Life existed long before religion, yet it somehow survived anyway.

The meaning of life at the biological level is 'eat, survive, reproduce'. These are the biological imperatives. But we humans also have a psychological dimension but at this level, there are no imperatives so we are free to invent our own 'meaning' to life, and that is exactly what most of us do.

mine seems to be... i'm happy with it

Yes, It makes life even more meaningful.

Yes! The world is full of amazing things, religion only devides

The world would be great and wonderful without religions.

Meaning is merely an idea. You can have a good life without the idea of meaning. Just enjoy the moment; there does not need to be a greater purpose.

The point of life is that you are able to determine your own purpose. You must make your own life meaningful, or don't. It's your choice and you shouldn't depend on someone else to determine your worth or meaning.

I'm not sure. I can assign some meaning to it but it seems to me that life on Earth is an accidental event and essentially meaningless.

to me...absolutely. to the religious...absolutely not. they'd have to start dealing with reality and personal responsibility.

We create our own meanings and, most of the time, that's not what it meant at all. So, we definitely don't need religion to have a life full of meaning.

Yes! More meaningful because we can live for today and hope to help other generations and even our own to extend life, travel and learn what once were unspeakable imaginations and we can always hope, not have faith, but have hope we might get some other kind civilization to enlighten us so that we can be a better species as Religion has torn us apart and made borders...simple lines in dirt that cause death and tribalism and destruction.
We can also find peace in death because we know that even as it is the end, we were lucky enough to experience it.
I wish you all peace and love.

There really is no "meaning" to life. Life is just life & it is mostly painful. Religion is just something we are, as my brother puts it, "hard wired" to believe in. We are very fearful creatures because, as a mammal, we are one of the weakest. Without our weapons & technology, we would still be in the food chain. Once we developed weapons, we removed ourselves from those dangers & now here we are; an egomanical lunatic in the white house wanting to start a war so he can feel like his life has meaning & he has a big dick. My major request in life is that there be NO reincarnation. I NEVER want to live again. For me, human life is boring.

Yes.

I am living proof!!!!

Since Birth!!!!

Life is more meaningful and more beautiful without it. we can take joy and pride in our accomplishment and the accomplishments of others; we can do good knowing we do it because we want to, and not for an ulterior motive of gain.

I find it to be equally meaningless with or without religion.

Life without religion is meaningful. I know healthy, well adjusted people who describe themselves as atheist, agnostic, secular, humanist, naturalist and skeptic. For non-believers, we try to do good, not because we hope for "heaven" but because we feel better when we are being decent, honest and kind.

to put it in ONE word only, YES.

Yes! You learn to just make the best of this life, instead of want this life to hurry up and be over to get to the next life. That’s how I see it, anyway.

Life can certainly be meaningful without religion. But, I believe, that you have to find the meaning on your own, rather than being spoon fed by any one religion. Those who do have thought about it long and hard and made their own decisions are on a much more stable foundation than others that rely on only on 'faith.'

Test: Put your under water. If life has no meaning, you will have no trouble breathing in the water and staying under. Organically, we want to live. Intellectual lying makes us feel a loss of meaning. Be honest with your body. It wants to live and will fight death in the end or very close to it. Not happy with yourself? Find an external focus that does bring meaning to you. Choose wisely, you cannot expect to control the object of that external focus. Disappointment is always possible. Be prepared to accept it for what it is. External and secondary to your own existence.

Yes, just because you are not a "true believer" doesn't mean that life can't be enjoyed. Life has it's ups and downs but if you let the downs get to you you will miss out on t he beauty that is out there.

yes of course. you just need to find what is going to have meaning for you in your life. life is like an orange. squeeze it as hard as you can and get every last drop outta it. enjoy life as best as you can. i find i actually appriciate my life more knowin i have only one chance to leave my mark. i do good for the sake of goodness sake and not bc i think itll buy myway into a heaven.