RE: What is the meaning of Life?
January 8, 2016 at 5:51 pm
(This post was last modified: January 8, 2016 at 5:52 pm by robvalue.)
If there is an external meaning to some other agency, we don't seem to have any way of knowing what it is. And even if there is one, I don't know what the big deal is. "Big Dave" is watching us from reality #452 and is betting we'll all die out within another 500 years. Great, I feel so much better.
God is testing us to see if we do a bunch of stupid stuff he wrote in a book! What meaning is that? That's bollocks. That devalues life if anything.
Meaning, I would say, is entirely subjective. As such, we make our own meaning. And we mean a lot to other people. This life is probably all we have, so each experience matters. You can kill yourself, sure. Or you can have some experiences, then die. Depressed though I am, I'm still thinking positively enough to say while life is bearable I'll go ahead and have these experiences and make the best of them. And hopefully be a positive impact on other people's lives, adding something to their meaning, as I go.
God is testing us to see if we do a bunch of stupid stuff he wrote in a book! What meaning is that? That's bollocks. That devalues life if anything.
Meaning, I would say, is entirely subjective. As such, we make our own meaning. And we mean a lot to other people. This life is probably all we have, so each experience matters. You can kill yourself, sure. Or you can have some experiences, then die. Depressed though I am, I'm still thinking positively enough to say while life is bearable I'll go ahead and have these experiences and make the best of them. And hopefully be a positive impact on other people's lives, adding something to their meaning, as I go.
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