@edgarblythe,
Of course they do.... assuming you feel about your children the same way that I feel about mine.
When I look at my children, I feel a depth of emotion about their importance in the universe, I feel sure that the billions of years of the Universe history from the Big Bang to every Galaxy happened so that my children could exist. They bring meaning to all of this. I am sure you at least understand this feeling... they explain existence itself.
There are two ways to understand this...
Looking from a purely rational point of view, this is the result of electro-chemical processes happening in my brain, processes that evolved over millions of years through a process of natural selection simply because these feeling helped certain species of primates survive across generations.
Or, I can look at the life of my children (and yours) as miraculous. I feel that they are precious miracles because they are miracles... that human children have a meaning that transcends proteins or DNA or brain chemistry.
To hold the second view, that there is something more to life than a set of chemical reactions, you must accept the supernatural. It is the belief that there is something beyond science and reason (which is the very definition of supernatural).
Do you believe in the supernatural when you look at your children Edgar?
I don't believe in God... that is why I am an athiest.
I do believe that life is miraculous and that human life is immensely valuable... that is why I am religious.
