1/7/2024 0 Comments Camus sisyphusOne could even look at a non-religious, middle-class person in the United States in contrast with a non-religious, lower-class person in China. They have different priorities and different goals. Whether it be to raise a family, pursue a career of their dreams, or travel the world. As they do not believe in any God, they would never even think about doing half the things a religious person would do for their God. To the atheist on the other hand, this is ludacris. God is something to devote your life to, it is something that is with you for the entirety of your life, and should be a factor in each decision that is made. That includes family, work, school, and any other earthly pleasures. To the serious Christian, God comes first before anything else. So much so, that they would do absolutely anything for their God, if it meant they would be able to spend their afterlife in Heaven. To live a sinful life means to spend the rest of eternity in the depths of hell after they die, which is clearly torturous, and any Christian’s worst fear. Obviously, to them God is very real, there is no doubt about that. So they go through their whole lives abiding those rules, and living for God. Take a religious Christian person for instance, they feel that their life is only worth living if they follow the rules set out by their God. Who can truly be the judge of what is a meaningful life? To one person, what is a meaningful and successful life, is a life wasted to another. It is evident that the meaning of life is different for everyone. In this essay, I will explain why I agree with Camus by first explaining how arbitrary the meaning of life is, I will then give a rebuttal pointing out that we all share common ideals, and then I will end off ultimately refuting that point by saying that life is only meaningless when you follow the ideals of others. I agree with Camus statement, as i believe that meaning is different to everyone, and that the only way to live a life that you feel is fulfilled is to follow what you believe. He was given a destiny which he was forced to live by, but still gave it meaning even though he was not doing anything that truly meant anything to anyone but himself. When Camus says that the myth of Sisyphus is an invitation to live and create, he is saying that from this story we can learn to live on although life is meaningless, and create meaning in life as Sisyphus does. The world is merely arbitrary effects of causes that manifest and create life as we know it. “ I agree with this statement as I believe that life is meaningless unless we create our own meaning. In the preface of his essay, The Myth of Sisyphus, Albert Camus states that the story is “A lucid invitation to live and to create, in the very midst of the desert.
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