English Deutsch Français Italiano Español Português 繁體中文 Bahasa Indonesia Tiếng Việt ภาษาไทย
All categories

2006-11-14 05:06:47 · 14 answers · asked by ali a 1 in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

14 answers

Answer is available in this link..

http://www.squidoo.com/life_meaning/

2006-11-18 02:40:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 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.

2006-11-14 15:41:36 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0 1

The meaning of life is to love.

2006-11-14 14:08:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I agree with the theory of the logical positivists:

Expressed in language, the question is meaningless. This is because "meaning of x" is a term in life usually conveying something regarding the consequences of x, or the significance of x, or that which should be noted regarding x, etc. So when "life" is used as "x" in the term "meaning of x", the statement becomes recursive and therefore nonsensical.

In other words, things in a person's life can have meaning (importance), but a meaning of life itself, i.e., apart from those things, can't be discerned. In this context, a person's life is said to have meaning (significance to himself and others) in the form of the events throughout his life and the results of his life in terms of achievements, a legacy, family, etc. But to say that life itself has meaning is a misuse of language, since any note of significance or consequence is relevant only in life (to those living it), rendering the statement erroneous. Language can provide a meaningful answer only when it refers to a realm within the realm of life. But this is not possible when the question reaches beyond the realm in which language exists, violating the contextual limitations of language. Such a question is broken. And the answer to a broken question is an erroneous or irrelevant answer.

...got another question???

2006-11-18 03:19:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

To live in joy and happiness. But of course that wont happen---not unless u make happen. Life is a gift. And u can better enjoy that gift when u have given ur life to Christ who died for u to fully enjoy it. There just isnt another way---ive tried and i can testify. If u really want to enjoy the life that God has given u u must give Him back ur life. And if u do , in any way doubt that there is a God, then u must also wonder at ur existence, cuz u dnt make urself. So I believe there is a reason for ur existence.

2006-11-14 13:29:55 · answer #5 · answered by Nadia 2 · 1 0

There is no meaning to life, there is only purpose in life.
Life as we know it owes its existence to a series of random biological factors, which some people point to as proof of a supreme being, and others take the same facts and exclaim proof of evolutionary theory. If there is a God and he did create man then he was only playin because he didn´t give him enough intelligence to stay away from apple trees. If there is no God and man did climb down from the trees (the juries still out on that one)
he developed his intelligence gathering ability gradually and has been asking about the meaning of life ever since.
No matter, there is o meaning to life only the purpose and individual direction you chose for yours to go.

2006-11-14 14:56:07 · answer #6 · answered by jim a 1 · 0 1

The meaning of life is to grow and overcome all the **** life throws at you and to appreciate all the good things it gives you. Life is one hell of a learning experience and as you get older you get stronger and wiser. You know when we all get old we should all pat ourself on the back for manageing to get that far. Its a tough road but can also be very rewarding one . A seed is but a seed unless it dies and then grows .

2006-11-14 13:28:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

to find the meaning of life

2006-11-14 15:16:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

Life is a ball of entergy that explodes when bad things happen

2006-11-14 15:15:30 · answer #9 · answered by Cherry Berry 5 · 0 0

Life is about improving yourself and serving others.

2006-11-14 15:14:24 · answer #10 · answered by intellectualamarflame 2 · 0 0

fedest.com, questions and answers