Today…..this moment…….this breath…..

So……..
The Purpose and Meaning of ??????

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DA2MKuI6fs
Another possibility…….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR5ApYxkU-U
What desires drive us?
1. Copy the title above.
2. Create a table like the one below and complete the same.
Past drivers Present drivers Future drivers

1. Satisfied by food 1. Getting a driver’s license 1. Find a life long partner

What do the academics say?
And another
• Alexander Pope's Epistles to Several Persons (1732):

‘'Tis education forms the common mind, Just

as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.’
What is the meaning and purpose of life?
Why does the universe exist?
Why is there something rather than nothing?
Is there some plan for the whole universe?
Why do humans exist?
Do they exist for some purpose? If so, what is it? If not, can life have
any significance or value?
What is the point of existence?
So how can I answer these questions?
It depends on what your paradigm is:
1. supernaturalism
2. objective naturalism
3. subjective naturalism
4. nihilism.
So what do each of these mean?
1. Supernaturalism maintains that God exists, that God is necessary and that a
person must relate to God in some way.
2. Objective naturalism says that a meaningful life is possible but it
denies that God or a supernatural element is necessary for such a life.
3. Subjective naturalism also denies that God or the supernatural is necessary
for a meaningful life but what is meaningful varies from person to person, so
there is no one way of guaranteeing a meaningful life.
4. Nihilism or pessimistic naturalism denies that a meaningful life is possible
because nothing has any value. It argues that nothing we do matters or has
meaning.
https://youtu.be/IRtmNOBPnJ4
Two approaches to answering the questions!
1. A theistic response = In this view, life without the existence of God
would have no purpose or meaning. https://youtu.be/mJOYY1zLFeI
2. A non-theistic response = the meaning of life, if there is one, must
derive from some other quality of our existence.
https://youtu.be/yPOkDqhqlfY
What do you think about the following?

Not all important questions are answerable.

It is conceivable that not knowing the

meaning of life is part of the meaning of life.