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####But truly a purpose in existence cannot make sense without faith in God####

As someone who has much faith in God, I can still conceive of an individual who feels a purpose in existence without God. However, I doubt most people could, and worry deeply about the effects of secularism on our society. As a conservative I recognize that the other side understands this. The ACLU isn't involved in these battles (not just evolution, but the Boy Scouts, abortion, etc.) for nothing. They have societal ramifications.

As someone who has much faith in God, I can still conceive of an individual who feels a purpose in existence without God.

Well of course you can conceive of such a person: you live in the modern age, do you not? And such individuals are legion. I imagine they are only such because they do not have a better alternative. But then, what do I know?

Thank you both so much for your replies!

The ACLU isn't involved in these battles (not just evolution, but the Boy Scouts, abortion, etc.) for nothing. They have societal ramifications.

Indeed they do. It leads to all kinds of bizarre societal ramifications: equal rights for animals, euthanasia, infanticide, to name a few. There’s also that pesky issue of criminal culpability for if the mind is merely an epiphenomenon of the brain, then the culprit is only doing what he must and cannot be personally responsible

As someone who has much faith in God, I can still conceive of an individual who feels a purpose in existence without God.

I know some atheists who declare a purpose in life. IMHO, any such purpose must be essentially self-oriented. IOW, such a purpose cannot not make "sense" with regard to "the" greater purpose - if one denies the determiner for that purpose, God, exists.