Originally posted by no1marauderAnd you don't need a parachutte to jump out of an airplane...but it helps. 😀
Repeating incorrect statements doesn't make them correct.
You can believe your life has a purpose whether you believe in an afterlife or not.
You don't need to believe in God to believe in an afterlife.
And you certainly don't need a belief in God for a purpose.
Originally posted by whodeyWho requires conscious thought?
Nice to see you join the debate Scotty, however, I won't let you just squeek by with your one liners without answering some questions first. So tell me Scotty, how does one arrive at a "meaning" to something without conscious thought? If there is no conscience thought, is there meaning to anything? And once conscious thought is snuffed out, how can there be meaning to your life?
As humans we have conscious thought (although that says nothing about how we got it). Personally, I use my conscious thought to define goals in my life that I would like to achieve. I would like to know more about this world, and pass that knowledge on to others, who can continue the learning and teaching, and hopefully make the world a better place than it is now.
I don't know why you have an emphasis on conscious thought though.
Originally posted by scottishinnzThe universe in and of itself devoid of conscious thought simply exists. It has no purpose and no meaning, rather, it simply exists. Those with conscious thought, however, give the universe meaning and purpose.
Who requires conscious thought?
As humans we have conscious thought (although that says nothing about how we got it). Personally, I use my conscious thought to define goals in my life that I would like to achieve. I would like to know more about this world, and pass that knowledge on to others, who can continue the learning and teaching, and hope ...[text shortened]... ter place than it is now.
I don't know why you have an emphasis on conscious thought though.
Originally posted by whodeyThe universe in and of itself devoid of conscious thought simply exists. It has no purpose and no meaning, rather, it simply exists.
The universe in and of itself devoid of conscious thought simply exists. It has no purpose and no meaning, rather, it simply exists. Those with conscious thought, however, give the universe meaning and purpose.
The same could be said of a house brick. Your point?
Those with conscious thought, however, give the universe meaning and purpose.
Yes, and that may be entirely the wrong thing to do. Personally, I give the universe no meaning or purpose, but my own life? Well, that's different.
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Originally posted by scottishinnzSo the meaning of your life is but an illusion......that is if meaning in the universe does not really exist?
Yes, and that may be entirely the wrong thing to do. Personally, I give the universe no meaning or purpose, but my own life? Well, that's different.[/b]
Originally posted by whodeyNot at all. Stop twisting my words.
So the meaning of your life is but an illusion......that is if meaning in the universe does not really exist?
My life means a lot to me. It doesn't make a whole heap for many other people though.
As for whether the universe has meaning or not is immaterial - my life can still have meaning for me, and for the people I care about, and who care about me.
Originally posted by scottishinnzBut when you say your life has meaning it is an illusion or at least in relation to the material world. The "meaning" only comes from you and your loved ones, not from the universe in which you reside. In essence, you could then say that your perspective is not based upon reality. Your meaning has no empiracal evidence, or at least as much empiracal evidence as I have for claiming there is a God.
Not at all. Stop twisting my words.
My life means a lot [b]to me. It doesn't make a whole heap for many other people though.
As for whether the universe has meaning or not is immaterial - my life can still have meaning for me, and for the people I care about, and who care about me.[/b]
Originally posted by whodeyTwisting again.
But when you say your life has meaning it is an illusion or at least in relation to the material world. The "meaning" only comes from you and your loved ones, not from the universe in which you reside. In essence, you could then say that your perspective is not based upon reality. Your meaning has no empiracal evidence, or at least as much empiracal evidence as I have for claiming there is a God.
My life has meaning to me. That's the only person for whom it matters whether or not it has meaning for. The fact that my meaning comes from within (as does yours, although you'll no doubt deny it), it completely besides the point.
You seem to think that "meaning" is something physical. It is not, or at least it has no physical basis outside of potassium ions in your brain. God, on the other hand is either a force or has some physical basis, either of which should be detectable empirically.
Originally posted by scottishinnzLOL you sound just like the theists that you love to criticize.
Twisting again.
My life has meaning to me. That's the only person for whom it matters whether or not it has meaning for. The fact that my meaning comes from within (as does yours, although you'll no doubt deny it), it completely besides the point.
Originally posted by scottishinnzyou might tell yourself you have a meaning in life and i have my own meaning also. but in a way the only true meaning is to reproduce
Strange that you chose to ignore the 2nd line.
There is nothing wrong with finding your own meaning in life - if you need someone else to do it for you, then your lost.