2006-11-13 20:03:12 · 14 answers · asked by bs s 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
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.
2006-11-14 07:46:01 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a university teacher, my ultimate goal of life is the inspiration I've encouraged to my former and present students to pursue knowledge,values and skills so that they could acquire academic and professional success and fame.
2006-11-13 20:18:44 · answer #2 · answered by Arigato ne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the same as the other goal of life to live .
2006-11-13 21:01:43 · answer #3 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be free and fulfill the purpose we came here for and to exit life with peace.
2006-11-13 20:47:27 · answer #4 · answered by Deedeeyahoo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to be able to meet the ultimate common good. we all have a common good that helps us act upon it, though we have different ways of processing it.
2006-11-13 20:24:14 · answer #5 · answered by yawmee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TO live and enjoy life to the best
2006-11-13 20:12:24 · answer #6 · answered by smith and jones 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as said earlier:
life is a journey and not a destination.
the destination is attaining GOD or death, depending on your perception.
those who attain GOD in the journey are the wise ones and for them the journey is complete. the death is just another gate.
2006-11-13 20:28:41 · answer #7 · answered by Charu Chandra Goel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is a journey, not a destination
2006-11-13 20:11:26 · answer #8 · answered by C-Man 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To be happy, to experience as much as possible, to make my loved ones happy, and to have absolutely no regrets on my deathbed.
2006-11-13 20:35:30 · answer #9 · answered by Moo i'm a cow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To know your purpose and fulfill it.
http://judgeright.blogspot.com
2006-11-13 20:50:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋