Theists say that the main purpose of life is to pray to and worship God. What would atheists say is the purpose of life, what is the meaning of life?
Why would human life have any different purpose than a single cell organism. Life lives and then dies. What living organisms do in between that varies, but they usually grow, sometimes reproduce etc.
To attribute any other purposes would suggest that there is some higher or outer consciousness.
I can choose a purpose to act on, but I have not found anything else that directs a purpose.
If the purpose of doing those things you say is to have life everlasting with the almighty. (You say God, so i asume you mean christians who are working toward heaven.) If the purpose of being what is interpreted as a good christian is to get into heaven, then the atheist is living only one shot, yeah? We're doing our best here on earth with one life because it's all we got. (In my opinion)
It is what one makes of what is meaningful to them. I think the question should be rephrased as "What is the meaning of your life?"
The purpose of life is to be happy. What makes me happy is making others happy.
to live in the moment as best you can....there is no second time around so enjoy everything, learn as much as you can, make others' lives better and pave the way for future generations to have their chance at the same things...when you are done, hopefully, you enriched the life of at least one person who will do the same for another...