‘How do atheists find meaning in life?’ - - The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-faith/post/how-do-atheist-find-meaning-in-life/2012/01/18/gIQAbiFP8P_blog.html

Theistic religion reduces life to something that has no value other
than as the creation of an imagined deity. It decrees that purpose and
meaning can only be found in being that deity's puppet, having no
purpose but its purpose and no value other than as its handiwork.
Theistic religion looks on all that is best and most noble in human
impulse and endeavour and dismisses it as meaningless and worthless
--or worse: corrupt --unless done in the name of God. It is time to
abandon this baseless worldview. It is time to reject theistic
religion and start viewing ourselves and others with real dignity, as
beings with value in our own right and not just as the distorted
shadows of a fictional creator.
---SPSmith