Re: The Myth of Meaning
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Believing that that helps prevent despair when things go wrong for us.
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It's not the believing I am trying to get at because believing anything does not make it a fact.
I'm trying to delve into the factual claim by theists that I really don't get. If there were conclusive evidence ( so no reliance of 'belief' in the theistic sense) that god did in fact love me .. I am granting this in the OP
HOW does that add meaning?
Sure it might give we a warm-fuzzy, like when mommy tapes my knee and hugs me, but if that doesn't add meaning then how does having god tape both my knees and a hug and kiss once a week for a long time add meaning.
The only sense I can make out of it is the 'meaning' is something I put into the situation. A sociopath wouldn't get the meaning from the relationships I do, but it's me that gives them meaning. Finding out my stalker loves me or my kidnapper who's holding me for his pleasure loves me doesn't "add meaning".
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