the meaning will vanish. the very moment the person dies. it will be as if they had never been on this earth because:
Aka_me
Ain't no because. This is just flat wrong morally, factually, spiritually, and in the words of Fler0002
It sounds] like a plan that not only creates fears of what happens after death, but also creates in humanity fears of each other. Fears of any tolerance for anything other than what is sanctified by the church. Fears that turn into hatreds. Fears that turn into witch hunts. Fears that turn into jihads, crusades, and terrorism.
1. they will have no awareness of having been on earth.
Aka_me
They will have been acutely aware of living, knowing each day that they are making differences in the lives of others. Major or minor, each difference reinforces their membership in that great and dominant species of humanity, which exists for the purpose of making a difference in the lives of other humans and indeed many other species on the planet. <
2. all people who ever knew them will eventually depart earth, leaving no one behind to 'speak good things about them.'
Aka_me
So what? Those people if they did their job as a human being well and influenced them properly and effectively will have continued their Legacy and built on all that is worth while in that legacy. They don't need to be remembered by name although some will be. But 'There is no limit to what you can accomplish if it doesn't matter who gets the credit.' Ralph Waldo Emerson, d. April 27, 1882. I am relatively certain that he did not consider this quote one of his major contributions to humanity. In fact it was buried until Truman resurrected it, or reinvented it. But please note that all the people who knew Emerson are now departed from the earth. But others who never knew him are still speaking good things about him.
meaning... getting up and going to work, does exist, albeit temporarily. so long as one does NOT contemplate purpose, ie why do I / everything exist.
the moment one assigns zero value to purpose, they run the risk of waking up to the fact that any answer they may have assigned to meaning...becomes worthless in the end.
Aka_me
Only a theist can assign zero value to purpose. If purpose comes from a non-existent or at least numinous and indefinable God it is no surprise believers assign zero value to the purpose of being human.
My purpose in life is far from zero. It is to make as much difference in the lives of other humans and others dependent on humans as possible. I am extremely careful to insure that the differences I am making are good for the individual and for the society of which I am a part. I may not always succeed, but I can normally repair the damage, and part of my purpose as a human is to do whatever it takes to do so.
and many people spend hurrendous amounts of energy trying NOT to have to admit this to themselves out of fear there is no value to anything.
Aka_me
They are called believers in the afterlife.
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I believe the "fear of death" is ingrained, deep into the genetic cores of all long-living creatures. Their instinctual behaviors successfully avoid mortal damage and their ability to recuperate from other damage keeps them alive longer.
For tight-knit family tribes, the "death of a member" can be tragic to all. The acute awareness of the fragility of existence may tend to exagerate the importance of an individual's existence and legacy.
Another innate human trait is "Valuing;" the practce of assigning importance to something to determine the amount of effort one would invest to obtain it. If one believed their continued existence depended upon a certain Belief and course of actions, the "worth" to the believer would be "high."
"Purpose" be a good person....[such people are ones you like/value]....be valuable....be worthy of the resources you consume in order to exist.
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