(August 15, 2016 at 8:02 pm)Gemini Wrote: Instead of thinking about meaning as something imposed on us by the structure of reality (theistic or otherwise), think of meaning as something like a creative project. We create meaning, but creating anything is like searching through a infinite library of all possible meaningful stories/endeavors. Every possible story is already out there, in that library of all possible combinations of thoughts, and it's our job to find the good ones. The really good thoughts, durable enough to last through a phase of your life, or longer.
For me, a joyful, pleasurable life is a quest. A search for meaningful experiences, and the most important part is the people you experience life with.
I compare music with meaning, morality, and well being. We might all agree upon a spectrum of sounds that contain what we would call music but our individual tastes might range from opera to dissonant jazz.
God thinks it's fun to confuse primates. Larsen's God!
