They say that a fool lives to eat and a wise man eats to live. But then the question remains: for what purpose does the wise man live? Living is not an end by itself. There has to be a purpose for man to live for. So what is this purpose?
Is a mayfly life longer and more fulfilling than that of an atheist?
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2006-08-05 22:29:01 · 13 answers · asked by Biomimetik 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Assalamo Aleikom. Thank you for the link with Harun Yahya books.
Our life is a test, the way of leaving is the way how do you use your values,heart, mind during this test. The tool to fulfill the test is religion.
Wise man will choose the correct tool.
2006-08-05 22:35:36 · answer #1 · answered by Suomi 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know much about mayflies. But I've been watching ants - their single-minded purpose in finding food, building materials and whatever else to help their community inspires me. You never see an ant jealously guarding the food it has found. Its first instinct is to haul that food back to its fellow community members so that they can all partake. You also see 'undertaker ants' hauling dead ants out of the colony to a final resting place.
Ants do not believe in God. They do not do these things in the hope of some kind of 'reward' in an ant afterlife. They just do them. And as a result, ants thrive and proliferate.
We, on the other hand, got trapped up somewhere as our brains started swelling in the concept of a god who made us superior to other animals. We got this idea of the 'self' and we started going out of our way to find 'purpose' in life for this 'self' - at the expense of other people and at the expense of the Earth itself.
Many of us have thrown ourselves on what's been called a 'hedonistic treadmill' - in the pursuit of better and bigger and newer and more. It fulfils nothing. Many others have defined their purpose in life by the teachings of a book that may or may not have any basis in reality. They are chasing a dream - heaven - that may or may not exist.
In the end, I think the ants are right. But I don't pretend to be any wiser than the next man.
2006-08-06 05:39:54 · answer #2 · answered by XYZ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a lot in a man's life to fulfill him many times over. The wise man does not concern himself with speculation but what he can learn and what he can teach.
2006-08-06 05:34:22 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thinking about the truth can be enlightening indeed. It reveals that the only purpose to life is that which we give it ourselves - there is nothing beyond our own life other than that which is conjured up by the imagination. Anthropocentric based assumptions only highlight the ignorance and immaturity of the assumer.
2006-08-06 05:43:42 · answer #4 · answered by bonzo the tap dancing chimp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The saying refers to limiting yourself to what is useful. Your implied connection to an Atheist not having a fulfilling life is false. Because, I can enjoy myself just as much as you can without becoming a gluton.
2006-08-06 05:41:13 · answer #5 · answered by upallnite 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man supposed to live like animals, but with such great knowledge, man keeps questioning, asking themselves "why is there life?".And there begins the end of time.
2006-08-06 05:45:12 · answer #6 · answered by The Guide Giver of the West 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u see...i'm from a normal family...my brother is retarded,...my dad was sick 3 years,..he had alzheimer and then passed away...i have lived in the states,germany and iran...kind of a marco polo...u could say that i have always lost those ppl i loved the most,..either i lost them because of distance or death....but i go on...i don;t really feel i've lead a bad life...i live for tomorrow
2006-08-06 05:38:46 · answer #7 · answered by doc. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the real concept of life ..is to..prove humans are the best creature of GOD..and you may call GOD with different names ..such as ALLAH....
be a better Human ..not only...to self but other humans and to other living beings......
fulfill our duties to the Supreme creator ... for every thing....by praying ..and appreciating every thing we are provide..and having patient for things we want.....
2006-08-06 05:48:22 · answer #8 · answered by kaka90250 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Real truth...
http://planttel.net/~meharris1/mikescorner.html
2006-08-06 05:41:31 · answer #9 · answered by green93lx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When is the last time you had a truly satisfying bowel movement?
2006-08-06 07:02:11 · answer #10 · answered by bubbacornflakes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋