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E. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF GOD EXISTS OR NOT: GOAL OF LIFE IS TO BE HAPPY
It is irrelevant if God exists or not, as long as you are not imposing, killing, forcing others in the name of it. Do not become radicalized. Those who become religiously radicalized, they become terrorists killing others. Those who become scientifically radicalized, they become atheist and not open to further evidence. But Atheists never kills anyone in the name of belief. In that sense, no-religion is better than having a religion (one less reason to kill each other and force compliance of stuff on to others). It is better to keep an open mind (agnostic).
Ultimate goal of life is to be happy. It does not matter if god exists or not, if you are able to find happiness by believing or non-believing. By becoming radicalized (religious fanatic or hardcore atheist) makes people frustrated and angry, which erodes personal happiness. Do not become too emotionally attached to the belief. Always leave a door ajar for the further exploration, for us being wrong, for the opportunity to unlearn and relearn.
Happiness comes when we are at peace with: I (you), Us (people), Universe (god/science).
E.1. Be at peace with oneself:
Forgive yourself, love yourself the way you are, live with no regrets and guilt but carry the lesson learnt, practice self-esteem (self-confidence, self-belief - internal locus of control rather than external locus of control of belief in superstitions) and self-empathy (love and nurture yourself as you would your cute little sweet child).
Regardless of you are a believer or not, one can follow "aham brahmo asmi" (I am the God) i.e. one can be the creator of their own universe of happiness.
E.2. Be at peace with the world:
Be at peace with people, family, friends around us.
Do live, let live, allow space of differences and diversity of things, including ideology and faith. You do not have to respect them (respect others right to believe in nonsense, you don't have to respect their nonsense they believe in, refute the nonsense but do it cordially, no need to fight or convert, say your things, let people decide if they want it or not).
Regardless of you are a believer or not, one can follow "vasudewa Kutumbkam bhawa" (Whole universe is my home and family) i.e. be kind to all, say no to casteism (and its extension caste-based reservation ... lolz, there is more to life than just being a Jat, be a good human than a radical jat, we can be both good jat and good universal humanist without being castist), take care of your friends and family without being a martyr and without loosing your individuality, take care of our ecology and environment, etc.
E.3. Be at peace with Universe: be at peace with the higher questions of god, religion, big bang, scientific facts, etc
All religion proclaim to keep an open mind, but they self-contradict. They basically say, open your mind (implied) BUT ONLY TO WHAT I SAY, only to my interpretation of the truth but if you question the book/scripture/prophet who said so, then you are to be punished/killed for being a traitor/kafir/adharmi/non-believer i.e. open your mind to accept what i say and question within the parameters of what I allow but not beyond it. apana aapa bahar chod aao, complete surrender to me, open your mind to brainwashing without questioning. Lolz.
Further more, a lot of believers try to paddle their prophecies by trying to legitimize them by trying to explain unscientific belief/superstitions with the use of scientific terminology and/or reverse engineering.
If there was a mention of flying objects in Ramayana then there must be advanced aviation science (then why and when was it lost, why no pieces of vimans have been found? e.g. AVATARA 3D movie, the movie is a fact but things inside the movie are not, harry potter book is a fact but the tricks inside the book are fiction, ramayan is a fact and mention of vimana inside is a fact but that may be a flight of fancy and not an actual scientific achievement during those days).
F. JUST BE HAPPY ... fikar kare fukre

In the end, does not matter what you believe in, as long as it brings you peace and you are not forcing it on anyone including your kids and family members.
Sorry for the long comment. I did not mean to give a PHD (Permanent Head Damage). I have tried to put all the related things together to paint a picture, it is only one way of looking at it, there are other ways too.
It is a good framework to start exploration regardless of which paradigm you believe in, religious paradigm of "believe first then knowledge follows" or scientific paradigm of "find facts/knowledge first, then believe".
Keep an open mind, enjoy the pursuit of knowledge. Make the choice to be HAPPY and do not force your notion of happiness on others
Your turn, please share your views, so we can learn through you.
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