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Originally Posted by Finny61
Then what is the meaning of life with no existence of a God or outside party? Collectively as humans what are we? For a second who cares about how nice we are.
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Thats probably the saddest thing I've read, you really don't know the answer to this question? How deeply meaningful your existence must be.
I'll try to give it a simple answer. Meaning of life is love, the mysteries of the unknown, the poetry of the world we live in and the universe in which we exist. Our curiosity and learning is something that pushes and inspires me daily to learn and better understand our place in the cosmos. I have one shot at existence in a fleeting moment in cosmic time, I won't waste that time in superstition and fear of god, gods or some end of days/judgment.
The truth of reality and the cosmos puts to shame any man made creation myths, the world in which we live in is simply amazing to the point of giving us heathens spiritual experiences (religion can't hijack this feeling.)
I'll grow old and cherish every waking moment on this earth loving the experience and being excited every day about being born during an age where we are beginning to much more deeply understand our place in the cosmos.
Just re-watching Carl Sagan's cosmos again these last few weeks, if you ever needed to watch a series to get what you are missing in your line of thinking, that would be the series to watch.