[mindcrime]

I don't believe in "finding" meaning in life. I think you create your meaning (or maybe "choose" your meaning if you prefer). As the old saying goes "The meaning of life is a life of meaning". My personal take on that is that you get to decide what a "life of meaning" is to you.

As an atheist who tries to believe in free will, but who frankly has a hard time seeing how the universe is anything other than strictly deterministic (ergo, free will is actually an illusion), I don't see much room for any idea of an objective "meaning of life" that comes from any external source, or even any intrinsic notion of that sort that is universal to everyone. So you get to choose... or if free will really is an illusion, you get to walk around thinking you chose. :-)