Purpose and Atheism or Purposelessness and Christianity, an Exploration By: Steven G. Harms Introduction: “…if one does not believe in God, where does one’s purpose come from? Where does meaning come from?” Essentially, and if I may be so gauche as to meta-analyze my friend and co-worker, Mice is asking The Great Existential Question. In this, he joins a long legacy of philosophers both atheist and Christian. I provide a quote and a ‘mindset’ that wrestled with a different formulation of the quote in parentheses. “Without God, what is the purpose of my existence?“1 (Ancient Greek, Roman virtue ethics) “Without God, what is the basis for moral behavior” (Sartre) “Under the all-watchful eye of a non-interventionist God, how shall I comport myself?