Ecclesiastes 1 from the Bible states that everything is meaningless.
For a copy of this, you can go to https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes+1.
So, is everything really meaningless?
"meaningless" means "having no meaning or significance"
"meaning" means "what is meant by a word, text, concept, or action"
"mean" (as a verb) means "intend to convey, indicate, or refer to (a particular thing or notion), signify"
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I hope that isn't confusing.
Anyways, by this logic, something that is meaningless doesn't have that "what" that is meant by a word, text, concept, or action.
But the Bible goes as far as saying that EVERYTHING is meaningless.
Let's assume the Bible is true here.
If everything was meaningless, that would mean that nothing has any meaning.
So far, everything I've proved seems to be obvious.
But is it as obvious as it seems?
Think about it.
If nothing is signified, intended to convey, indicated, etc., than therefore references, indications, significations, these could not exist!
So some things must still have a meaning.
Thinking about what the actual passage means is different.
The passage states that everything is meaningless because in the very end, all things we believe to have meaning are destroyed by time. They are gone. They no longer have a meaning.
This, I do agree with.
Once people die, once buildings fall, once objects break, what is their meaning? They might have been significant in the past, but the moment it is gone, it is gone!
It no longer is significant.
So, perhaps everything IS meaningless.
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