We are religious being.
Our religion is what connect us together and what made our society possible.
Disconnecting of religious leave us aimless, meaningless. You become materialist, nihilist.
Some will chase money or success and will keep them going for a while, but that’s not a good goal. You might reach your FU money and then realise that after a while you are still aimless and fun isn’t fun anymore.
So my atheist understanding of our ’God’ is that our goal should always be truth and love.
Aim toward the best thing you can toward truth and love and see where it lead. Money can be useful, is needed to move forward but it’s not the goal in itself.
The same is true of compassion, it sound good and is important, but can never take the place of truth (the current social justice propaganda is a good example)
These things are called "false idols" thing we chase to our own detriment.
Your purpose is thus to orient yourself toward the highest goal of truth and love you can imagine at the moment. Say your truth even if it cost you your job (without being stupid), that should be a adventure in itself.
Maybe your purpose today will be to help someone you know, or to clean something, or to make the best software for someone, or to make someone smile with a good joke on a rainy day. Or it come become a big plan to start a company, etc.
It’s not one thing or a material thing, it’s the alignment of your being toward truth and love as long as possible, as often as possible. It’s a never ending journey, you can always be a bit better tomorrow.
Pray, ask the questions you have in your mind.
Listen to the answer that come and see where it lead you. rince, repeat.
Start reading the bible (it surprised me how good it is)
We are religious being. Our religion is what connect us together and what made our society possible.
Disconnecting of religious leave us aimless, meaningless. You become materialist, nihilist.
Some will chase money or success and will keep them going for a while, but that’s not a good goal. You might reach your FU money and then realise that after a while you are still aimless and fun isn’t fun anymore.
So my atheist understanding of our ’God’ is that our goal should always be truth and love.
Aim toward the best thing you can toward truth and love and see where it lead. Money can be useful, is needed to move forward but it’s not the goal in itself. The same is true of compassion, it sound good and is important, but can never take the place of truth (the current social justice propaganda is a good example)
These things are called "false idols" thing we chase to our own detriment.
Your purpose is thus to orient yourself toward the highest goal of truth and love you can imagine at the moment. Say your truth even if it cost you your job (without being stupid), that should be a adventure in itself.
Maybe your purpose today will be to help someone you know, or to clean something, or to make the best software for someone, or to make someone smile with a good joke on a rainy day. Or it come become a big plan to start a company, etc.
It’s not one thing or a material thing, it’s the alignment of your being toward truth and love as long as possible, as often as possible. It’s a never ending journey, you can always be a bit better tomorrow.
Pray, ask the questions you have in your mind. Listen to the answer that come and see where it lead you. rince, repeat. Start reading the bible (it surprised me how good it is)