I don’t want to definitively say that the life of a cosmic purposivist is more meaningful than that of a humanist. I can say that I have found living as a cosmic purposivist to be a deeply meaningful form of life. For me, ‘prayer’ consists in a daily effort to commit to living not only for my own interests, and those of my loved ones, but ultimately for the sake of advancing the good purposes of ultimate reality. This does not mean caring less for family and friends or relinquishing one’s personal life goals. Rather it means seeing these narrow interests as part of a broader project that
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