RE: Question about meaning and perception of reality from a theist.
January 5, 2012 at 1:50 pm
(This post was last modified: January 5, 2012 at 1:50 pm by Erinome.)
(January 5, 2012 at 12:54 pm)amkerman Wrote: I'll give you an example. I'm not sure if you have children or not, but suppose you do. If your child was killed, you would probably think that would be bad. You would most likely think so because you believe that your child is of value; that your child had worth and purpose. Do you think that your child actually has worth or value or purpose, "meaning", or is that meaning to your childs life merely illusory, a figment of your perception as the father?
1. I do have children.
2. I'm their mother.
If one of them were killed it would be devastating to me because I love my kids. I believe they have value to me, because I love them. Do they have worth? To me they do. What purpose or meaning they have is entirely up to them, and I have no say on the matter. If they died, it would be upsetting that they died before they were even old enough to realize their own purpose.
(January 5, 2012 at 1:10 pm)amkerman Wrote: Also loura: your post is nonresponsive. It is simply questioning me. I'm not looking for you to diagram my response, but to answer how meaning can be real w/o a belief in God.
Here I'll restate it simpler:
Does life have value apart from our personal beliefs? If so, how?
- if you answer no to the first question that's the end of the discussion. Simple.
You don't need to quote me. You can just start, "life has real value apart from our personal beliefs. It has real value because..." and then just fill in the blank.
Or. You just say "no".
No.
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