What is a "God"? If you accept the definition of an Omnipotent/Omniscient being that exists beyond our own mortal selves... then such a being would be as much, if not more, advanced than we are to any other lower lifeform we know of.
Lots of people want to end their existence.
Lots of people do things that aren't rational. As long as they aren't hurting anyone else directly, why should we get in their way? It isn't our life. It's theirs.
Deciding what is real based solely on my own intelligence seems like a bad idea.
Why? You'd trust someone else to come up with those ideas for you? Are you sure they have your best interests at heart? If you are that sure, then why so uncertain about your own abilities in discerning the answers to such questions yourself? Seems like you are trying to put off having to come up with hard answers for yourself...
I don't have any problem applying my intelligence to what competing religions, or even competing gods say.
Which is more than enough intellectual horsepower to work through the calculus to come up with those answers for yourself despite your protestations otherwise. ;-)
You'd have to define advanced in some more concrete way for me to understand your point. So far as I know, there are many "lower" life forms that we can communicate with. There are others we can't. There's no reason for me not to believe that and advance omniscient/omnipotent being could not figure out how to communicate with us.
Lots of people do things that aren't rational. As long as they aren't hurting anyone else directly, why should we get in their way? It isn't our life. It's theirs.
You've only called it irrational, not explained why it is so. But that doesn't begin to address my question. My question was what you believe is an acceptable alternative for you.
Why? You'd trust someone else to come up with those ideas for you?
I would trust someone who is omniscient/omnipresent. Wouldn't you?
Now as to the point that started this whole discussion, you keep insisting that the "why" we are here isn't important by insisting that your answer to why we are here is the correct one. That doesn't make sense to me. If you really thought it didn't matter, you would not say we are here for no reason, you would say it doesn't matter. You would not try to convince me that you are correct and there is no reason, you would try to convince me that it doesn't matter.
Whether you believe in God, Intelligent Spaghetti, or an accidental grouping of molecules, clearly it matters.