For most people today, religion provides a major source of answers to
such questions about the meaning of life. When I was a child in Catholic
school in the 1950s, I learned from the Baltimore Catechism that “God made
me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be
happy with Him forever in the next.” From a religious perspective, meaning
arises not from any meager aspect of our daily lives, but from our profound
connections with God, who brought us into existence and who provides the possibility of eternal happiness. However, for Camus and others like myself
who have abandoned the beliefs produced by our religious upbringings, the
theological answer to the meaning of life is implausible. Does this imply that
life is absurd, ridiculous, and pointless, so utterly devoid of meaning that
suicide should be a daily preoccupation of everyone
For most people today, religion provides a major source of answers tosuch questions about the meaning of life. When I was a child in Catholicschool in the 1950s, I learned from the Baltimore Catechism that “God mademe to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to behappy with Him forever in the next.” From a religious perspective, meaningarises not from any meager aspect of our daily lives, but from our profoundconnections with God, who brought us into existence and who provides the possibility of eternal happiness. However, for Camus and others like myselfwho have abandoned the beliefs produced by our religious upbringings, thetheological answer to the meaning of life is implausible. Does this imply thatlife is absurd, ridiculous, and pointless, so utterly devoid of meaning thatsuicide should be a daily preoccupation of everyone
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