It's just a response, but..

...it made me think, so. This was my response to a post by weaselsnout ; I'm reposting on my journal to see if I still agree with myself next week. Here goes:

I put off commenting on the Faith one because I realize I have no clue what I think about that.

Ditto here, but I have to jump in, anyway. I also believe that life is finite and without larger purpose.

But those of us who are here are here. We have survival drives that include the basics (food, sex, shelter). But research is showing that more "positive" instincts are also basic drives. Nurturance obviously (no, I don't have much of that either, but it's good some of us do), compassion, cooperation--are just as crucial to the survival of the species as killing for food or taking territory from other beings. Some people argue that our brains created the notion of "God" to keep us doing things that might be difficult but are ultimately essential to our survival. So, valuing "life", giving blood to a stranger, the Golden Rule.

Sure, that's all gotten warped out of proportion with the idea that a bundle of cells is "Life" or that God wants us to kill those not like us.

Comes down to, yeah, if you're not willing to take a pre-packaged version, you gotta figure it out for yourself. Might take a lifetime, but what else you doing? Playing video games?

And if you don't believe in an afterlife, you don't gotta worry about what that's going to be. But...uh...just in case, bring water. [/reaper]

You think this is a crisis? I just figured out this week that I DO believe in love, after all. Damn it.