As I said in a reply to somebody on here. What was it that makes You think that there’s nothing else but be Born, Live, Work and then Die?
It’s NOT a flippant question (to Me anyway).
Then the second part was “WHEN did You know that there’s nothing else”?
I would rewrite it Born Live Work Procreate Love Enjoy Life then Die, It's not a flippant question but its loaded by leaving out the wonderful aspects of life that you need no religious beliefs to enjoy. In fact atheists should enjoy more, because they believe there is no hereafter to sort the shit caused first time around. I probably knew in my early teens when my critical faculties started to see it was more about control than love, and all too earthly rewards.
I don't know if theres nothing else, but i aint going to fret over it. Im going to use the wiccan motto and i thinl it goes like this. do what you wish, hurt no one. Thats easy for me.
1 coz we are insignificant even to the planet. 2 when my favorite relatives died
And why is "Born, Live, Work and then Die" a bad thing? Why does there have to be "a purpose"?
I look at the animal kingdom for how ot live life: kill what you have to to stay alive, protect your family, roll around the grass on warm, sunny days.
kill less , roll more !
That sounds like a bit of a sad question (and I don't mean that flippantly, either). But I don't believe there is nothing else. The cosmos is awesome! in the most respectful sense of that word, and it will certainly continue. So will the world for a long time. I don't believe I will be around in a conscious sense after I die, but that doesn't mean there is nothing else. The "else" will simply recycle my bio matter and go on without my consciousness. But for my own experience, the "Live" part of your question is all-important. That contains so much. What makes me think that is reason. The evidence shows much support for the understanding that our consciousness is created by the machinery of our brains and biochemistry. When that dies and disintegrates, there is just no evidence--only wishful thinking--that our consciousness goes on in some way. To me, what makes sense is that it will be just as before I began, like nothingness, not good or bad. I won't be sad because I won't have the machinery to generate that feeling. It'll be okay. In the meantime, I choose to focus on how amazing Life experience is, pain, suffering, disappointments, and all notwithstanding.