This is an open-comment theology blog where I will post various theological musings, mostly in sermon or essay form, for others to read and comment on. If what I say here interests you, you may want to check out some of my books. Feel free to criticize, to critique, to comment, but keep comments to the point and respectful. Many of these posts have been published elsewhere, but I wanted them collected and made available to a wider audience.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Death & Meaning
Only death brings the problem of meaning into proper focus. Meditation on the reality of death is necessary to truly understand meaning. Only those who have been close to death, or lost someone close to them, can grasp this fully. For it is the contribution we make to a person's subjective lifeworld that constitutes our sense of meaningfulness. The loss of that contribution in a wisp of smoke challenges that sense at every level. All that 'meaning' ground into nothingness....doesn't seem to mean much of anything at all.
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