What is Life’s Meaning? Richard Robinson’s viewpoint Life Has No Purpose (38) argues that “there is no god to make up for the limitations of our power” (39), and that man must look after himself and live his life for himself. Although I do not consider myself an Atheist, I agree with his viewpoint. My life’s meaning has evolved from the time of my childhood to that of an adult today because of a major event in my life that forced me to realize that the only person who was going to watch over me was me.In 1976 while I was 11 years old my mother passed away unexpectedly. A deeply religious woman, she had ensured that her children were raised in the Catholic Church. I was baptized attended Sunday school after church and eventually became an altar boy. I was taught and believed that god was our provider and that he watched over each of us. Her death changed all of this for two reasons.When my father, a non-practicing Mormon, stopped taking me to church I no longer had a belief to follow. I wandered through life for the next eight years without direction. I had no concern for the consequences of my actions on myself or those around me. I not only lost the teachings of the church but I lost the support group which I realize now was the more important at the time.As I became an adult I had the opportunity to go back to the church but have never done so because of the confusion that I feel toward the beliefs I had been taught. That god would watch over us and would provide for us, yet at the same time he took my mother away from me at a point in my life that I needed her most. Robinson said “There is no person in this universe to love us except ourselves; therefore let us love one another (40). At 19 I joined the Navy and found the direction I was looking for. I was taught that if I lived my life with honor, courage and commitment that I would always be able to look back and be proud of what I ...
