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Saturday, July 13, 2013

On Purpose in the Universe

Atheism doesn't work for me because it is connected to the idea that there is no purpose in the universe, no purpose in a person's life. Aristotle, on the other hand, argues that purpose is a fundamental part of reality (one of his Four Causes).

I fully agree with something that Steve Jobs said in his Stanford commencement address: "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever." In atheism, you can't have that magic. You are pitted against a hostile environment of random chance, illness, and misfortune. But in Catholicism, there is purpose: purpose in good things, and God can even pull good out of evil things. It is about life, hope, love, and flourishing; in other words, purpose. And I like that.

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