Why do people who believe in god think us atheists believe that life is meaningless?

The idea of life's meaning being handed to you as a command does not meet my qualifications for a "livable, realistic philosophy." Obedience is not living and it is not a philosophy, it is the opposite. If you like the life of a sheep, so be it.

Some of us want more and better.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.