I want to know "The" answer.
2006-11-07 13:31:59 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
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2006-11-07 13:34:59 · answer #1 · answered by Varlis 3 · 0⤊ 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.
2006-11-07 13:50:38 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't read all the answers -- specially the longest one given so far. that is number one. as a layman-- not a philosopher and not from the point of view of religion -- i say with the simple mindedness "with your and our "minds" put together -- we are not capable to determine and answer your question. why? it is too much for our mind to grasp -- the same way we can not grasp the infinity or the whole universe -- impossible. not may be for Einstein -- but i am no Einstein. so conclusion -- we are not able to comprehend the meaning of life -- because we want absolutely give significance to a concept and our mind is not yet ripe to comprehend and respond. voila, a short summary. for the long explanation let me go sleep first and may be in the morning i will have a different explanation. hope it helps and heals too.
2006-11-07 14:22:23 · answer #3 · answered by s t 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
L'Chaim is more of a toast whereas Mazel Tov is more a form of congratulations.
2016-05-22 09:12:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you happen to look this question up before asking? Cause there are many answers out there that people post to this same question everyday. It amazes me how many times this question can be posted and reworded to the extent that everyone answers it time and again.
Heres a link to all the answers to this question that anyone could possibly ever want:
http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result;_ylt=Ak9xb7qA40BBxyVPVPRkUvjpy6IX?p=meaning+of+life
2006-11-07 13:39:39 · answer #5 · answered by I Ain't Your Momma 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is 42, my dear.
2006-11-07 13:39:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To give Love and to receive Love.
That is "THE" answer
2006-11-07 13:34:23 · answer #7 · answered by kewlkat103 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To love and worship God and to love EVERYONE - immediate family, relatives, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, strangers - as you love yourself...
2006-11-07 13:38:01 · answer #8 · answered by KnowhereMan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will find it in the Quran. Guaranteed.
2006-11-07 14:22:34 · answer #9 · answered by enigma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
money. if u think about it, the world goes around beucase of money. u need to buy a house, u need to buy clothes...u need to buy food. it could also be love too, but god loves you right? so wat if u die at birth? then u have no meaning at all. its def. money. even babies need money.
2006-11-07 13:37:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋