The Futility of Life Without God

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The Futility of Life Without God Eph 4:17-19

Eph 4:17-18 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.

Futile (mataiotēs): aimless, pointless, meaningless, without purpose perverse, twisted, depraved

Moral Values

“If you say there is no such thing as objective morals, then child abuse is not evil, it just may not happen to be your thing.”  -Rebecca Manley Pippert

Free Will

Meaning

Meaning: purpose, significance, value

Nihilism: Life is useless, pointless, senseless, meaningless, absurd, futile

Original: purpose, significance, value Meaning Original: purpose, significance, value New: makes me feel joyful, peaceful, fulfilled, satisfied