Is This Life All There Is?. - Beliefnet
I have never been able to figure out what 'Meaning in Life' means to a Christian although it seems to be some desirable mystical attribute provided by God. One of those undefined 'Good things' that comes from God. Perhaps one of our Christian visitors can help.
I have appropriated the term, to describe those things that I do each day that make life better for those that are important to me including myself. Random acts of kindness, paying attention to a particularly nice piece of music on the stream in the background and commenting on it if appropriate to another who might appreciate it or to the performer if it was a live performance. Simply sharing the things big and little that make life worth getting out of bed for each morning for.
Meaning is not provided by anyone or anything, but is created by living intentionally with conscious intent to improve the overall welfare of whatever one considers to be one's tribe or Social Support Group. The importance of any specific act does not determine or create meaning, a simple 'Good job' to a deserving friend is essentially equivalent to an earthshaking policy speech. We can't expect all acts to be earthshakers, but we all can make life better for those around us. Therein lies meaning in life.
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When a human's life consisted almost entirely of activities allowing survival for 20-30 years maximum, while enduring enslavement, disease,famine, pestialence snd facing other tribulations, the "Meaning of Life" may have been a distant thought, but Christians apparently have believed their own myths and felt "persecuted" for attempting to maintain their beliefs.
The Patriarchal/Matriarchal societies common to most humans demand obedience to the wishes of leaders and service as a condition of membership....one is encouraged to derive their "Meaning" as compliance to subservience.
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