**Actually, I am quite happy that our species evolved and that I am here to enjoy the pleasures thereof.**
For how long?
You don't know, do you? Even if you live to 100 yrs, it will be here before you know it.
I'm 51, and have seen my share of young lives ended in tragic accidents.
For people of your mindset, this is it. No soul, no afterlife, no hope.
What would you do if you had a child with a terminal, incurable, disease, lying in death's grip? I suppose your evolved emotions would cause you to cry tears from your evolved tear ducts. Say a prayer? No, that would be a waste of time.
I am always amazed at the evolutionists 'know-it-all' position.
The grave awaits us all. Some of us are positively convinced that that is not the end.
Eternity is too long to be wrong.
Happy New Year!
The desire for such a comforting possibility is a strong incentive to believe that it is true, regardless of the poor evidence for it.
You posted: "Eternity is too long to be wrong."
Reply:
Inasmuch as there is no evidence of the 'eternal life' of which you allude, I have no interest. Countless 'mediums', 'psychics', witch doctors, and priests have claimed the ability to communicate with the departed, and all, to date, have been shown to be frauds preying on the gullible.
There is a much better faith, from the Quakers (not an exact quote, from my imperfect memory): 'I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow-creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.'
For me, this reminds me of what we do in this life, the only one we know.