keep it PG please
2006-10-26 16:48:56 · 15 answers · asked by IG 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
death and change
the only things certain in life
lol to person below me (hitch hiker's guide to the galaxy, awesome book)
2006-10-26 16:50:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
80% of humanity, the religious folks, don't need to ask the meaning of life, the church tells them....the supernatural explanation. But the rest of us can't swallow religious dogma, because there's no evidence. Nobody can prove that there life after death, that people are tortured or rewarded after life or that there's invisible spirits running around.
I've come to two conclusions recently:
1. Life has no meaning
2. Life has a million meanings.
First, there's a certainty that death and annihilation awaits not only you, but the Earth in general. It's an astonomical certainty that our sun will supernova and leave the earth a burnt crisp, not to mention all the other extinction level events around the corner.
Second, the million things that give us meaning are the pleasurable experiences we can conjure up during the short period we are here on the earth, in the form of the relationships we have with our kids and other people, and the 'housekeeping' types of purposes. What i mean by that are the curing disease, ending hunger, improving literacy, reducing crime, preventing war, helping other kinds of things.
2006-10-26 19:42:28 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No sweat on the "P.G." lol. I think you'll get 7billion different answers for each person on earth, but for me: It's to make sure I've done something to leave this world at least a little bit better than it was when I entered it, and make life a little better for those I love.
2006-10-26 17:17:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure it's somewhere in the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Universe.
2006-10-26 16:52:50 · answer #4 · answered by Nora Explora 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-26 16:50:49 · answer #5 · answered by imhalf_the_sourgirl_iused_tobe 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there is one. People came up with that because they weren't getting what they needed out of life
2006-10-26 16:51:44 · answer #6 · answered by jaws65 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Under capitalism, it's about beating the other guy to the gold.
2006-10-26 16:51:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love + Love = Love
2006-10-26 17:05:47 · answer #8 · answered by Kevin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find the truth and pass it on to the next generation
2006-10-26 16:50:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is the question to life. no one will ever know.
2006-10-26 17:58:12 · answer #10 · answered by HANNAH S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋