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What is the meaning of life? Is it aligning yourself with God?

>> No.13050897

>>13050825
Loaded question.
>What is the meaning of life?
To be.
>Is it aligning yourself with God?
By necessity this is what gives a fruitful life. This is a process of Being. But there is more to it than that.

>> No.13050899

>>13050825
>What is the meaning of life?

So you presuppose it has meaning?

>No
Then that’s that.

>Yes
How do you figure life has meaning?

>answer to this question will contain the answer to original question

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>>13050825
>what is the meaning of life
What is the meaning of gravity?
Hint: It's love

>> No.13050937

>>13050825
Just relax and have fun, bro.

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>>13050825
>Meaning of life
none. just metabolize food and reproduce.
>im depressed because there's no meaning to life
like a baby

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>>13050901
>Hint: It's love
What about strife?

>> No.13051113

From the Christian perspective the meaning of life is to serve God and have a relationship with God that ever unfolds in love and ever greater knowledge and experience and service and Union/harmony with God until you reach the Divine completion of heaven at which the gaining of Knowledge and service does not end but rather you gain abc endless experience of this same Holy Spirit and a unity with your fellow servant spirit as if a singular fellow. This perpetual harmony and unity and service and experience of God who is Love is the key to the Christian Faith.


As for outside of the Christian perspective that’s a different topic and if you want that I’ll post on that topic but I doubt you care.


While I am a Christian I’ve hammered my head against the wall of “how does a person make meaning in life without divinity” and I’m pretty satisfied with my answer.

>> No.13051128

4chan is the last place you should look.
You won't find it on the internet either. Do you really expect someone who knows the meaning of life to lurk/post on the chans?

You're first question should be "Under what conditions could I be presented with the meaning of life and accept it as true?" If you cannot answer that you will never know the meaning of life.


good luck

>> No.13051180

>>13050825
Why, pleasing sky daddy, of course, lest he condemn you to eternal suffering. If you're a good boy, he will let you sit in church forever as a reward.

>> No.13053113

>>13050825

The glory of God.

>> No.13053131

>>13050825
More or less yes Anon, it's called Theosis, read more of it here.

https://orthodoxwiki.org/Theosis

>> No.13053137

>>13050825
The meaning of life is to die. Its something we all have in common. You die and go to heaven or hell.

>> No.13053165

If one thoroughly investigates the gospel, one finds that God has outlawed nearly everything you want to do, but he gives you one final word of advice. "Set your mind upon the will of God."

>> No.13053674

>>13053165
Are you saying this as it's a good thing?

>> No.13054279

God hides from us the happiness of death.

>> No.13054851

>>13050825
I asume you are asking what is the meaning of life according to the Bible.
The meaning of life is to meet God, understand that he died for your sins and try to live life according to God's law so you may be unified with him in the afterlife.

>> No.13054998

>>13050825
God doesnt exist though

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>>13050825

One of the many reasons Catholics hate Scripture is that it clearly says God's interest in you is "from the inside out", regarding even WHO you are only after regarding THAT you are. Thus you yourself are an end as such, making even you greatest freedom, that of will, redundant.

>> No.13056151

>>13051099
Strife handled accordingly leads to love.