Faith that our lives aren't pointless. If there's nothing after death, then we are little more than bipedal invasive creatures that destroy everything we touch.
Do you eschew a good meal just because it ends? Do you fail to relish it because it won't last forever?
Moral compass. If there's no point to life other than random spontaneous creation of life due to hydrocarbon stacking in an unique fashion, followed by eons of evolution, than why punish murders/rapists/thieves? They are following their genetic predisposition, after all, and in the end (the "big picture"), there's no repercussions if we live only to cease living.
Because murderers, rapists and thieves create problems in the world we live in. Morality is negotiated behavior, and when people choose to defy the behavioral standards of the community they live in consequences are imposed. People who sufficiently disrupt the interaction of society must be removed from it for the benefit of the whole. There's no way to make a better world to live in for ourselves and our children if we don't take action ourselves rather than relying on someone or something else.
Enlightenment. I know. many people feel that this is counter-intuitive, but look at it from my point of view. As a believer in one true God, the only way I can really expect to fully understand Him more is to explore what I believe He has created.
The more preconceptions you bring to your search, the more likely you are to fail to achieve enlightenment and instead get sidetracked by your own confirmation bias.
Do you eschew a good meal just because it ends? Do you fail to relish it because it won't last forever?
Because murderers, rapists and thieves create problems in the world we live in. Morality is negotiated behavior, and when people choose to defy the behavioral standards of the community they live in consequences are imposed. People who sufficiently disrupt the interaction of society must be removed from it for the benefit of the whole. There's no way to make a better world to live in for ourselves and our children if we don't take action ourselves rather than relying on someone or something else.
The more preconceptions you bring to your search, the more likely you are to fail to achieve enlightenment and instead get sidetracked by your own confirmation bias.