RE: Life is meaningless for Christians?
October 10, 2017 at 10:13 pm
(This post was last modified: October 10, 2017 at 10:18 pm by Astreja.)
(October 10, 2017 at 3:33 pm)Brian37 Wrote: I don't agree with blindly swallowing a fictional second shot no. Just like I don't buy the Hindu or Buddhist superstition of multiple lives in reincarnation.
But I also don't like "fully engaging" because that is simply another stupid ploy the rich use to get you to become their cheap labor.
I didn't mean engaging in the sense of buying into an employer's mission statement and then working one's ass off. I'm thinking more in terms of mindfulness: Doing one thing at a time without task-switching, and quieting down self-talk and concentrating on what I'm actually doing. It's something that I can do equally well at home, work, and elsewhere. When I do that, it's easy to slip into a "flow" state where my attention has a narrow, strong focus and the hours just fly past. (If anything, it makes my workday seem half as long.)
(October 10, 2017 at 7:49 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: I disagree, an atheist really can't claim that life began by total accident and then claim life has a purpose... what is the endgame exactly?
No endgame required. I don't care if my life has some overarching purpose; it's more important that my actions have purposes, plural.
Quote:The purpose of the human being is to serve God, and you accomplish that by living for others. If you live a selfish lifestyle then your life IS meaningless. Not to say there aren't selfish so-called Christians, but an atheist ideology could indeed influence one to lead or believe they lead a meaningless life.
Not interested in living out an alleged purpose assigned to me by a fictional entity. You, sirrah, do not get to dictate my meaning.
