没有上帝，人生有何意义？

核心论证 Core Argument

如果宇宙是纯粹物质的、没有设计者、没有目的，那么人生的意义从何而来？无神论存在主义承认了这个困境——萨特说"存在先于本质"，加缪说人生是荒谬的。但他们的"解决方案"——自己创造意义——面临着根本问题：如果宇宙本身没有意义，你怎么能在其中创造真正的意义？自我赋予的意义只是自我欺骗的精致形式。 托尔斯泰在《忏悔录》中描述了他的存在主义危机：尽管他拥有文学成就、家庭幸福和财富，但"生命的意义"问题几乎把他逼到自杀的边缘。他最终在基督教信仰中找到了答案——不是通过抽象哲学，而是通过与永生上帝的位格关系。 基督教提供了一个有根基的意义观：人是被一位有位格的上帝有目的地创造的，被赋予了特定的使命（爱上帝、爱人）和永恒的盼望。这种意义不是自我发明的，而是被发现的——就像你不会"发明"自己生命的目的，而是"发现"创造者赋予你的目的。 此外，基督教的盼望超越了个人死亡和宇宙的终结：上帝应许"新天新地"（启示录21:1），在那里"不再有死亡、也不再有悲哀、哭号"。这不是逃避现实，而是终极现实——如果基督复活了，那么这个盼望就有历史证据的支撑。

If the universe is purely material with no designer and no purpose, where does life's meaning come from? Atheistic existentialism acknowledged this predicament — Sartre said 'existence precedes essence,' Camus called life absurd. But their 'solution' — creating your own meaning — faces a fundamental problem: if the universe itself has no meaning, how can you create genuine meaning within it? Self-assigned meaning is merely sophisticated self-deception. Tolstoy described in 'A Confession' his existential crisis: despite literary achievement, family happiness, and wealth, the question of 'life's meaning' nearly drove him to suicide. He ultimately found his answer in Christian faith — not through abstract philosophy but through personal relationship with the living God. Christianity offers a grounded view of meaning: humans were purposefully created by a personal God, given specific mission (love God, love people) and eternal hope. This meaning isn't self-invented but discovered — you don't 'invent' your life's purpose but 'discover' the purpose your Creator gave you. Moreover, Christian hope transcends personal death and cosmic ending: God promises 'a new heaven and new earth' (Revelation 21:1) where 'there will be no more death or mourning or crying.' This isn't escapism but ultimate reality — if Christ rose, this hope has historical evidence backing it.