Knowledge: The Meaning And Purpose Of Life

Each and every one of us must have faced a certain period of time when we question or someone questions the meaning and purpose of our personal life. When I was asked this particular question, I could not answer. No surprise there, you might think. For isn 't the meaning of life the most overwhelming and vague mystery of them all, unknown to even the greatest minds. It disregards a simple answer because it needs to be carefully unloaded and examined before it even makes sense. So to start off, we need to understand what do meaning and purpose of life means. Meaning and purpose of life can be defined as the significance of life or existence in general. What do we live for? Aristotle, a Greek philosopher claims that knowledge is by nature our purpose. While the definition of knowledge goes back to Plato, where knowledge is defined as “justified true belief”. So is the whole point of knowledge is to produce both meaning and purpose of life? This question can be explored through the religious knowledge system and history.

I personally believe that knowledge is what gives us the meaning and purpose of life. As a believer, I think my knowledge of Christianity is what gives my life meaning and purpose and without it there would be a vacuum in my life. I was born a Christian and I was taught by my parents that man’s purpose of life is to glorify God, 1 Pet. 4:11. "That God in all things may be glorified." Christianity fosters the idea that the universe has a certain plan, which is