Just curious as to what everyone thinks?
2006-12-07 07:12:39 · 11 answers · asked by Next evolutionary step... 6 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.
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.
2006-12-07 19:20:33 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2006-12-07 15:19:37 · answer #2 · answered by IT Pro 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Finding the flow of a fallen fellow,
Freeing foreigners from frauds,
To feel feelings of fury and frailty,
Follow the footsteps of a fool,
Fine dining with a fox,
In a box,
Yes! I will eat these green eggs and ham.
2006-12-08 08:27:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, first off, if ur religious then it would be to prepare for the after life, but if not then it would be nothing. there really is no meaning to life except to try and keep on existing.
im sorry if its not as satisfying as you would expect but hey, thats how things go.
2006-12-07 15:17:00 · answer #4 · answered by Arod (a girl) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To live a good Christian life so that when we are judged we can serve God and be happy in the after-life.
2006-12-07 15:29:23 · answer #5 · answered by Heather 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reproduction.
2006-12-07 15:16:09 · answer #6 · answered by PieOPah 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't believe that life has any meaning.
2006-12-07 16:35:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To try and leave your world a better place than you found it..
2006-12-07 15:19:52 · answer #8 · answered by MELONIE T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To die.It's a big reality show to jesus (Just kidding because i believe in god)
2006-12-07 15:20:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll tell you what I honestly think...
2006-12-07 15:30:34 · answer #10 · answered by 670000000mph 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋