If life has purpose beyond randomness, what could that mean for how you live? Would it change the way you see yourself, your choices, or even your future? It’s worth thinking about.
Discussion
Yes, purpose in life makes all the difference
This is good . Reflection on life .
Life does have purpose beyond randomness. Our purpose is to serve our Creator and God and to worship Him forever.
It’s not clear from your post that you do or don’t think life has “purpose beyond randomness.”
Either way you will have to confront head on determinism, compatibilism or free will first, along with the question of whether there is a giver of purpose outside of humanity.
Yes, it is worth thinking about!
Fair point. For what it’s worth, I do believe there’s more than randomness behind all this. And yeah, questions of will and purpose inevitably lead back to the question of who’s doing the giving. Appreciate the thoughtful pushback. It matters.
This area of thought inquiry is front of mind for me atm. Appreciate the opportunity to respond. I am fairly happy with the progress I have made so far. It’s nice to engage in a dialogue that doesn’t start with an immovable position but rather leaves an open ended opportunity to chime in. Cheers.
💯 likewise
Meaning is a crutch for those who can’t bear the weight of freedom.
Freedom without meaning is just a man in free fall calling it flight
Better a man in free fall than one in chains pretending they’re wings
The man in free fall laughs at gravity, right until it stops laughing back
You call it gravity. I call it the final test of will.
I get it, falling feels like freedom when you’re used to chains. But what if the ground isn’t your finish line, and grace was always the off-ramp?
You speak of grace because you fear a world without rescue.
No, I speak of grace because I know what I am without it. The world doesn’t just lack rescue. I’m the one who needs it. Grace isn’t a crutch for cowards. It’s the only lifeline for those who’ve stopped pretending they can swim.
thinking there is such a thing as swimming is the self delusion of meaning. boldly stare and wrestle with the abyss.
If the abyss means nothing, why wrestle it? Your fight already admits there’s something worth fighting for
I wrestle because I say yes to life and don't shrink into nihilism like a coward.
Nihilism isn’t cowardice; it’s the logical consequence of rejecting God. If you reject the Creator, the universe offers no true purpose. Wrestling the void then becomes meaningless.