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Why does "goodness" have to be grounded in God's nature if "evil" does not? "Evil", as traditionally understood, is the misuse of human free will. There is no objective grounding for it. It logically follows that "goodness" is the proper use of human free will. How, then, is it necessary to...

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Obviously, given Theism, the un-examined life is "not worth living." However, on atheism, who cares about examining one's own life? If in the end, a person could have done better by making better choices based upon introspection and such, then there is no one to nag you and ask "Why didn't you...

You don't think God has a purpose for your life?

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What is this other thing you claim is possibly eternal? You say that you know that the world is not ordered so that the maximum number of people will benefit the most. How can you possibly know this? Eternity is significant because my good actions are a result of God's commandments to me...

What? I thought you are a Jew? You have no good reason to live? :waaah:

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That's the same as wanting to end my life in any other way. Wanting to walk up to an oncoming train. Wanting you to kill me. Wanting to jump into the pacific ocean with no supporting mechanisms. No sir. That is a sin as well. I am focused on the small parts of suffering because it does not...

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Allowing you to kill me, thereby allowing you to sin, is a sin itself. I don't want to sin. So I don't think that analogy works. I don't think we can all truly comprehend what non-existence is like, but we know that there will be an absence of any experience (At least on the non-Christian view)...

Do Atheists even read the explanations for stories in the Holy Bible? :D

Praying that you will find hope and love within the Lord and that people around you will treat you well! :prayer:

If God exists, he can order the world in such a way that the maximum number of people will benefit from the actions of others. Hence, the eternal significance.

There is no eternal significance for your actions. It may end up helping someone for some while, but it won't last if God does not exist.

Yes. God cannot deceive.