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Humanists/Naturalists: What gives your life meaning?
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RE: Humanists/Naturalists: What gives your life meaning?
November 19, 2011 at 8:01 pm (This post was last modified: November 19, 2011 at 8:04 pm by AthiestAtheist.)
(November 19, 2011 at 7:49 pm)I_Blaspheme Wrote: Hey, welcome to the forums AA, don't think we've exchanged words yet.

I'm the OP. Life doesn't have to have a meaning. To clarify, I'm an existentialist. I don't believe that life has any meaning, in and of itself. Life has whatever meaning that we as individuals personally find in it or create for ourselves.

The point of the original post was to lay waste to a common theist claim that as without god-belief, life has no meaning. That, and I thought it would be interesting to find out what others here find meaningful.
Heh heh, yes I can tell you were the original poster, I do understand how forums in general work.

I understand that life only has whatever meaning individuals find in it, but I never even found the need to find meaning in my life personally. I was just wondering if anybody else felt that way too.
(November 19, 2011 at 7:51 pm)Phaedra Wrote: I'm alive- that's enough for me. I don't feel the need to give my life meaning. There are things I live for, if that's what you mean.
Exactly. I feel exactly the same way. And even though I have things I live for, I've never felt that I NEED things to live for.

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