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by manapause 1729 days ago
Existential comfort has nothing to do with God. It is the ability to appreciate uncertainty of purpose as being a side affect of free will.

Spirituality is bigger than God; Religious practice in the past of an atheist who is dismayed by their own existence within an atheistic framework needs to take a leap of faith I think.

Spirituality/Shamanism, org Religion, Monastic/ZEN Buddhism are paths to spiritual awakening, but I would argue heavily that absurdism i.e. understanding that there is so much to think about wrt the universe and me being here - but that's the universes fault.

All of you reading this because a protein bumped nasties with another protein, fast forward to your parents and now here we all are together...at the pinnacle of existence from the protien's point of view.