the meaning of life?
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hmm i think this will be an interesting subject.
i dont think i have an opinion on the meaning of life. maybe its just a test to see who gets into an afterlife.
but i always wondered how we all got here. like how was the first living thing created. an im not just talking about humans. i guess its a mystery. at least for me it is.
i dont think i have an opinion on the meaning of life. maybe its just a test to see who gets into an afterlife.
but i always wondered how we all got here. like how was the first living thing created. an im not just talking about humans. i guess its a mystery. at least for me it is.
TheOriginalJames
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Some people think they were put on the earth to do good, because they're worried about what's going to happen to their soul for "eternity" in the afterlife. I however, think wasting my 60-90 years on this earth worrying about that is simply a waste of what i'm doing in THIS life right now.
God gave us the temptation, he gave us the free will. I'm going to do as I please, the only thing that governs my life is if I can afford it... and if I do it will I be incarcerated?
God gave us the temptation, he gave us the free will. I'm going to do as I please, the only thing that governs my life is if I can afford it... and if I do it will I be incarcerated?
I don't think that we are for any "reason", it just so happens that we are here. You could take this a couple of ways if you want
- if there is no grand plan (a la God) then what is the point of life. We may as well just kill ourselves now & get it over with, but I prefer another viewpoint
- if this is all that there is then we don't get any second chances - no heaven, no hell, no redemption... etc - so it is even more important to make the most of what you have - live the best life you can, get the most out of it because this is all that you get forever & ever. Literally life is way too short so enjoy it.
Ultimately I think that the purpose of life is to ensure the survival of it's species - humanity has a problem fitting into this because we accidentally evolved a high degree of self awareness. Think about it, if you are not self aware you will gladly grow, spawn (in one way or another) & then die without any problems. Life has been doing this on Earth for over 3 billion years, it's really only in the last couple of million years that we came along & only in the last 0ne or two hundred thousand years that we have even pondered the meaning of life.
Life goes on unaware of the meaning & totally unaware that there was a question to begin with.
Simple, I know but who said it had to be complicated.
Allan
- if there is no grand plan (a la God) then what is the point of life. We may as well just kill ourselves now & get it over with, but I prefer another viewpoint
- if this is all that there is then we don't get any second chances - no heaven, no hell, no redemption... etc - so it is even more important to make the most of what you have - live the best life you can, get the most out of it because this is all that you get forever & ever. Literally life is way too short so enjoy it.
Ultimately I think that the purpose of life is to ensure the survival of it's species - humanity has a problem fitting into this because we accidentally evolved a high degree of self awareness. Think about it, if you are not self aware you will gladly grow, spawn (in one way or another) & then die without any problems. Life has been doing this on Earth for over 3 billion years, it's really only in the last couple of million years that we came along & only in the last 0ne or two hundred thousand years that we have even pondered the meaning of life.
Life goes on unaware of the meaning & totally unaware that there was a question to begin with.
Simple, I know but who said it had to be complicated.
Allan
redsMULLT1
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That was pretty well said sharpies.
I live my life the best way I know how. No I don't go to church. I eat what I want and pretty much do as I please to an extent. Life IS way to short to waste it. Who knows when or how you will go. Live it like its your last day, because it may very well be.
I live my life the best way I know how. No I don't go to church. I eat what I want and pretty much do as I please to an extent. Life IS way to short to waste it. Who knows when or how you will go. Live it like its your last day, because it may very well be.
AtlanticBlue99
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the beginnning of that movie mocks the classic Ben Hur lol. i laughed my ass off with the office people being portrayed as suffering jewish slaves of the romans
pretty much from my studies of history and current events...i have come to the opinion that there is no "true meaning" or no reason to believe in any faith other then having faith in ones self because all religion was based off of early philosophers trying to find reasons for unexplainable things such as "why the sun would rise" and various other events that happened while at that time could only be speculated and not researched
and the whole "white light" thing is based off i believes plato's theory of "the logos". I can't remember the full definition of the logo's ideal but it has something to do with a lighted path that lead to all the answers of the world and universe.
another reason why I frown upon the whole ideal of a "purpose" or "meaning" in life just makes it feel like i'm a pawn if everything or even one thing is laid out in advance for me. Like a mouse in a maze finding the cheese...not exactly my style in living life.
Frankly I think of us just being a form of evolution and it isn't going to stop here.
and the whole "white light" thing is based off i believes plato's theory of "the logos". I can't remember the full definition of the logo's ideal but it has something to do with a lighted path that lead to all the answers of the world and universe.
another reason why I frown upon the whole ideal of a "purpose" or "meaning" in life just makes it feel like i'm a pawn if everything or even one thing is laid out in advance for me. Like a mouse in a maze finding the cheese...not exactly my style in living life.
Frankly I think of us just being a form of evolution and it isn't going to stop here.
AtlanticBlue99
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good summary
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Kungfu
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I do not think you can Answer "what is the meaning of life" in such a way as to encompass Every Human, and every living think. My meaning to My life Will differ from Everyone elses "Meaning" of there life.
To think that a question like this can be answered in a Generalized way is simply not possible!
To think that a question like this can be answered in a Generalized way is simply not possible!
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Kungfu
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:dunno
It is my opinion that we are here for the same reason any other plant or animal. we can make as much out of the time that we have or sit it out on the couch watching re-runs.....doesnt matter, except to ourselves. Live life and be happy. As long as your happy who cres about filling some arbitrary pre-ordained course that someone has set. and thats all I have to say about that. :gears :booze :banana :hump :fu :lol :rock :rofl :cool
Blackwater_GT
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It's hard to look up at the stars at night and not think we are here for some reason or purpose. I'd like to think God mad eus and has let us evolve over the thousands of years for a purpose. It's all up to your imagination and dreams to ponder this. I think the main purpose of life is that we are here and given a chance to reach higher levels of awareness of ourselves and our surrondings. Some may find enlightinment in Philosophy or the artsor sports. Some will reach new awareness in The Sciences. As long as there is focus on knowledge and higher learning then I believe we are on the right course.
I hate Religouse beliefs that do not allow you to question there philosophy
I hate Religouse beliefs that do not allow you to question there philosophy
i dont care what the meaning of life is. i have 80 so years left ( according to average ) that im going to live with how i want to live them.
( so i say the meaning of life is what you make it out to be - and then i move on to continue doing whatever it was i was doing before answering the question, or if i have completed a task, move on to the next one )
( so i say the meaning of life is what you make it out to be - and then i move on to continue doing whatever it was i was doing before answering the question, or if i have completed a task, move on to the next one )
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