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Miserable rock? The Earth is a beautiful, near-magical place. There are amazing creatures and plants everywhere. Color and shape combine into beautiful combinations. By science, yes. Science isn't just boring crap. (Which I actually don't think at all)
And where do you get motivation? How about from the fun of life? You're a depressing invidiual if you're telling me that the only reason you're living is so you can go to Fairyland. Life is great. Except for evil, (Which could be debated) life is great.
Science had nothing to do with the creation of the earth, no matter how you look at it. Science is the study of creation, which means it originated after creation.
Also, maybe I should rephrase. I wouldn't live the
same way if I didn't believe what I believe. I'd sleep around, do drugs, and commit horrible crimes that would benefit me, all in the spirit of having fun. Why should I care about the pitiful consequences this place has to offer? The worst thing they would be able to do to me is execute me. So what? I had a good run, right? I followed the evolutionary imperative to look out for myself, right? I was going to go eventually anyway. At least I had as much fun and served my interests as well as anyone could have hoped for.
So yeah, the only way I'm living the way I am is because there is such a thing as right and wrong, and because doing what's fun or what benefits me the most isn't necessarily the most important goal to achieve.
And dude... life sucks. From the moment you turn five, you get shipped to school to learn the skills you need to take care of yourself, to get a job, to pay for food, to eat, to live, so you can go to work the next day and earn more money to buy more food. Someday you'll retire, but by then you'll be too bogged down with health problems and maybe a family to enjoy your freedom. Sure, there'll be perks along the way, but in the grand scheme of things, they're extremely insignificant. Maybe if you're lucky, you'll influence a few more people than most; you might even become famous and have the ear of millions. But in the end, their lives are insignificant, too. No matter what you achieve, it's all going to come to nothing in the end, because nothing is all that awaits you.
Yes, evil is everywhere, in everyone. It pollutes and corrodes much worse than any smoke or greenhouse gas ever could. And that's not God's fault; that's our fault for trying to put ourselves on God's level in the first place. It's because of God's influence that we ever even think of doing the right thing. It's because of God's Son that we have any hope of escaping evil at all.
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