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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

I subscribe, after decades of exploration and virulent anti-theism of any sort, to a mindset I call OPTIMISTIC SKEPTICISM.

As far as "meaning" is concerned, I find "meaning" to be a human construct. Humans can seek meaning in anything, and often do, from tarot cards, to coincidences, to planetary alignments. This does not mean that the meaning is inherent, or real, or valid. Humans can also find polar opposites of meaning in the same item.

Example - apples.

One person sees an apple and rejoices in the fruit that nature has crafted for our sensual enjoyment.

Another person sees an apple and thinks of the way the female of our species led us down into sin and pain and death and suffering by eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil, as told in Genesis.

They are both human-constructed "meanings." I do not adhere to the idea that because we each find our own "meaning" that means that none of the meanings are valid.

we each create our own Universe in our consciousness, a Universe that cannot be shared with anyone, not even those closest to you.

Blah Blah woof woof Foucault meh.