You're listening to, atheistically speaking. I'm going to Hey everyone. We have some comments today that we'd like to talk about.

David, why don't you tackle the first comment there?

Sure. So this one is from atheistically speaking.com by Steve Israel on AS9

Purpose and Meaning.

He says, as a relatively new atheist, I find my life much more satisfying and content with the absence of religion.

Happiness comes in many forms and has many triggers.

Depression is necessary in our lives to give us the drive to improve ourselves.

I'm happier in my life now as an atheist knowing that I alone and responsible for my actions and interactions with others versus asking for or believing in divine interventions when things get tough.

Yeah, that sounds right on to me pretty much. I mean, I don't know that depression is necessary.

That's the only thing that I'm not entirely sure of.

But I think that's great.

It's always cool to hear from a new atheist.

It definitely is just a completely different life really. I mean once you go from from like he said thinking there's a someone who's in charge of everything to not I think it's a big change. Yeah, I don't know how much we touched on this in the episode about purpose and meaning, but I think that, I think it's empowering to think or to live your life as an atheist that you alone are responsible for your actions and interactions as Steve writes

Then it's very different than thinking that there's an afterlife it puts much

more responsibility on the decisions you make I find that empowering some people

think that that's kind of a bleak way to think of it but not not me I think of it is a kind of a

positive thing yeah okay so do we want to go to the next one mhm so this one is

off of the Facebook page again on the same episode AS 9 Purpose and Meaning.

We have one by Jake.

He says, meaning implies intention and intention requires a brain. I give meaning to my life through my intentions.

I intend on giving my son an environment in which he can grow up happy and healthy.

He is just about the happiest when he is on the ice battling for the puck, so I go to great lengths to make that happen.

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