it also occured to me that they also don't believe in life after death.
I would think some do -- I don't know why, but hey, there are those that do.
so my question to any atheist who reads this is: what is the meaning of life?
What I make of it -- what I want to achieve. There's no point waiting around to look for a scientific formula that describes precisely why I'm alive -- is there even an applicable item in the universe to help me answer that?
Only me. People say to have fun while it lasts, others say to have a good time, others say to make a better place for the next people.
It's subject to each person -- I want to make the world better for people however I can, and I've changed myself to feel great pride and comfort in that fact, in which scenario I am incredibly happy for being what is essentially selfless. This isn't a view or even mindset people adopt and genuinely happiness can literally rely on being a genuinely negative influence for some people. It's a shame, really.
have fun while it lasts.
There are presets to it though.
Morals -- having fun can range from murder to playing Starcraft II. One of them is obviously wrong. I try and make sure I don't do something immoral because... well -- depending on the situation would be why I wouldn't.
Being as I see little moral implications by a lot of people -- real life specifically I see a gap in philosophical growth (especially when compared to technological growth) and want to be a benefactor to that.
Why do religious people think we believe our lives to be meaningless? We don't lack direction. It's just different from yours.
At risk of starting a dispute between Atheism and theism -- ours actually has direction, theism is more of a directive. They follow the rules and try to be a good person (from their perspective) in order to achieve eternal life (there may be other reasons but from a religious standpoint). No growth would've occurred from them -- the Dark Ages for example.
Atheists I can't speak for, they're not unified in any way (and my "generalization" of theists does not stand for everyone either) but it does give us the ability to look for a purpose or meaning -- I have directives, my morality, but my growth (maturity, physical, emotional, etc) is something different.
I agree with what the others have said, granted the prospect of simply not existing anymore is somewhat terrifying, but you make the best of the situation until it happens, no sense in dreading what's to come.
Why is it terrifying? Is that your survival instincts or is that your perspective that you're losing something you've always had?
If life is good from your perspective, then you're being removed of a good trait and then you're left with nothing -- there should be no negative emotions about it, especially when you consider that you don't require anything of you as a result. Eternal peace, in a way. Although it is still nothingness.
If life is a bad, then you're being stripped of the taunting entirety that you're put in. This would stand primarily for depressed people, idiots or people in a truely terrible position -- it's an unchaining of shackles.
you only get one life so why not to to drag it out as long as possible?
"Life means nothing if it's for living's sake."
-- Master Bra'tac.
Yeah... he's from a TV show -- but the point still stands. Life extension is not a necessity and not a benefactor to other aspects to consider -- the environment being one. Removing the negative traits that could reduce ones life span is a good thing to do, but extending it through unnatural means is somewhat a disrespect to what you've been given in a way -- sure, it may not be like that but in the end with the balance of resources we must handle now it only makes sense that one does not have it that long, when what we've now is more than enough to endure all the goodness in the world.
Charlie Chaplins speech at the end of the Great Dictator. "The good earth is rich, and can provide for everyone."
-- Charlie Chaplin
Just because a person does not believe in a deity, does not mean they can't have their opinion of what the meaning of life is
... Religious doctrine does not equate to meaning of life, friend...
and I honestly think that if anyone argues with another's statement, it's pretty stupid.
So you wouldn't question someone who finds the meaning of life to be Big Booty *****es -- or something like that?
For me, the meaning of life is to enjoy as much as possible, never look back to the past and never try to foresee the future, what happened has happened and what will also will happen. We can try to control the path of our lives, but I think that would render useless in the end
Yeah. I'm gonna have to argue with that.
Look back to reflect, and to develop into a better person that would not unreasonably harm another -- there is no goodness in having a good life at the unfair expense of another's.
Controlling the path of your lives is the biggest thing you should try to do, and saying it would be rendered useless is like saying building a house will not provide use once its done.
their meaning of life can b said to b this
I hope you're joking.
wow lol that was soooo shallow and close minded.
Ignorant, close minded, stupendously dull, shallow (to say the least), lazy and other various things.
Another meaning of life -- to accept what you can't change (currently) and thus not be negative about it. You funny bro, but stupid if serious. ^^
2. i never get sarcasm or jokes. so i take most of the things seriously when its a serious subject
You shouldn't need to -- it's typing and expression can't be very well done as a result. Why do you think every word I say is the most accurate I can make it?
I just tried to simplify party devils point of view
their meaning of life can b said to b this
Now, your justification can either be desribed as "bollocks" or poorly presented. Pick ^^
I'd like to think an omnipotent being would only reserve the "lake of fire" for the real nasty *******s. :-P
Well, if they ask for forgiveness before they die -- not really.
Also, let's not dabble into religious stupidity for the moment, being as you'd set me off on a rant.
... Speaking of which.Oops. I didn't know that would be censored. What about "buggers"? Is that also no good?
You can generally tell the words by the context and amount of asterisks.
They're genuinely cursewords, though there were some words that have been censored if I remember correctly.
Also, I believed "Pissed" is not censored -- guess I'll find out now.
Either way, bad bad people. :-P
:P Depends how you put it really.
- H
