What is the meaning of life?

Question

I mean, we all know that it is really 42 but that is only from Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy!

Anyway, what is the meaning of life to you?

Answer 1

I'd have to go existential on this one. Since I'm not particularly religious, I believe that the purpose of life is to find something that fulfills you and makes you believe that your life has merit, so that when you die, you die believing in something and wearing a smile on your face. For some people, that single belief is religion; this is why I have no problems with religious people, for, just like me, they are trying to find a direction for their lives to go; for others, it is artistic fulfillment; others still, it is a strong family connection. I'm not certain that we as humans were divinely or spiritually ordained to exist, but whether or not we were, we must all find something that contains real significance for each of us and follow that thing until we breathe our last.

Answer 2

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.

So the bottom line is, we only have a temporary meaning to life, to reduce pain and increase pleasure, other than that everything is lost to oblivion.

Answer 3

Life is about Being.

Touching, Smelling, Tasting, Jumping, Running, Sleeping, Talking, Learning, Teaching, Playing, Trying, Working, Fighting, Crying, Laughing, Walking, Giving, Wanting, Needing, Singing, Dancing, Acting, Friends, Family, Co-Workers, Classmates, The Bad Times, The Good Times, The In-Between Times.

Life is about Living.

Answer 4

Well, There are two ways of looking at life:

1. Humanistic. We are spiritual beings endowed with free will, a capacity that no ordinary animal posseses and that allows us to circumvent ordinary laws of cause and effect. This includes all religious and spiritual looks at life. For most people this is desirable because giving up freedom (free will) and accepting that we are animals and are subject to laws of cause and effect is very difficult. If you take this view of things, than the meaning of life is simply the awncer to a question. That question is "Why dont you kill yourself" the awncer is the meaning of your life. Some people say god, kids, family, friends, love, material possesions, activities, etc. These are thier meaning of life.

2. Scientific. We are animals subject to determinism and the laws of cause and effect. We evolved from great apes and the only thing that seperates us from them are our cerebral cortex which allows decision making and cognition. The evolutionary trends are to stay alive, reproduce, and make sure offspring survive. This created the illusion of love, the children that are "loved" are the ones who survive to love thier children. If you subscribe to this view of life, the meaning for all people are to simply survive and reproduce. This view is depressing because we are striped of freedom and reduced to animals

Answer 5

Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's "the Meaning of Life"
Monty Python's Life of Brian
and last but not least
Monty Python's "The Holy Grail"

Answer 6

I believe that many people are meant to serve as a really bad example for others of "what not to do".
I think that the meaning of life is to love, help, share and guide whoever you can to do their best and make the best of their situations.

Answer 7

Life is like a game. Everything u did in the game can't be bought out. Similarly in life, after u die, u can't bring anything with u. Life is like a game mission. By doing the quest required u to do, e.g schooling and etc... So Don't worried too much and enjoyed life as much as possible. =)

Answer 8

I think the meaning of life is like dreamland where you can only wish for one thing and that is being true to yourself I mean you have to admit we are not always going to be around for long so believe in yourself and go out there and have fun and spend every precious moment with your family and friends

Answer 9

An evergoing adventure, that at all times I will either choose to fully enjoy the moment or live in the past or the future.

Answer 10

There is no meaning.

It is only because we think there should be a meaning that it manifests itself in your life.

In other words, you make your own meaning.

Right now, the thing for me is to get done with college and go into the marines.