Hello, Dr Craig. Craig. I've been wondering how life can be meaningful at all if

there is such a thing as an eternal afterlife. As Alex O'Connor points out, humans value things which are finite and an

infinite existence is the opposite of finite. If there is an infinite amount of

seconds after this, how can this current second matter or be special?

If I'm in heaven or hell 3.675 trillion years from now, how will the second be meaningful? Even if you say that life is meaningful in deciding our after lives,

wouldn't only moments relating to belief or repentance be important?

And how will our actions in the afterlife matter if we've already decided our

eternal fate in this life? Why would getting married or having kids matter if

there are nothing in the grand scheme of things and in heaven we're all unmarried

as taught by Jesus.

Why does getting a job matter if I can be saved anyway?

If life exists forever, doesn't that mean that someday we will do everything possible?

Have every possible conversation, play every

possible game, meet every possible person etc. What then? Will we just start over?

What would be the point? You may point out that a finite

existence is also meaningless, which I would concede to. This is why this sort of

thought process has caused me a great deal of mental distress,

and I am looking forward to seeing if a professional philosopher is able to provide any insights.

Owen from Canada.

I appreciate your question Owen. I think you and I both agree that on

atheism our finite existence is meaningless because there is no ultimate significance to what we do, there is no

ultimate standard of good and evil, and there is no ultimate purpose for which we and the universe exist.

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