(January 4, 2018 at 11:59 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: Am I the only one who reads statements (implicit or explicit) like “If we aren’t given meaning from an external source, then there’s no point to anything” as “I’m angry there’s nothing greater out there to give me a pat on the head and tell me I’m a good boy/girl, because my family and/or friends aren’t good enough for me?”
I mean, maybe the problem is your sucky attitude rather than how reality works.
Agreed. I'd like to add that I've been born, despite all the odds against me. Once I got over the part of religion where I had to behave in certain ways in order to get to "heaven", life became much more enjoyable. And, no it didn't change all that much...just tossing off the religious punishment/reward expectations was enough. I'm fine with not existing after I die, the same as I'm fine with not existing before that. Isaac Asimov said it, and Boru has it for a sig. I'm not going to quote it; people see it all the time.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.