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Indeed. I consider the purpose of my life just to enjoy life as much as possible for the short amount of time I'll be on Earth. I keep it simple. Do more of the things that make me happy, do less of the things that don't make me happy.

Please. Your bias is showing based on probably one or two atheists you know. I don't believe in god and I despise government.

Often times I'll hear a song before bed and wake up the next morning with that song stuck in my head.

I have not read the book, but think logically for a second. How on Earth do you correlate socialism to atheism, and capitalism to theism?

You might disagree with that, but you would be wrong to do so. Objectivism states that the proper moral purpose of one's life is the pursuit of one's own happiness or rational self-interest. That doesn't mean at any cost, or at the cost of someone else's happiness. If you think you...

Well the measures are probably oversimplified, but they certainly aren't arbitrary or BS... I guess the question is, what are the countries that consistently rank high on these "quality of life" studies doing differently than those who rank lower? Out of curiosity, what do you have against...

http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org Called Your Better Life Index (watch video), the tool is part of a larger OECD Better Life Initiative that aims to measure well-being and progress. The index allows citizens to compare lives across 34 countries, based on 11 dimensions -- housing, income...

Now THAT is a religion I could really get into! Sunday morning booze sessions, sacrificing my liver to the gods, etc.

Religion may have been the cause of civilization, but it will also cause civilization to end. There is nothing more disgusting than a holy war (my make believe ruler vs. yours).

Good point. Obviously god wants you to be an atheist. God sure does work in mysterious ways! :D

Full Metal Jacket quote: Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: It looks to me like the best part of you ran down the crack of your mama's ass and ended up as a brown stain on the mattress.

Given many Americans' hardcore religious beliefs, it would be political suicide to not at least pretend to believe in god in public.

So why, when something can't immediately be explained, do some people default to god? Why is it not enough to say "I don't know what the fuck that thing was in the sky".

So the question then becomes why is my data set different from yours? What kind of data do you have that I don't, that assigns a higher probability of god existing in your mind than in mine?

This is the best post you've ever made, my short friend. And I truly think this is why many religious people believe in god. In their heart they know the concept is absurd, but on that outside chance it isn't, they believe "just in case".

We don't know. Again, that is the point. But the fact that we don't know if all we perceive is all there is should not mean that the default position is to believe in a higher power. This is false logic if you ask me. Innocent until proven guilty. Does not exist until proven it exists.

What you're saying to me makes absolutely no sense. It might ring true with someone else, but personally I cannot make sense of your argument. To me, it sounds like you are saying you believe in god because you don't really know what's out there, and you think you've experienced some sort...

I openly admit that I, nor anyone, really knows for sure. My question is why is your default position to believe in god? Is it not, at the very least, equally as possible that almost infinite universes exist as there is a god who created this whole shebang? Why do you automatically dismiss...

I can appreciate this fact, and I KNOW that I haven't put it all together, and I KNOW I never will. My problem is understanding how someone who admittedly doesn't know what the fuck is going on out there, can believe in god? I guess you could say I put the existence of everything in...

That is great for you. But surely you can understand why an atheist would think you are crazy when you try to present this as evidence of god.