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Can there be meaning without God?

Can there be meaning without God? Is life equivalent to shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic?

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Frank King Hi Aaron: Thanks for your very thoughtful comments and questions. We appreciate the time you took to craft your response to the video. On question two, it's not that humans always get it wrong; it's that human opinion changes - often frequently - depending on circumstances, age, experiences, etc. So, given these huge variables, which opinion should be taken as truth? On question 3 and 5, "ending" doesn't necessarily terminate meaning from a person, but it can certainly terminate meaning from an activity or an "accomplishment". Consider this: now that he's no longer with us, what meaning can George Harrison possibly get from all the accolades and riches his musical career produced? July 26, 2010 11:20 AM
Aaron Knock 1. What would be an example of objective meaning: something meaningful despite what any person thinks. 2. When it comes to objective meaning, why should we forbid human opinion? Is there some reason to believe that people should always get it wrong - this is very counterintuitive? 3. What is it about ending that should terminate meaning from a person or thing? 4. Why is it important to have objective purpose, i.e., purpose that we don't determine ourselves? Should we think that all human-determined purposes are meaningless? If so, why? 5. At the end Craig says that people's petty projects are not "ultimately meaningful" (on atheism). Does this mean that, in the end (death) of everything, nothing is meaningful? Why is it that things should go on eternally in order to be meaningful? July 24, 2010 11:13 AM

Frank King

Hi Aaron: Thanks for your very thoughtful comments and questions. We appreciate the time you took to craft your response to the video.

On question two, it's not that humans always get it wrong; it's that human opinion changes - often frequently - depending on circumstances, age, experiences, etc. So, given these huge variables, which opinion should be taken as truth?

On question 3 and 5, "ending" doesn't necessarily terminate meaning from a person, but it can certainly terminate meaning from an activity or an "accomplishment". Consider this: now that he's no longer with us, what meaning can George Harrison possibly get from all the accolades and riches his musical career produced?

July 26, 2010 11:20 AM

Aaron Knock

1. What would be an example of objective meaning: something meaningful despite what any person thinks.

2. When it comes to objective meaning, why should we forbid human opinion? Is there some reason to believe that people should always get it wrong - this is very counterintuitive?

3. What is it about ending that should terminate meaning from a person or thing?

4. Why is it important to have objective purpose, i.e., purpose that we don't determine ourselves? Should we think that all human-determined purposes are meaningless? If so, why?

5. At the end Craig says that people's petty projects are not "ultimately meaningful" (on atheism). Does this mean that, in the end (death) of everything, nothing is meaningful? Why is it that things should go on eternally in order to be meaningful?

July 24, 2010 11:13 AM

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