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> >  > Perhaps I can try another summary of your various "truths" to make sure I&apos;ve understood you correctly. God is not needed to explain the origin of life, our individual identity is an illusion, God is not responsible for suffering, there is no afterlife, "it&apos;s no great tragedy that we as individuals die",*** the comfort lies in doing the right thing, and the purpose of life is to enable God to see momentary reflections of himself.  >  > *** Although you have prefaced this remark with a condition concerning God&apos;s own cycle of birth and death, I find it shocking, and wonder if it isn&apos;t one of those dramatic statements of yours that you might like to qualify. If not, I can only assume you have never lost someone you love, or witnessed the grief of those who have.-I think you have misundersteod Frank. "The comfort lies in doing the right thing" is the dying person&apos;s comfort. I feel the same way. When I am dying I want to be able to look back, and be pleased with my life, leaving the world a little better place.