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From: Grant M
Date: 12/5/98
Time: 12:35:34 AM
Remote Name: 198.29.1.100
Well, I was going to agree with you, right up until you said there can be no meaning. I have spent this semester studying the classic philosophers of history (see; *Philosphic_Classics:_From_Plato_to_Nietzche*. second ed., Baird, Forrest, and Walter Kauffman. c. 1997, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.), and I can definately agree that far too often we have stayed up very late at night searching for meaning in the Universe, myself included when it came to some of the assignments for this class. Your conclusion is not unlike that of David Hume, Friedrich Nietzsche, or Jean Paul Sartre. These latter two are atheist existentialists who said that meaning in derived subjectively from one's self. They even went so far as to say that people who declare alliegience to a god construct are cowards that can't cope with the Universe's emptiness.
However, they were both wrong; there is a definate meaning to the Universe! Nietzche declared that "God is dead." No, only the god-construct, which is made by man. God Himself is very much alive, and very active in the Universe. Another existentialist, Soren Kierkegaard, was aware of both of these facts. Most "Christians," he states, are worshipping a god-construct, which is dead. True worship of God, however, defines meaning and gives purpose to our existence.
I personally can attest to this: God is alive and active in my life. He has done amazing things to and through me, and I am (albiet slowly) learning to become more Christ-like. He defines the meaning of the Universe, because it is His creation. He created the Universe to glorify Him. (This may sound like a conceit, but I assure you, the Almighty Creator is far from conceited in this.) That is it's meaning and our purpose. Knowing that, I can sleep soundly at night, trusting in God to be in charge. Why do I need to stay up late pondering it all if God is in charge?
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Date: 9/29/2005
Time: 9:43:28 PM
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