I have written on the Book of Ecclesiastes and the subject of the meaning of our lives on several occasions on this blog. In this post on Ecclesiastes I hope to show how secular humanist man can not hope to find a lasting meaning to his life in a closed system without bringing God back into the picture. This is the same exact case with Solomon in the Book of Ecclesiastes. Three thousand years ago, Solomon took a look at life “under the sun” in his book of Ecclesiastes. Christian scholar Ravi Zacharias has noted, “The key to understanding the Book of Ecclesiastes is the term ‘under the sun.’ What that literally means is you lock God out of a closed system, and you are left with only this world of time plus chance plus matter.”
Stephen Miller calls the Book of Ecclesiastes as a tussle of “Smartest Man vs Toughest Question.” We may not be the smartest man on earth, but we can all participate in the search for answers to life’s toughest questions. May we have a meaningful ride as we join in the search through Ecclesiastes.
If Solomon was the “Smartest Man” in the world and the problem of finding meaning of life without God in the picture is the “Toughest Question” in the world then why not present this same question to the person who goes by “god Free World” on twitter and see what happens. Below are my exchanges with him and at the end I will add one more thought on this.
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@GodFreeWorld I saw under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but time and chance happen to them all. -
@everettehatcher Poetic gibberish. Typical theist bunk. -
@GodFreeWorld Atheists I have visited with embrace the words of Ecclesiastes. Why not take 45 min and learn how to avoid nihilism Eccl 12:13 -
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@everettehatcher Why not put Ecclesiastes down and learn to think for yourself and understand reality? It’s worth a life. -
@GodFreeWorld Stephen Miller calls the Book of Ecclesiastes as a tussle of “Smartest Man vs Toughest Question.” http://thedailyhatch.org/2013/11/05/dr-conrade-yap-on-ecclesiastes-quotes-steve-miller/ … -
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@GodFreeWorld:@everettehatcher Poetic gibberish u say but even Coldplay: I’m sure There must be something more http://thedailyhatch.org/2013/11/04/steve-jobs-death-woody-allen-ecclesiastes-and-the-band-coldplay/ … -
@GodFreeWorld Solomon looked into learning, laughter, ladies, luxuries,liquor & labor but where u gonna look? http://thedailyhatch.org/2014/05/29/how-richard-dawkins-favorite-book-of-the-bible-ecclesiastes-and-its-message-of-nihilism-can-be-seen-in-the-lives-of-comedian-doug-stanhope-dave-hope-of-kansas-and-king-solomon/ … -
@everettehatcher That’s up to me, and it isn’t in a myth. -
@GodFreeWorld Doug Stanhope like Solomon has looked into same 6 areas of life & now he too has embraced nihilism w/o God in picture, u next? -
@everettehatcher Nihilism relocates meaning & morality away from a mythical deity and places it where it always was – in evolved organisms. -
@GodFreeWorld Think on Ecclesiastes, Richard Dawkins loves it! Any thinking person must face the possibility of nihilism if they deny God!! -