life has an objective meaning or value of purpose.<ref>[http://www.reasonablefaith.org/where-do-atheists-find-meaning Where Do Atheists Find Meaning?]</ref>}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv3TFg9SJb4 Atheism: Unyielding Despair] - video
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv3TFg9SJb4 Atheism: Unyielding Despair] - video
*[https://publicchristianity.org/library/new-atheism-and-a-meaningless-universe#.VDA2NRYy5l4 New Atheism and a Meaningless Universe]
*[https://publicchristianity.org/library/new-atheism-and-a-meaningless-universe#.VDA2NRYy5l4 New Atheism and a Meaningless Universe]
== Atheism and the meaning of life ==
See: [[Atheism and the meaning of life]]
== Atheism and personhood ==
See: [[Atheism and personhood]]
== Evidence for Christianity ==
== Evidence for Christianity ==
*[[Absurdism]]
*[[Absurdism]]
*[[Existentialism]]
*[[Existentialism]]
*[[Atheism and emptiness|Emptiness of atheism]]
*[[Meaning]]
*[[Atheism and knowledge]]
*[[Atheism and knowledge]]
*[[Atheism, agnosticism and pessimism]]
*[[Atheism, agnosticism and pessimism]]