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When I look at "normal" people going about their lives doing exactly what everyone else is doing it makes me wonder if that path of doing what's normal leads to a better and more productive life. What I mean by normal is that you hold a really focused philosophy of what you're supposed to do in life: you are born, you mature, you reproduce and die, that's the "normal" cycle of life. In addition, most people tend to devote their lives in a god that promises them a rich heaven after they die, in my opinion, that makes life easier to cope with when you have an external source of salvation, that if you do such and such thing, you're going to get such and such thing as a result. People are confident in that regard and gives them comfort, so they continue their lives as best as they can.
Then comes people like me who do nothing but look around and wonder what's the point in life because they get so stuck in their heads and realize that life is not so clear cut as a person in the description above make it out to be. You see through every contingency in the logic of others, and as a result, people tend to think you're weird and deluded. You start to make no sense at all and because of it, you become more and more of a recluse. Unfortunately, there's nothing these people can do, you can only put a persona to mask your inherent unconventionality so you can more or less interact with people. Another thing that makes life more difficult with people like me(atheism) is that you have to put another task on your shoulders of finding your own purpose in life without the aid of an external guide. You have to navigate yourself through the vast ocean of finding a unique truth for yourself to justify your own existence and why you're even here on this planet.
Which path have you chosen for yourself? Or any thoughts on the matter
Edit: I'm sorry if I'm not making any sense, but as you can see, I took the latter path.
Then comes people like me who do nothing but look around and wonder what's the point in life because they get so stuck in their heads and realize that life is not so clear cut as a person in the description above make it out to be. You see through every contingency in the logic of others, and as a result, people tend to think you're weird and deluded. You start to make no sense at all and because of it, you become more and more of a recluse. Unfortunately, there's nothing these people can do, you can only put a persona to mask your inherent unconventionality so you can more or less interact with people. Another thing that makes life more difficult with people like me(atheism) is that you have to put another task on your shoulders of finding your own purpose in life without the aid of an external guide. You have to navigate yourself through the vast ocean of finding a unique truth for yourself to justify your own existence and why you're even here on this planet.
Which path have you chosen for yourself? Or any thoughts on the matter
Edit: I'm sorry if I'm not making any sense, but as you can see, I took the latter path.