RESEARCH QUESTIONS
• What explanations have been offered by professional scientists and philosophers who do not believe in
ultimate purpose to make sense of this feeling most people have?
• What explanations have been offered by scientists, philosophers and theologians who do believe in
ultimate purpose to account for the difficulty some people have in pinning down exactly what life's
purpose is?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
• Do you sense that there is meaning to life that points to something beyond this life?
• Do you sense purpose in your life? If so, why? If not, why not?
• If you sense purpose in your life, is it linked to something greater than this life, or is it only concerned
with this world?