Who, what, or where is that initial cause? And, "I don't know" IS a cop-out. If you know for certain it is not God -- then, what or who is it? No inertia happens without a cause. What or who is our cause?
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The rest of the atheists have pretty much covered it. Bill, IF there was a god I could ask you the same question. What is our purpose?? I've posted it so many times, but you have such a short memory here it goes again. I don't know how we came to be here. I am interested, I would like to know, but, and I can't speak for others, it doesn't consume my life. We will NEVER know how we came to be here. I listen to and read all sorts of different theories/ideas.
The ones that make a glimmer of sense to ME, I read more of as they "progress", the ones that don't make a glimmer of sense, such as "someone who was always here played in the dirt, and HERE WE ARE to worship and grovel at his feet", I toss. That's the one many believe. Really? That's it? We're here to spend our days and nights worshiping and singing the praises of a god that played in the dirt??? Not to mention that god sounds more like a monster. "God did it" is the BIGGEST cop-out there is.
So, my "purpose" is to raise my kids, love and enjoy my family and friends, live out my life, help out people I CAN help, and try not to dwell on the ones I can't, and do it in a way that matters NOW. I want the people I love, that I "leave" when I die, to be happy when they remember me. Apparently you think your purpose is to spread lies about people you don't even know, just because they don't believe, or believe a different way than you. Some people bring to my mind the phrase, "no redeeming social value". You are one of those that bring that to my mind.