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[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Some people just can't handle being released from Plato's cave.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The first experience for many is crushing despair. It can take time to get out of that slump and learn to find meaning in a meaningless world.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The world has plenty of meaning that doesn't involve any kind of faith or religion.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Not objective meaning, though, it's all subjective. But nothing wrong with subjective meaning!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Faith doesn't have any objective meaning either.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

But they already grew up with it. Finding a different subjective meaning to replace an existing one is what's hard.