This is a quote from George Orwell, author of Animal Farm and 1984:
"A human being is primarily a bag for putting food into; the other functions and facilities may be more godlike, but in point of time, they come afterwards."
Personally, I see this quote as saying that what we are put on this Earth to do is... survivie, plain and simple. All the other roles we have "acquired" throughout time are only roles society has placed on us. Does anyone else feel that these roles (friend, boss, basketball player, etc.) we have been socialized into aren't as important as we sometimes feel they are? Obviously, some of these roles make life more enjoyable and entertaining, but the point I'm trying to make is that it seems like we sometimes take ourselves and our purpose here on Earth too seriously.
2006-11-12 06:11:19 · 7 answers · asked by I Am Legend 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
This is a good question.
I find that anytime people get all up in thier heads about why we are here,we get things like jihad and crusades and ethnic cleansing.
So I must say I agree,..we have.
2006-11-12 06:15:56 · answer #1 · answered by moebiusfox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A generation is going by and a generation is coming, but the will of God will remain for ever. Our main reason for being here is to inherit Gods Kingdom, how sad it is to hear someone like you say such nonsense. Listen to a wise person in answer to your question; By wisdom a household will be built up, and by discernment it will prove firmly established. And by knowledge will the interior rooms be filled with all precious and pleasant things of value-proverbs 24;3.
2006-11-12 14:24:24 · answer #2 · answered by Tneciter 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you almost answered your own question. I agree that we are taking ourselves as a species MUCH too seriously! Others have come and gone over the span of several hundred million years, whereas we (Homo sapiens anyway) have only been here a few hundred thousand. Big deal.
2006-11-12 14:45:43 · answer #3 · answered by Gwynneth Of Olwen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my oppinion tells me we have a purpose. That purpose generates our fate now and in the future, our actions depict what our new actions will come to.
others believe life has no purpose: eat, drink sleep
there are even others who abuse life and make it so everything is best for THEMSELVES.
Afterall religions are the thoughts and theories roaming on Earth by us everyday... Pick one, don't choose any, or be as simple as can be... your choice, your life, your fate.
Think of it this way. If everyopne chooses a faith, and you said that all evryone should do is eat, sleep, srink water ,and have fun, then there would be no fun.
there would be people like hitler, stalin, and terrorists with their set beliefs...peple like Pope John Paul II and famous Positive figures in our pas and present. And there will be the people in between. there would be no order, and choas would flow in.
A persons faith is hard to fight of...its HIS FAITH!
~LG23~
2006-11-12 14:22:33 · answer #4 · answered by Legend2300 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, my purpose is to raise my daughter being the best mom and girl friend I know how to be. Other than that I was put here to live, pay taxes, and die. It's pretty simple really.
2006-11-12 14:15:45 · answer #5 · answered by Shining Ray of Light 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
And yet so many have no clue , they just wander aimlessly .
2006-11-12 14:53:42 · answer #6 · answered by Geedebb 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i just want sex food and power - your making things too complicated
2006-11-12 14:13:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋