The absurdity of life without
God
by Salman Don
Submission date: 30-Apr-2022 07:00PM (UTC+0200)
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In
his
article,
William
Lane
Craig
has
attempted
to
argue
that
life
has
no
value,
purpose,
or
meaning
without
God.
He
argues
that
man
has
an
exceptional
ability
to
ask
questions
such
as
who
he
is
and
why
he
is
in
the
world.
By
trying
to
answer
these
questions
without
referring
to
God,
the answers
are
terrible
and
are not
satisfying.
He
goes
on
to
argue
that
if
God
does
not
exist,
the
entire
universe
and
humankind
are
doomed.
Thus
resulting
in
making
life
difficult,
absurd,
and
with
no
purpose.
Thomas
has
compared
and
contrasted
Richard
Dawkins' view
of
suffering
with
the
theological
Jesus'
view
of
suffering.
In
his
comparison,
both
arguments
vie
that
suffering
has
a
meaning
and
often
results
in
joy
in
the
end.
Habermas
contradicts
Harris’
point
of
atheism.
He
explains
how
Harris
views
that
God
did
not
create
the
world.
Moreover,
he
elaborates
further
that
even
though
God
created
the
world,
it
is
possible
that
the
God
who
created
the
universe
was
evil.
The
author
also
argues
that
Harris
is
not
aware
of
any
philosophical
discussions
from
the
world's
point
of
view.
He
explains
that
he
has
not
defined
his
terms
clearly.
Moreover,
if
Harris
can
claim
that
morality
has
a
nature
objective,
he cannot
explain
ethics
from
his
atheistic
point
of
view.
One
philosophical
similarity
between
the
articles
is
that
they
contradict
the
atheistic
point
of
view,
which
states
that
there
is
no
God.
Craig
notes
that
life
has
no
meaning
if
there
is
no
God,
while
Habermas
contradicts
Harris's
atheistic
beliefs.
Lite
can't
have
objective
meaning
without
God
since
God
is
the
center
of
objective
meaning.
Humans
cannot
give
life
meaning
on
our
own
because
we
lack
both
knowledge
and
power,
but
God
has
all
knowledge
and
all
ability.
Without
God,
there
is
no
way
for
humans
to
objectively
give
life
meaning
since
they
cannot
know
whether
their
ideas
would
lead
to
something
good
or
bad.
In
terms
of
existence,
atheists
can
never
be
sure
if
their
ideas
could
lead
to
anything
good
if
they
lack
divine
guidance.
There
would
be no
objective
purpose
without
God
because
life
would
have
no
meaning.
If
there
were
no
God,
humans
would
have
no
reason
to
exist,
and
therefore
they
would
not
exist.
Since
humans
do
not
need
to
be
here
to
create
meaning
in
their
lives,
we
need
to
ask
"why"
this
universe
exists?
Why
am
I
here?
Thus,
human
existence
requires
a
purpose
that
does
not
come
from
within
oneself.
Without
God,
the
only
meaning
that
humans
can
find
is
subjective
meaning,
which
is
the
experience
of
one's
own
conscious.
However,
this
kind
of
meaning
cannot be
objective
because
it
depends
on
what
one
happens
to
be
able
to
conceive
as
good
or
bad.
Without
God,
someone
can
believe
they
are
living
a
meaningful
life
while,
in
reality,
they
are
not.
Life
would
not
be
good
without
objective
meaning
because
it
would
not
lead
to
any
moral
obligations
that
would
improve
it.
Without
objective
meaning,
life
could
be
meaningless
and
could
not
lead
to
anything.
Additionally,
life
would
be
incapable
of
producing
something
that
would
not
be
good.
Without
objective
meaning,
there
is
nothing
that
life
can
do
to
improve
itself.
Lite
cannot
think
for
itself
because
it
requires
the
input
from
a
conscious
mind
that
gives
it
meaning
and
purpose.
Life
cannot
produce
anything
because
it
cannot
reason
and
create
things
for
itself.
However,
the
absence
of
life's
defining
qualities
does
not
make
it
irrelevant.
The
problem
of
evil
is
one
of
the
most
well-known
and
popular
arguments
against
the
existence
of
God.
This
philosophical
problem
is
based
on
the
premise
that
God's
nature
is
incompatible
as
omniscient,
omnipotent,
and
benevolent
with
His
permitting
evil
actions
to
be
committed
by
creatures
He
created.
Thus
this
problem
is
based
on
the
conviction
that
God
would
need
to
prevent
evil
to
fulfill
His
nature.
So
evil
would
seem
to
be
a
logical
contradiction
with
the
concept
of
God.
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