Not necessarily. They may just see no grand purpose for all of us. No all encompassing plan, we're just on a rock spinning through space and life will begin and end as it always has.

So that would imply no belief in a higher power wouldn't it?

What would that mean for religion in general?

Cute! but 6 pounds is a frigging drop in the bucket for your fat ass. Call us when you hit 60 pounds.

4 oz??? weak, from a 2 inch dick? I doubt it.

'meaningless existential hell' connotates a certain malaise toward life, i'd say.

27% of students are probably depressed and taking medication, too.

the question is....why does there HAVE to be a meaning to life? Everyone always asks what the meaning of life is. who cares? life IS. the end.

yeah....i could take a 6 lb dump. and you could eat it.


i'll make you a deal. if I lose 60 lbs, will you fuck off and not come back?

That's easy for you to say, you have a purpose to life, win the popularity contest. No?

Well, a lot of people have meaning in their life through their religion. There are others such as myself who create a kind of meaning through their family. Or maybe it's that my family means something to me as is the case with lots of other people.

Maybe someone should ask them if it's really life that's meaningless, or is it death?

Not a chance. I don't want to eat your children. Not my bag.

having a purpose and seeing meaning in life are separate considerations. the question "What is the Meaning of Life?" assumes that there IS meaning. WHy does there have to be a meaning? Can't it be a product of a series of random events?

For the most part I would say yes. Personally, I am of a Christian background but I don't necessarily believe that there is a little specific plan for every person on this Earth, and that we are guided to some sort of destiny or fulfillment. I see it as we are all here to do our own free will and if that lines up with how God wants us to treat each other great, if it doesn't well I guess we'll see what happens. Nobody honestly knows for certain one way or another and anyone who claims that they do is full of shit IMHO.

Of course it can be. I actually tend to agree with this philosophy more or less.

for people to believe life is 'a meaningless existential hell' is pretty extreme though. It comes across to me as suggesting there's no meaning in anything and that life is hell.

yeah, well...consider the source. 27% of college students are spoiled little melodramatic bitches.

Well I agree with that last statement. I suppose that's part of the problem. No one really knows the answer, so some people stop trying to figure it out.

What concerns me is the growing level of 'sadness' - for want of a better word - in youth culture today.

well that made me laugh.

So you reckon they should just be left to melodramaticly live their lives?