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I personally think it is very sad when [b]theists claim that without their god they would be homicidal suicidal maniacs with no meaning and purpose in life[/b]. I actually see MORE meaning and purpose in my life when I realize that this life is all there is. I also think that if there's an afterlife it would lose it's meaning after a while because after the first 1,000 years of doing and experiencing everything it would get old. I would rather live this life with meaning and purpose then waste this life pining for an afterlife that may not even exist.

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There are several things going on in this paragraph, but I want to focus on the highlighted statement.  I did not make that claim.  In fact, I will get back to the fact that most human beings have a profound moral sense in a moment.

But I did point out, and nonbelievers affirmed this to be true, that in a materialist universe, we may assign meaning to things, but they are still actually just things.  The meanings we assign are personal and ultimately arbitrary.  Some people use reason to guide their actions--until they don't.  Some people use power to guide their actions.  Those are meanings they choose, but there is no ultimate arbiter.[/quote]

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