Maybe I made myself, maybe some other god made me, maybe you made me--let's put that aside for now. I'm here now. Why am I here? Many of you look up to me for purpose in life, and I have often stated that your purpose in life is to please me. (Read Revelation 4:11) If your purpose is to please me, what is my purpose? To please myself? Is that all there is to life?
If I exist for my own pleasure, then this is selfish. It makes it look as if I created you merely to have some living toys to play with. Isn't there some principle that I can look up to? Something to admire, adore, and worship? Am I consigned for eternity to sit here and amuse myself with the worship of others? Or to worship myself? What's the point?
have read your writings on the meaning of life, and don't misunderstand me, they make sense in the theological context of human religious goals, even if they don't have much practicality in the real world. Many of you feel that your purpose in life is to achieve perfection.
2006-08-02 02:24:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Since you humans fall way short of perfection, by your own admission (and I agree), then self improvement provides you with a quest. It gives you something to do. Someday you hope to be as perfect as you think I am. But since I am already perfect, by definition, then I don't need such a purpose. I'm just sort of hanging out, I guess.
Yet I still wonder why I'm here. It feels good to exist. It feels great to be perfect. But it gives me nothing to do. I created the universe with all kinds of natural laws that govern everything from quarks to galactic clusters, and it runs okay on its own. I had to make these laws, otherwise I would be involved with a lot of repetitive busy work, such as pulling light rays through space, yanking falling objects down to the earth, sticking atoms together to build molecules, and a trillion other boring tasks more worthy of a slave than a master.
2006-08-02 02:25:03 · update #1
You have discovered most of those laws, and might be on the verge of putting the whole picture together, and once you have done that you will know what I know: that there is nothing in the universe for me to do. It's boring up here.
2006-08-02 02:25:20 · update #2
Dear god:
If you are so bored, maybe you might like to consider stopping wars. I mean, isn't all of the killing (in your holy name) a bit much? Or would you like to come here and lead the war in person? That way, you could really prove (once and for all) just whose side you are on. Thank you, and have a nice never-ending eternity.
2006-08-02 02:40:17 · answer #1 · answered by SB 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Firstly you are no God. Even if you are, who says you were and are perfect ? If you are, why the hell you hide yourself ? And now that people have learned to ignore you and live on their own, you put a question on yahoo answers ? Is this not hypocrisy?
2006-08-02 09:33:49 · answer #2 · answered by lahirisoumitra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My goal is to achieve self-actualization, knowing fully that I will most likely not reach this goal, but passionately enjoying the path and process.
2006-08-04 10:35:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yawn
2006-08-02 09:28:02 · answer #4 · answered by BobTheBizGuru 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our purpose is to praise and serve the Lord.
2006-08-02 09:28:04 · answer #5 · answered by Jim Darwin's Peace 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"...and God made us in His image. So if we are dumb, then God is dumb...and maybe a little ugly on the side."
2006-08-02 09:34:35 · answer #6 · answered by Chronic Observer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hahahahahaha, funny,sad,asleep. z z z z z z z z z z z!!!
2006-08-02 09:32:51 · answer #7 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋