Humanism has the Answer

[Not Insane]

Originally Posted by watsup1000

Retort: So much wrong with the reply above. Atheism is the lack of belief in a "God" and does not contain a moral philosophy, per se. As previously stated, Humanism is the ethical construct used by a great many atheists.
The first need is to define Humanism: an understanding that humans alone are responsible for their short-term and long-term conduct in society with no need for a "divine" input. As such, humanism has been around since the dawn of "civilization" as evolution produced the first homo genus creatures. As soon as people began to congregate, there was a realization that certain codes of conduct (ethics) would make their interactions more stable. And thus rules such as no stealing, no lying, leave the other person's sexual mate alone, be respectful towards others, came into being. Well in advance of any "Ten Commandments", for certain.
And "wisdom" comes not from "fear", but from CURIOSITY about the world around us and LEARNING through various techniques what it is about.
And Humanism has the answers without resorting to "fear" or myth or superstition, as does religion.

If there is no divine input, nothing has purpose. A thing can not give itself purpose. It can only believe it can give itself purpose. At the end of the day, if there is no God, no man has purpose and mankind itself has no purpose. You can rape, kill and pillage without consequence other than more powerful people killing or enslaving you for doing it. And you're gonna die no matter what you do anyway. Life is truly and utterly pointless. Giving it some sort of purpose in your mind can keep you sane, but without a creator and purpose, that is only playing games with what is real.

Humanism is a dead end philosophy.