Reply #24: If I read these questions correctly, religious people want atheists to create a religous dogma. [View All]

[Ytzak]

Who are we? - Humans. A natural byproduct ot the universal laws that came into existance when our universe expanded from zero to infinity.

Where did we come from? - The heart of exploding stars.

How shall we live our lives? - As ethical human beings, using rules that allow us to live together in communities of like minded heard animals.

How should society be organized? - Under a systems of laws that provide the greatest freedom to indiviudals without sacrificing the freedoms of any individual or group of individuals for another. (As a member of the human heard we should organize so that each individual can find happiness, have enough food, and a place to live.) i.e, society should be organzied so that every individual can reach the pinacle of Maslow's hierarchy of needs.



Where are we going after death? - A casket. Forrest Lawn. Worm Food. Since we are the emergent property of a highly developed biochemical computer, when that computer shuts down for the last time, all data will be lost. Only our genes survive, and only if we reproduce.