well yeah, a "purpose" is too closely related with the meaning of eternal and nothing is eternal, reasons however are a better way to go because its a down to earth way to live. To me the "purpose", in a limited sense is just to live and enjoy life while it lasts and that is more than a good enough reason to live by. as for the downs in life, well thats just part of the long adventure we are living.

my thoughts? now that you put it that way I would agree with Camus. the truth is that it is meaningless to even try and find a purpose in life.

Camus, in this context, appears to be saying that if you can find something that adds meaning to your absurd existence, then it must be important enough to die for as well. remember Sisyphus finds relief in his mundane and meaningless task assigned by the gods when he accepts the futile and tragic nature of his life. Its a noble, scornful acceptance, a thumbing ones nose so to speak at the absurdity of life, meaningless, directionless and terrifyingly free.

Albert Camus said in one of his Philosophical works (myth of sysiphus) that a good reason to live is also an excellent reason to die. What does he mean by this?

I console myself with the knowledge that faith and reason are two very different world perspectives. Faith is part of a subjective mindset that one adopts or unconsciously accepts as true for you, akin to fav pizza topping or perceptions of beautiful. Faith says nothing about intelligence, and is often evidence of poor critical thinking. Because we are conditioned to belief from childhood many aspects of faith are never examined or questioned. Also remember that reference to belief based on a persons high IQ, such as Stephen Hawkings believes in God therefore.... is an example of an evidential fallacy. For me Langan's faith is not scary but simply reflects the same cultural aquisition that he demonstrates with his choice of wardrob.

Hi there mate, I have recently been looking at some video about chris langan, it seems kind of scary to think that he is on religion's side considering his intelligence level.

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Love the blue !
May I purloin your Nietzsche quote about religion and asylums ?

I would be reluctant to ever use a sentence where the words 'christian' and 'think' are strung together. By definition, you simply cannot remain a christian if you continue thinking UNLESS you submerge your thinking beneath waves of muddy mysteries and dogamtic foam.

A recent study done by Nigel Barber has shown that Atheism will eventualy replace religion. Atheism has a strong correlation with economic realities, people who live in socialy secure countries feel more protected from life's uncertainties. of course this is going to take a very long time seeing as the best figure Nigel can give us is that Atheists only occupy one-tenth of the world's population.

Likewise, for the accept.