Thread:JayZX535/@comment-26094355-20160425230258/@comment-26347028-20160427191417

JayZX535 wrote:

Ah okay, so in that case, meaning is determined by your contribution to society? Seems reasonable.

But, let's look at the flipside, too. So, let's just say there is a God who created us. In that case, what we believe becomes much more important, doesn't it? If there's no God, then our beliefs have no eternal significance. Believing in God won't matter, because we'll just die in the end. But if there is a God, doesn't whether or not you believe in Him take on eternal significance? In the end, yes, it would hold significance. But that's another reason on why I call theism idealistic. It's just entirely unrealistic to say that there's anything that survives after death, let alone that it could be living on eternally. And, in effect, what does it matter anyway? You get locked into a sort of paradise, but you can never affect the world again, and see generation upon generation die. Certainly, I'd prefer the "gift of humanity" to such a thing as that.