Thursday, October 18, 2007

What the hell does that question even mean DRAFT ONE

There is the big picture idea about the meaning of life. That means that all our lives are just “players” in this big picture and all our lives serve the bigger picture. To be a big picture meaning of life it must do all of the following: Explain the purpose of life, enable people to explain major events in their lives, “justify” suffering, and explain everything in a positive way. But when you think of all of this you need to find out is if the meaning of life question is meaningful to start with. For example the meaning of words is what they are, the meaning of dog is an animal dog, but you cant define the meaning of life, because life is not connected with other things that can be used to define life. So if the question has no meaning, and life has no meaning because the question has no meaning, then all there is left to do is making our own lives meaningful, even if life as a big picture doesn’t have any meaning. Ways to do this are by “engaging in worthwhile activities”, and having goals and friends. Then you must also think of having a meaningful life within moral bounds, meaning that while we need to engage in worthwhile activities, we must also do it within societies moral standards.

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