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I consider myself an atheist (perhaps leaning to agnosticism because I do not rule out the existence of some higher power, there is simply no reason to believe it true currently), but grew up in a Spanish household so would also describe myself as sort of "culturally catholic", if that makes any sense. In my life, nothing took place that made me "renounce" god, the belief just kind of faded without any pressure to maintain it, but for what it is worth I can see why people believe or have faith in religion or a god. However, from my perspective the universe is an immensely majestic place, life does happen to be incredibly complex, and so to merely attribute that to some god originates from a lack of understanding and/or wanting to ascribe meaning.
I also have no idea why people assume that there necessarily has to be some greater meaning to life, from my perspective our sole inherent purpose is to hydrogenate carbon dioxide, haha, but if you want or need a meaning to your own life then go ahead and create one. I don't care what others believe if it does not affect me, in fact many of my friends are religious and we get along just fine, you know.
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