Why are there so many different religions out there?
What is the meaning of it?
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE?
2006-10-20 18:34:24 · 8 answers · asked by GEEKiNTHAPiNK 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
We are here as creatures of spirit, come to earth to learn something that can only be learned here and now. We come back again and again - it's like the education system for the soul.
Peace!
2006-10-20 18:36:50 · answer #1 · answered by carole 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Why are there so many different religions out there?" this is like asking why are there so many different animal species and different people? Take a college history course and you'll find out. Or why not add anthropology in there too.
And as for the meaning of life, you have to figure that on your own. Everyone has different "aspirations" as the SIMS 2 calls it. THat is what you have to figure out as you travels through life. You live and you learn. And get wiser each and every time you come trhough an obstacle. You remember the phrase what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger? Well that's where it all came from. Good luck with your quest.
2006-10-21 02:35:49 · answer #2 · answered by Amber skie (22/f/ca) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wonder that still..I ponder it all the time...i wonder how can a person choose the "right" one how can anybody know which is the correct one in the end? But it can drive me crazy cause I wondered and searched for 12 years. So what i did was know myself and my personal limits and what I felt regardless of religion, and I did form some sort of attatchment to a religion but still i wonder exactly what you ask all the time...its like every religion has a book that is believable and seems very nice, but then there is a little crumb of it i just cant seem to click with. I think the meaning of life is unknown, but what shall we do in life to feel complete is a similar topic. I will help as best I can any who ask, I will give as best i can whatever I have, I will not intentionally humiliate, or hurt anybody or any living creature, i will not condone insensitive people or barbaric treatment of people, i will want for my fellow human exactly what i want for myself, and i will never turn a blind eye to any unfortunate situationi will continue to pray for the entire world. I know to some this sounds crazy but if a person tries to live a blameless, giving, compassionate life then there is nothing to worry about in the end.
2006-10-21 01:55:11 · answer #3 · answered by precious z 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion and life are closely related . But you should know clearly
that some are man-made religions. People at different places and time had declared their own religions by praying the soul of the dead. Can we stop them of doing so? Why would I say the
only true religion on earth must be related to God. Lets put the religion aside and ask our own self whats life means and why we are here and where we are from. This answer is utmost important before getting to know the God and have faith in him.
Our lives were gifted with a pure soul attached, our bodies are
empty without the soul, you must have dreamed before, it is the time where our soul leave our bodies and were wandering around. Do you ever wonder what make us up? Do you deny that our bodies consist of Air, Water, Blood(fire) and Flesh(earth). Further more who had creator us if not the God. If you have concreate answer other than this , please tell me.
Life on earth is just a preliminary stage for everybody to go through before reaching the eternal life after death. Meaning
our soul will live forever. It is God"s intention to set trial on his creations on earth to see how faithful they are towards him.
Our soul will be judged accordingly to what we have done on earth, heaven and hell will be rewarded for the good deeds
and evils within our soul. Believing in God by our pure heart not by our naked eyes.
2006-10-21 02:46:01 · answer #4 · answered by S.K. Chan46 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only God can answer the question about the meaning of life. In regards to other religions, there are so many because of all the various cultures in our planet. However, faith and religion are very different. Who do you have faith in? Who do you pray to?
2006-10-21 01:45:02 · answer #5 · answered by RoRo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no meaning. Life is just a bunch of chemicals beating together, all by accident.
2006-10-21 01:40:59 · answer #6 · answered by tomleah_06 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Serving God and doing his will
2006-10-21 01:37:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
"What is the meaning of life?" is a question many people ask themselves at some point during their lives, most in the context "What is the purpose of life?" Here are some of the many potential answers to this perplexing question:
Survival and temporal success
* ...to accumulate wealth and increase social status
* ...to advance natural human evolution, or to contribute to the gene pool of the human race
* ...to advance technological evolution, or to actively develop the future human
* ...to compete or co-operate with others
* ...to destroy others who harm you, or to practice nonviolence and nonresistance
* ...to die having succeeded in your purpose
* ...to gain and exercise power
* ...to leave a legacy, such as a work of art or a book
* ...to live
* ...to produce offspring through sexual reproduction or asexual reproduction
* ...to protect one's family
* ...to pursue a dream, vision, or destiny
* ...to seek freedom, either physically, mentally or financially
* ...to seek happiness and flourish, experience pleasure or celebrate
* ...to survive, including the pursuit of immortality through scientific means (see life extension)
* ...to complete your list of life goals
* ...to find something to believe
Wisdom and knowledge
* ...to be without question, or to keep asking questions
* ...to find out the meaning of life
* ...to expand one's perception of the world
* ...to explore, to expand beyond our frontiers
* ...to learn from one's own and others' mistakes
* ...to seek truth, knowledge, understanding, or wisdom
* ...to try to discover and understand the meaning of life
* ...to understand creation
Ethical
* ...to achieve a supernatural connection within the natural context
* ...to achieve enlightenment and inner peace
* ...to achieve rebirth in the Pure Land
* ...to become like God, or God-like
* ...to be rewarded for your deeds
* ...to experience existence from an infinite number of perspectives in order to expand the consciousness of all there is (i.e. God)
* ...to express compassion
* ...to follow the "Golden Rule"
* ...to give and receive love
* ...to live in a way that you don't harm yourself and don't harm your environment
* ...to work for justice and freedom
Religious and spiritual
* ...to be a filter of creation between heaven and hell
* ...to die and become a martyr
* ...to live in peace with each other, and in harmony with our natural environment (see utopia)
* ...to produce useful structure in the universe over and above consumption (see net creativity)
* ...to protect humanity, or more generally the environment
* ...to reach Heaven in the afterlife
* ...to seek and acquire virtue, to live a virtuous life
* ...to serve others, or do good deeds
* ...to turn fear into joy at a constant rate achieving on literal and metaphorical levels: immortality, enlightenment and atonement
* ...to understand and follow the "Word of God"
* ...to worship, serve, or achieve union with God
* ...to disprove the existence of a or all all gods
Other
* ...to find true love
* ...to achieve self-actualisation
* ...to contribute to collective meaning ("we" or "us") without having individual meaning ("I" or "me")
* ...to find a purpose, a "reason" for living that hopefully raises the quality of one's experience of life, or even life in general
* ...to live, and enjoy the passage of time
* ...to have fun
* ...to participate in the inevitable increase in entropy of the universe
* ...to make the conformists' lives miserable (see non-conformism)
* ...to participate in the chain of events which has led from the creation of the universe until its possible end (either freely chosen or determined, this is a subject widely debated amongst philosophers)
* ...to relate, connect, or achieve unity with others
* ...to resolve all problems that one faces, or to ignore them and attempt to fully continue life without them, or to detach oneself from all problems faced (see Buddhism)
* ...to seek and find beauty
* ...as there is no intrinsic meaning to life, to each individual, the "meaning of life" is whatever he/she decides it is. In that sense, every point above is potentially valid.
* ...an answer to the question "What is the meaning of life?" is that it is just simply being able to ask the question, "What is the meaning of life?" (see Sri Sri Ravi Shankar below)
* ...to determine a set of goals based on an individuals belief in the meaning of life and work towards the attainment of those objectives.
* ...a combination of any of the above.
* ...42
No purpose, and therefore...
* ...to simply live until one dies (there is no universal or celestial purpose)
* ...just a series of events
* ...just nature taking its course
* ...the wheel of time keeps on turning
* ...the cycle of life
* ...whatever you see you see, as in "projection makes perception"
* ...there is no purpose or meaning whatsoever (see nihilism)
* ...who cares?
* ...because nobody will ever love you.
* ...life may actually not exist, this is all a surreal dream.
But most importantly
* ...not to die.
2006-10-21 22:40:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋