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Originally Posted by di meliora
Based on what you say, there is no meaning because you choose to forgo it. Is there meaning to life independent of personal perceptions? Does it take a person to have meaning?
If proselytizing is the wrong word, you have done a lot of work to convince people of the viability of your views for no apparent reason.
Just the same, you certainly are entitled to your opinion.
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Wikipedia really isn't your best bet when it comes to accurate information. That first sentence of your quote is what's off mainly, the rest I can concur with. "The Absurd" refers to the conflict between the human tendency to seek value and meaning in life and the inability of the universe to always provide any."
No, there isn't a meaning to life outside of personal perception. The "meaning" of life is completely dependent On personal perception, because if you deem a meaning unto your life, than you and your perception have created it, so yes it takes a person for meaning to exist.
"Proselytizing" is the wrong word because I am not attempting conversions. Almost everyone who has talked to me on this matter has tried to make Me take up a change in belief. They have been the ones Proselytizing, if anyone. I have simply made clear my position. I will not suddenly say "Life has meaning" when I am of the opinion it does not; time and energy could be much better spent acknowledging that and attempting to work on some form of motivation from there.