What's the Meaning?
"Your life has no meaning without God." Apologists often appeal to meaning when arguing for their deity. Let�s quickly look at what they mean by this claim. Possible meaning #1 To have meaning you must have been created. Okay, then God has no meaning according to their own doctrine--which begs the question, how much meaning can we really have as the product of a meaningless being? Possible meaning #2 To have meaning you must either have been created or create. This option gives meaning to God as well as us--but it also allows for our meaning without God. We create under our own power everything from art to life. Possible meaning #3 To have meaning you must have a purpose ascribed by an authority higher than yourself. Again, this makes God meaningless which makes him a pretty weak authority and therefore us essentially meaningless by proxy. It also gives anyone meaning once they enter the workforce or are born into a family with defined expectations. Possible meaning #4 To ...