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I am an atheist. My life is lived in the absence of the belief in any diety or preternatural force. I identify my religious conviction as atheism. Therefore, atheism exists.
Purpose? Why do I need one? I am an atheist because I sincerely believe that there is no God. Likewise, my belief that the sky is blue serves no purpose; as Xenu said, Atheism simply exists. Must every idea have a purpose?
But if you really want one, I'll give you this: The purpose for my beliefs is my need to understand the universe around me. It makes me more comfortable with my place in the world to know precicely where I stand in the Great Scheme of Things. I can look at a clothespeg, and wonder at all of the tiny coincidences that put this clothespeg in front of me at this time. I can understand that my actions are ultimately devoid of meaning to the uncaring universe, but that I still have a moral responsibility to my peers, and my belief that I am the sole judge of my worth gives me a frame of reference in which to construct and justify that moral code.
So now, prosequence, I put it to you to justify your question; to explain your purpose in making me write this response. On what grounds do you make your assertion that Atheism does not exist?
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