Let's Discuss... Life without religion

For most of human history, religion wasn't a lifestyle choice, it was part of life. It told you who you were, why you suffered, what death means, and how to live. Then science explained the sky, the earth, and everything around us, and we told ourselves we'd evolved past all that. But the meaninglessness of life was never explained. Millions of people are still medicated, addicted, and quietly lost, in the most comfortable civilisation that has ever existed. Maybe we just stopped feeding something that was never going to stop being hungry.

Can a life be meaningful without believing in anything bigger than yourself?

Can science tell you how to live?

Are the people replacing religion with politics, wellness culture, or ideology any less religious or just less honest about it?

Is dismissing religion a sign of progress, or are we just arrogant enough to think we don't need what every civilisation before us had?

Here is a video related to this topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DffqK6j-y1U

Please do your own research and share resources related to this topic in the comments below.
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The Examined Life "Let's Discuss…" session is an open, welcoming discussion, no prior reading or expertise required.
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