> I don't believe that that is true. Why can something only have value if it is valuable to someone else? Why do you need God to give your life a purpose? Why can't it be valuable because it is valuable to you? Or to the universe? Or to chaos. Or, I don't know, atoms? Why can't the meaning of life be based on its creation by the big bang? Why is God so different from these things?

The meaning of your life is whatever *you* feel it is. I think Brunnen was saying that there's no absolute purpose for everyone to strive for. If you want to swim in a lake, that can be your purpose. If you want to swim in a pool, that, too.

As a side note, in the above example your purpose would be to fulfill your purpose, which is also interesting to think about.

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