Can science answer the 'meaning of life', apart from Religion

Very well said my friend. In my response I'm going to group the topics together rather then answering from each of your sentence at a time, so I hope I don't lose you. Also this is our last round so this will be a lengthy response and I hope I can expect the same from you! Here's the point I'm making. When I ask what is the meaning of life, here's what I mean by it; Why am I here? Life was created, but my question is why? Life is too perfect for it be based off of chance. I know you say that we weren't based on chance and that we didn't actually come from nothing but the interesting thing is that there are MANY Theoretical Physicist who would disagree and this is their profession. I'm not saying that based on an assumption and this isn't some idea I have came up with as a creationist, this is a derived from scientific research. We will get off the topic of Big Bang right after this but I'm convinced if we don't have an understanding of beginning we can't understand our present. "What came before the Big Bang? How can something arise from nothing? The laws of physics allow that to happen. And it means that our whole universe everything we see everything that matters for us could have arisen out of precisely nothing. It's impossible to describe creation in human langue. All we know is that from what may have been nothing we to a state go to infinite density and infinite temperature and infinite violence" Prof. Lawrence Krauss This is quoted from a well respepected Theoretical Physicist. Go and find the tv series 'How the Universe Works' by Discovery and watch the 'Big Bang' episode and you will find one thing in common, Not one Scientist gives an answer to how the Big Bang happened. Stephen Hawkings himself can't provide an anwser, the best they have is "It just happened." The Big Bang is not a suitable answer for existence because it leaves the most important question unanswered; Why am I here? It takes more faith to believe in the Big Bang as the ultimate answer because the Bible will at least say there was nothing before God because God is eternity. There's my answer and that is SO much easier to believe. This is a good transition to your next comments. First, I don't fully agree with the role of a pope. I understand that they come from the line of Peter, and are apparently the closest thing to God but I strongly disagree. The Pope has a dangerous roll, because people will put him in place of God and as we know and have seen, he will ultimately let someone down and then people will now blame God for something man has done. That's the biggest problem that we face. People put the blame on God for something we do. Pope John Paul the second said, and maybe this is who you had in mind, "It's okay to study the workings of the universe but not to ask questions on the origins for that is the work of God." That's the word of a man, however the Bible, the Word of God says, "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have." This fully and completely shows that this is a faith and religion that is completely open to questions and confident in it, because you can't deny truth. You won't find this in any other religions. You said, "Meeting your creator doesn't really answer the question 'what is the meaning of life' as it is based on the assumption that he will exist'. Then let's assume their IS a creator, wouldn't that then prove that question irrelevant? I'm presenting the case to you that, there is a creator, and I can bring that question to him and I can find an answer. Not a surface answer but a soul satisfying answer, one that will never let me down, one that will always bring me an everlasting satisfaction and joy. I was atheist before I accept this whole idea of creationist. My buddy David, at 24 lost his life to cancer, and during his chemotherapy he found Jesus, and I'm not exaggerating when I say this, on his death bed literally hours before he died, his brother was laying next to him and asked, "Are you afraid man?" And David's response if what made me realize there is something more to this life and there is someone I can seek to find the answer. David simply responded, "Not at all, I know exactly where I am going." A few short hours later he died. Can science provide comfort like that, on your death bed? Can there be peace beyond understanding like that? Now it sounds like I got off topic there but to die at 24 years old, missing out on what could have been in his life, do you think he laid on his death bed and asked, "what's the point? Why am I here?" No sir, he had his answer to his meaning on this earth, why he was here and his purpose, what he was here for. That's something I could only find in Jesus Christ because he is the way, the Turth and the life. You said "This is not because i think he is non-existant but that there are hundreds of different creation stories and creators. For me to take a blind guess is very risque and I should stick to what seems to have more evidence. But if all the hundreds of gods were to all be disproven or compelling evidence is shown I will go to what seems best." There can only be one truth right? If there is a god that says it is the only god, then this other god says IT is the only god, they can't both be right. They can both be wrong but they can't be right, right? Like I said in my previous comment, Christianity puts itself on the chopping block, and says, "be ready to answer questions!", allowing questions to be asked, and as I said previously Christianity is the only religion where you can openly ask questions. There is some confidence to that dont you think? If I claimed to be you, wouldn't you have some questions on it? If I told you not to ask questions, it might look like I can't fully defend my case, because you and I both know the case is not true! Christianity has confidence in itself because Christianity is the truth. You cannot refute the irrefutable. I don't say this on blind faith alone, we can discuss the moral law opening the idea of God, and the person of Jesus and the prophecies that He did fulfill and the miracles that He did perform and the death that He did rise from. These are nonnegotiables because one; we can trust the legitimacy of the Bible where all this is stated, based on the thousands upon thousands of unaltered manuscripts with the penmanship of the original writers themselves on the ancients canvases and when translated to English, it being 99.9 percent accurate, the only discrepancies are punctuations. This is valid historical evidence. Two; there are hundreds of nonbiblical accounts that prove Jesus and His miracles, His death on the cross and His rise from the dead. You can quickly find those with just a search online. They are there and they are accurate, you cannot deny the legitimacy of what has been written in this Holy Book. There is no other religion that will stand against it and no other creator that will stand against the one true living God. To close ill answer your question, "if you found out there was no god what would be your purpose and would your life have no meaning?" I think I have made my point when I say, Yes. It's such a bold statement and I understand that, but life wouldn't make any sense if I'm just here to wake up, find something to do for the day, maybe pursue a career and a family, fall asleep each night and then die. What's the point? It's interesting though that we ALL long to have a purpose though don't you think? Couldn't that be because we were designed like that? Really think about the big picture. Why are you here? Can you find all your satisfaction for LIFE in just a few goals? Once that goals are complete don't you think you will pursue more goals? My friend I will charish this conversation, and I am grateful for it. I hope that what I said came across clear and direct, and I don't take lightly what you said. Keep thinking and don't settle without an answer.