(May 23, 2018 at 4:45 pm)SteveII Wrote:(May 23, 2018 at 4:09 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: And I believe that when ice cream sales increase, so do accidental drownings. I'm not, however, inclined to boycott the sale of ice cream therewith.
Do you feel that you fully understand the nature of meaning sufficient to make the claims you are making. I'm skeptical. What makes something meaningful, according to you?
(And no, I don't find the answer "God" to be sufficient.)
My 2 cents: This is not an argument, just an observation of the different worldviews.
Meaning is tied to value and purpose. Value and purpose are relative to a person. There is only one transcendent person: God. Therefore God is the only one that can be the basis of transcendent meaning. Any meaning derived from a godless worldview is necessarily both fleeting and subjective. Fleeting and self-assigned meaning is not enough for a lot people. Some are not equipped to supply it or circumstances in their lives make it difficult to find it and it leads to all kinds of unhappiness.
Personally, I think it is better to love and be loved for all of eternity than to be gone, forgotten, and never be loved again. I will never understand those who consider the later more desirable.
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