iFollowing is a discussion took place and I found it reminiscent of that which I considered in my article Atheist consoling delusion: subjective meaning in an objectively meaningless life. For related info, see my books (for which I am offering a money saving deal, see here):
Atheist Lawrence Krauss “we create our own purpose.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Read up on meaning and purpose and, actually meaning vs. purpose at the section of my website devoted to that topic within the Meaning and Purpose section.
In essence, stoicism is emotional indifference and is a term derived from an ancient Greek school of philosophy. According to Richard Dawkins: what is the conclusion if—as he actually believes—the world and life itself, functions based on natural selection and random mutation…evolution and natural selection and this means that everything is meaningless—people’s individual lives and …
I will now consider an odd debate over which is more meaningful: a finite life or an infinite life. This seems like a my life span can beat up your life span spat. However, it is a point that has come up in Christian vs. atheist discussions and it seemed apropos to post on the …
“We are here because one odd group of fishes had a peculiar fin anatomy that could transform into legs for terrestrial creatures; because the earth never froze entirely during an ice age; because a small and tenuous species, arising in Africa a quarter of a million years ago, has managed, so far, to survive by …
True Freethinker will now consider that claiming to base their comments on the very latest astronomical data, some atheists argue that humanity is, on a cosmic scale, insignificant. Following are some examples of this sentiment: Dr. Steve Weinberg, The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless. The Skeptic’s Dictionary:
I have often written of “purpose/meaning” just like that; as compound and interchangeable terms and concepts. But as of late I have been speculating as to what sort of difference there is between “purpose” and “meaning” (something beyond quoting a grammatical dictionary).Everything has a “purpose” but not necessarily “meaning.” It seems that “purpose” is intrinsic …