tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112439593032667008.post8356439721927602474..comments2023-04-22T12:31:37.714-07:00Comments on Blogging the Bible: June 28Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15063678082377147197noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112439593032667008.post-22154115921772649052010-07-01T22:37:19.546-07:002010-07-01T22:37:19.546-07:00I don't really have a desire to exist beyond l...I don't really have a desire to exist beyond life. Such a feeling does not really appeal to me. I would rather pack all the meaning that I can _into_ this life. If all that I do comes to nothing in time, well, I was in it for the journey. Meaning is what we make. My life is meaningless to the stars and the moon, and I can only hope that it is meaningless to most of the non-human life on this planet. But that does not fill me with despair because I create my own meaningErikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16846371347200009801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112439593032667008.post-45905803404255595212010-06-29T05:34:38.525-07:002010-06-29T05:34:38.525-07:00Glad to have you back, Ericka!
I guess why that p...Glad to have you back, Ericka!<br /><br />I guess why that psalm spoke to me is that it tapped into what you might call the "transcendent impulse," that desire to...to exist beyond this life. The feeling that you are something more than a collection of particles accidentally created by a random natural phenomenon. The feeling that you are more than what you see, and that you are MADE for more than what you see. Do you ever have that feeling? I am genuinely curious, b/c I feel it so deeply that I kind of assume that it is a universal feeling, when maybe it's not at all. <br /><br />And though I can think of plenty of noble reasons to live, such as loving others and helping people and building a better future for our descendants, none of those reasons satisfies my soul. Because if all of THOSE people are going to die and become nothing, too, isn't the whole endeavor ultimately meaningless? I'm not speaking as a philosopher here; I'm just sharing what resonates with my soul. And that's what I mean when I say that life is pointless without God. It truly is to me.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15063678082377147197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112439593032667008.post-31792478345857552832010-06-28T22:40:13.303-07:002010-06-28T22:40:13.303-07:00I find it kind of funny how it's mostly people...I find it kind of funny how it's mostly people who believe in God who think life is pointless without God. Those of us who do not believe in God find plenty of wonderful, inspiring reasons to appreciate life and live it to the fullest.Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16846371347200009801noreply@blogger.com