I always hear this question asked as if it's some profoundly deep philosophical conundrum that can't be answered. Well, it isn't. Fact is, life is just organic chemicals that can self-replicate. It has no intrinsic meaning. The fact that we have a complex enough bag of chemicals in our skulls so that we are self-aware means nothing. If the question is directed towards your life in particular, I'd say the answer is whatever meaning you will it to have.

I think any meaning you take from life is your decision. It's all internal. Is there any reason you can think of to improve yourself, the people in your life, or the world you live in? That's your meaning. People give themselves meaning, because their lives are ideally in their own hands.

Quote:Fact is, life is just organic chemicals that can self-replicate. It has no intrinsic meaning.

But, but, but, what about jebus?

Jesus can go fuck himself as far as I'm concerned.

Vodka

Aw...fuck it.


Why not.

(June 2, 2014 at 8:34 pm)Sejanus Wrote: I always hear this question asked as if it's some profoundly deep philosophical conundrum that can't be answered.

I think that as time goes on and human knowledge continues to advance and we keep discovering more and more about our world and universe, the fact that we do not ever find god leaves theists with no other option than to approach the matter from the other end-- is there a way to convince people that god has to exist? I think that most of the discussions here revolve around that idea, that the world cannot exist and cannot even make logical sense without god, therefore god must exist.

Personally, I think it makes no logical sense that a god that was so active and so involved in humanity and so downright IN YO FACE for thousands of years suddenly decided "bleh, the heck with it" and so completely and thoroughly disappeared that he left no trace aside from some very old campfire tales that were sloppily written and assembled into a book that doesn't provide the answers that its believers purport it to.

These questions --about meaning and purpose in life, about intelligent design, about metaphysics and NDAs and whatever else gets thrown around here-- are being discussed for the simple reason that god won't show himself and settle the issue once and for all.

There is nothing more depressing than the idea that our lives have meaning (reason) allocated to us by some over-bearing sky-dictator and that meaning is to worship him.

Fuck that!

I'm an atheist - I'm free - I have no pre-defined meaning laid out for me. I choose my own meaning.

Forty Two

“I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"

Death thought about it.

"CATS," he said eventually. "CATS ARE NICE.”

― Terry Pratchett, Sourcery