(January 22, 2015 at 10:32 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:That's what he's confused by.(January 22, 2015 at 3:09 pm)robvalue Wrote: If there's no God then what's the point of life? Never understood that one.Simple. Purely physical processes just happen; they are not directed to any goals. If your life was a purely physical process then it could not support purposes and meanings.
I don't think the universe is directed by a god.
However, I don't think "purposes and meanings of life" is a well-enough defined idea to really matter since some people define it to mean goals given to life by humans. Most apologists will define it in such way as to smuggle their conclusion(God exists) into it by defining "meaning" as goal given by God or something like that. So the claim deflates into a trivial tautology. Or worst the argument becomes an appeal to wishful thinking.
It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all. - Denis Diderot
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