It seems apparent to me that philosophically and spiritually, many people today lack any sense of meaning or purpose. I was raised Catholic back in the 50's and 60's. My recollection is that meaning and purpose were pretty much just assumed. Not saying that being Catholic is the answer though.
I have argued here at times that Darwinism ushered in a sense of meaninglessness. If everything we see was not designed but simply happened by chance from totally random events, then meaning is... well, meaningless. Some have taken issue with me in past comments arguing that Darwin does not challenge religious belief. That seemed a ridiculous argument since logically, if Life is totally random then there can be no meaning.
Here is a what todays high school and college students are being taught in their biology classes. Very interesting. If Darwin is right, it means that there is no meaning. A lot more here. That is a bad outcome even if Darwin was right (which of course he wasn't).
It seems apparent to me that philosophically and spiritually, many people today lack any sense of meaning or purpose. I was raised Catholic back in the 50's and 60's. My recollection is that meaning and purpose were pretty much just assumed. Not saying that being Catholic is the answer though.
I have argued here at times that Darwinism ushered in a sense of meaninglessness. If everything we see was not designed but simply happened by chance from totally random events, then meaning is... well, meaningless. Some have taken issue with me in past comments arguing that Darwin does not challenge religious belief. That seemed a ridiculous argument since logically, if Life is totally random then there can be no meaning.
Here is a what todays high school and college students are being taught in their biology classes. Very interesting. If Darwin is right, it means that there is no meaning. A lot more here. That is a bad outcome even if Darwin was right (which of course he wasn't).