(March 11, 2015 at 9:31 am)Nestor Wrote: I think theists want meaning that exists INDEPENDENTLY of their existence. Yet I can't figure out what purpose THAT would have since presumably everything they find meaningful is dependent on their experience of it.
It's basically an argument that my meaning has more meaning than your meaning because I believe someone else gave me my meaning. It's an argument that attempts to eschew the definitions of meaning and value to something that can only come from an external source and ignores the fact that our neurological and psychological makeup requires us to place value on things that are beneficial to our survival.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell