Totally normal for baptists to question an atheist's purpose in life. Baptist is a very insular denomination and many of its followers are 100% myopic. So kudos to the OP for taking the time to acknowledge that people of other faiths and non-faiths actually exist.
Objectively and literally speaking, the purpose of life is to live. To the individual, purpose is entirely subjective. I was raised Christian and studied religion in college. But it wasn't until I shed my religious faith that I truly began to search for purpose in life. The notion that Jesus leads you anywhere is an illusion. Your faith can lead you if you let it. I just learned to put faith in myself since prayer is nothing more than a glorified version of talking to yourself.
Purpose is not something you find arbitrarily through some deity and/or set of rules. Purpose, much like wisdom, comes with knowledge and experience. That's not to say all religious people have a phony purpose in life or that only atheists/agnostics can appreciate the concept of purpose, but I certainly view religion and other faith-based ideologies as speed bumps rather than fast lanes on the road to truth.
IIN to ask ...what is the purpose of living if you are an atheist ?
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Totally normal for baptists to question an atheist's purpose in life. Baptist is a very insular denomination and many of its followers are 100% myopic. So kudos to the OP for taking the time to acknowledge that people of other faiths and non-faiths actually exist.
Objectively and literally speaking, the purpose of life is to live. To the individual, purpose is entirely subjective. I was raised Christian and studied religion in college. But it wasn't until I shed my religious faith that I truly began to search for purpose in life. The notion that Jesus leads you anywhere is an illusion. Your faith can lead you if you let it. I just learned to put faith in myself since prayer is nothing more than a glorified version of talking to yourself.
Purpose is not something you find arbitrarily through some deity and/or set of rules. Purpose, much like wisdom, comes with knowledge and experience. That's not to say all religious people have a phony purpose in life or that only atheists/agnostics can appreciate the concept of purpose, but I certainly view religion and other faith-based ideologies as speed bumps rather than fast lanes on the road to truth.