RE: If Life is Meaningless Anyway, then What's Wrong with Religion?
September 21, 2016 at 3:41 pm
(This post was last modified: September 21, 2016 at 3:42 pm by Simon Moon.)
(September 21, 2016 at 3:31 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: I must wholeheartedly disagree with the OP! Life is only meaningless as long as you choose to let it be. That it has no intrinsic meaning is of absolutely no import as long as you are willing to establish meaning for yourself. I have never gotten out of bed wondering what the meaning of life, that day, that hour and minute was. I was too busy providing that meaning.
I just don't get it...
No one would be happy if some authority figure assigned them: their careers, their mates/spouses, their hobbies, their musical and arts tastes, etc, etc. We would all consider that totalitarian, and when North Korea does it, it's rightfully thought of as a horrible affront to humanity.
But when it comes to ones purpose, they are fine with an authority figure assigning that. How is that not totalitarian?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
