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My attitude isn't actually that nothing matters. Colorles made the claim that having children is all about continuing your lineage; my point is to challenge him to actually give a meaningful reason why that is true. To show that there is some ultimate difference if he "continues his lineage". If...

It doesn't matter how similar you are to your children. Your existence, as a person, is not their existence. They are not you. You are a mix of your parents' DNA, but who you are is not merely your DNA. And none of this will matter once you're dead and gone. You can keep saying it matters, but...

I actually do have an idea of what the afterlife holds, and it's exactly because of it that I said this idea of "continuing your line" is a worldly and selfish motivation. If you have no idea what the afterlife holds, or if indeed you have no real reason to think there even is an "afterlife"...

You are not your ancestors. They are dead. Six feet under. And your descendants will not be you. In 100 years you will be dead, too. None of this will make any difference to you once you're dead. None of it matters.

No, you won't "live on". You'll be dead. Quite literally I bet you don't even know the names of your great great great great great great great great great great great great grandfather. Any of them. They're all pushing up daisies, and so will you. Will you be able to perceive that your line has...

"Continuing your genetic line" is meaningless. You're still going to die, what does it matter that you "carried on your line"? What difference does it make once you're dead? What difference does it make in 100 billion years when the whole universe goes out in heat death? The rest of what...

Yes. In the context of being married to a suitablr woman who will raise your children with you. As a Christian, I believe having children and raising them is one of the highest callings for all people. It's not about "continuing your line", though. That's a very worldly, selfish way of looking...