Today we know that matter and energy are interchangeable, hence they are there always in either form, they are eternal, hence requires no CREATOR. Hence atheism is right in rejecting a creator, but failed in providing any motivation for people to do good. Religions, in their effort to provide a motivating factor for humans to do good, introduced creation stories and other myths; hence they too are right (as far as their intention is concerned), yet failed in producing any worthy results—world was steadily moving from bad to worse and from worse to worst!
It means both atheism and theism did not accomplish much!
Actually truth is very simple! Take something very fundamental like an electron. It moves in the orbit. After completing first revolution, can it rest? Can it change the direction of revolution? Can it change the orbit? It has to move into the same orbit again and again, eternally. What is true of micro is true of the macro also.
Now, move to a greater awareness: Life means to die at every second. In this type of awareness, life is as a strawberry shortcake and as we live we eat pieces of that cake, until there is none. That is death. There is death everywhere. In our body (which is made up of cells) there are always some cells that are dying every moment. There are over 50 millions unborn babies waiting to be killed in the name of abortion every year. There are billions of animals for the slaughter waiting to die, to become tasty meals for us humans…. Thus death rules everywhere! In this type of consciousness, we are aware of being an ignited candle, which will burn away, someday… Thus if life is about dying, then dying should be about living… Because, if what is observed is eternal, then the observer too is eternal. If an individual observer is eternal, the Supreme Observer is also eternal. The ancient wise knew this, hence Abraham named God as “the Eternal” (`Olam, in Hebrew) in Genesis 21:33 and Moses presented Him as “I am that I am.” (Exodus 3:14), which God Himself expanded later as: “I am the Alpha and the Omega … who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” (Revelation 1:8)
Most humans are somehow overly concerned with HOW and WHY of things, which gave a fertile ground for atheism and religions! Things happen “because” that is the way it should happen. There is no need to discover the “cause,” when the consequence is the child of that cause. The self-attested truth is that ONE-THING-LEADS-TO-ANOTHER—and this is the immutable, impartial, impeccable, inexorable, and omnipresent rule (and the TRUTH behind all happenings). It has been happening, and it is happening, and it will happen. (Ecclesiastes 1:9, 10)
Knowing this SIMPLE truth sets you free. Because you know, from experience of yours and others, that if you want GOOD results, you need to choose GOOD action. (Isaiah 3:10, 11) You might have observed being moderate is beneficial, whereas extremism is not beneficial. This is something we can see proof in our own bodies. When moderation is adopted in sleeping, eating, working, entertainment and thinking, our bodies’ vital organs respond pleasantly, otherwise they malfunction, and may even simply shut down! That means one can choose to drive his life either to comfort or to calamity—it all depends on the choices one makes!
That is the beauty of life—though we cannot reverse what has been done, we can see it, understand it and take lesson for the future!