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If God gives humanity purpose and meaning, what gives God purpose and meaning?
Is God meaningless and purposeless?! If so, wouldn't that mean that humans are just meaningless and purposeless, and that their "meaning" and "purpose" given by God is purely arbitrary? (link)
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I'm sorry, but all matters concerning religion are a matter of opinion because there is no proof that he/she exists or doesn't exist. If you ask me, he doesn't exist, and therefore has no meaning or purpose to me, but if you ask someone else, they may say exactly the opposite. I'm afraid that you really have to make this deeply personal decision for yourself. If there is a god, he/she'd be really lame if he punished you for following your heart and making your own decisions.
Do some soul searching, what do YOU think on the matter? You can't let other people make your decisions for you.
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I'm not sure what you mean by "matters of opinion". It seems to me that statements like "God exists" or "God created the universe" or "God gives our lives purpose" are statements of FACT. They are not statements of subjective opinion like "God tastes good." For instance, when it comes to questions concerning whether your favorite food is cheese, there is no logical contradiction involved when people answer positively or negatively. Two different people can feel that cheese is bad and good, respectively, and there is no contradiction. However, matters of fact, like the examples I mentioned earlier, cannot be validated by two different appeals to contradictory beliefs. God can not, obviously, exist and not exist. Cheese can be someone's favorite and someone else's least favorite food, but God cannot have created the universe and also not have created the universe. That is generally how I distinguish between matters of fact and matters of opinion, and that is why I do NOT think it is a matter of opinion when it comes to many religious questions.
When I ask you what's your favorite food, that's a matter of opinion! When I ask you whether God exists, you have to make a statement of fact! If two people disagree about favorite foods, that's expected and even normal. But when two people disagree over whether God exists, one of them is obviously wrong, and the other is obviously right! They can't both be right!
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