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The Search for Meaning in LIfe

The Search for Meaning in LIfe

Update: 2025-10-20
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What would life be like if there is no God?

In the book of Ecclesiastes, King Solomon writes about the meaning of life. He says a lot of the same things over and over. He also uses this phrase, "life under the sun."

When Solomon says "life under the sun," he's asking you to consider—what would life be like if there is no God? Solomon says that it leads to a life that's empty and meaningless. We look for ways to divert the mind.

You see this in Solomon's life in Ecclesiastes, and you see this today. The way you deal with this sense of meaninglessness, this vanity is to look for ways to divert your mind. And the way you do it, the way he did it, and the way people do it today is through pleasure and through their work.

Solomon talks about all these great buildings that he's built. He talks about all the wives that he had.

Then we learn from Solomon that this is not effective. It doesn't work. These pursuits in life don't bring any type of permanence or lasting satisfaction.

​And therefore he says, it's all vanity. It's all meaningless. >>Watch on YouTube

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The Search for Meaning in LIfe

The Search for Meaning in LIfe

Richard E Simmons III