(October 18, 2013 at 2:10 am)FallentoReason Wrote: And thus, meaning was born; they are on this earth to carry that one belief around with them.
That's a confusion. If they don't believe there is any purpose to life, that does not entail them believing that they are here to have that belief. That doesn't make any sense.
Quote:Bottom line is that whatever you have committed to believing/being *is* the meaning that your life has taken on. For a painter, mechanic and astronaut it's a rather trivial realisation, but for the nihilist...
If I were but a being that had a single belief that, say, tne sky was blue, that wouldn't mean my purpose is therefore to be on on Earth to hold that belief. You're using the word 'purpose' in a way that doesn't make sense to me.