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Question: Why does anything have to have a meaning!?
Is it because they fear a pointless existence in which no order exists!? I mean why does the universe have to have a meaning!? Fianlly what is "meaning"!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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The meaning of a thing is how that thing affects something else!.

A Lion by itself means nothing!. A Lion in a room with you means everthing!.

The point of something is the same as it's meaning!. The 'point' of a trigger is to fire the gun!. But by itself, the trigger is pointless!.

Things don't HAVE to have a meaning, they simply do!.

Observation has taught us that there is a logic to the universe; that one event MEANS another will follow!.

So a life by itself means nothing!. But to another life, it can mean everything!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Without meaning communication and any and every other means of relating to one another would be non-existent as most likely would our species!.

1) Without the 'meaning' of written language; your challenge implied within your very question would be non-existent and without a medium to express it as such(i!.e!. the internet)!.

2) "Meaning" in the general sense is necessary for the survival of the species!.

3) "Meaning" in the spirtual sense is up for endless-debate; yet some without a spiritual-background struggle seeing the meaning between words!.!.

4) Know what I mean!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

I've thought about it before!. In fact, I'd always thought about it!. But in the end, I dropped the question!. It was just too confusing for me!. I'm just happy I'm living in this universe right now!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Because the molecules are numbered!.Www@QuestionHome@Com