Whats the meaning of life?

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Whats the meaning of life?

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Just your willingness to search for that answer shows that there is almost a universal need for an answer. Why am I here etc. has been a question repeated again and again. Many however will try to deny meaning because of the implied and explicit implications of there being an objective meaning. Others will hate the question and my answer for just those same reasons too! Life having no meaning frees the individual from responsibility, from there actually being a right and wrong etc. It quotfreesquot the deniers to live as debauched a life as they want, just read up on Nietzche, he died with syphilis in a mental hospital.brbrLife without God is no more than chemical reactions and has no meaning, no true and false, no love just chemical reactions and a hopeless end. That idea quotfreesquot some to live the lifestyles they choose and gnaws away at the heart of most mankind who want justice, good to prevail and evil to be punished. Like the atheist Aldus Huxley clealy said quotI want this world not to have meaning becuse a meaningless world frees me to my own erotic and political pursuits.quot brbrC.S. Lewis was an atheist that declared God and Jesus were myths but after spending time with JRR Tolkien and looking at the evidence became a very strong Christian and pronouncer of the Gospel. Here is what he says about life having meaningbrquotIf the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.quotbrbr It was the philosopher Francis Bacon that said quotA little philosophy inclineth mans mind to atheism but depth in philosophy bringeth mens minds about to religion.quotbrbrSo given that you are willing to ask and many many others that there is an almost universal need for meaning, for there to be justice etc. then in my investigation there is the one philosophy that would best fit the heart of man as corrupt but offers the evidence and hope of justice is Christianity. We can see a good man cheat on his wife, steal etc. and by this see that man is fallen but those that honestly take Jesus into their hearts are changed and are men of great integrity and faith even though they may fail on occasion. Jesus came to pay for our sins and to change our hearts and so that we may live better here, even persecuted, and better eternally!brJohn brquotI have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantlyquotbrbrSo my conclusion given these is that the Bible best answers these criteria and evidences and that in its simplest definition, Life is a test. In this test the results are based on how we serve God, Love God and accept Jesus as Lord and do Gods will we will be judged. Now we must recognize that all have fallen short and sinned, have false pride etc. so we need to sincerely repent and those that reject Gods love and Jesus sacrifice will fail the test. God has provided a method of passing based on the sacrifice of Jesus as seen in John verses thru . The rewards of those that do pass are based on doing Gods will and living for God and accepting Jesus as Lord. I Dont believe from reading the Bible that all will be equally rewarded and you would be fooled if you deny every action in our life will have a consequence for good or evil. brbrIn the end our purpose is found in what Jesus said, that he came to save the lost and by following him we are to have quotpeace that the world cannotquot, so that we may quotlive more abundantlyquot and so that we can help those we can such as the poor, the orphans, the widows and the sick. So you see that the meaning of life is the relationship with God and another part is the relationship with each other. httpwww.biblegateway.compassage?seaabrbrHenry Drummond talks about love and our relationship with God in his book quotThe Greatest thing in the Worldquot, I think it is a good read and here is a link where it is available for free online. brhttpwww.gutenberg.orgetextabrbrTo summarize simply the meaning is found in worshipping God, Gods Love, Jesus love and sacrifice and our love to others and that relationship.brhttpwww.biblegateway.compassage?seaabrbrbrMay you learn as well as ask, may you invesitgate truth as well as hearing an answer.brBaibrbrbrbrbrbr