looking at things objectively and the meaning of life pt. 1

how does one look at the concepts of goodness, religion, morality, existence, mortality, badness, belief, self and all that is in between from an objective standpoint?

every single person that has ever existed has looked down on the earth and up at the sky and asked: why? this is what makes us humans. as far as we know (get used to this phrase), beyond a reasonably scientific doubt, we are the only creatures to grapple with this seemingly unanswerable question, among others (also, get used to quotation marks with my words in them). these questions have eluded every great mind since the dawn of recorded history (have i built it up enough yet?), and is the very reason RELIGION exists (and is exiting, but more on that later). sadly it is also the cause of countless murders, civilization crippling doctrine, societally oppressive (and corrupt) leadership and santa's naughty list. it is also the inspiration for beautiful feats of architecture, many chief pinnacles of human ingenuity, countless acts of good and a large portion of existing literature. needless to say it is, as far as we know, in every persons life in some way, shape or form.

so again, how do we look at our own existence from a standpoint that hasn't already been skewed in any way? one would think you could simply shed all prior learned material on the subject, abandon everything and start from the ground up. the question you should ask yourself is: how would i, a puny mortal, search for the answers to all life's questions, to THE question without any sort of help? for starters, imagine that you have never heard anyone say anything about, well, everything (cell phones and twitter accounts are banished). it is important to realize that in doing this, you shouldn't be able to think of anything. this is good. now, completely free from t.v., facebook, newspapers, internet, other people and the very thoughts that were ingrained into your being since you were born (the very fiber of your existing morality) ask yourself: why are we here?