If everything that has ever lived has died, and everything that is alive now will die eventually, what, if anything, makes life sacred?
2006-12-23 06:48:06 · 6 answers · asked by Lao Pu 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I apologize for misspelling sanctity.
2006-12-23 06:52:42 · update #1
The fact that they lived is what makes them sacred. Eventually the Sun will die and The Earth will perish, does this make them any less phenomenal?
2006-12-23 06:50:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You assume life is only sacred if there is no death. Why would death make life less important to those that live it?
Even so, your question is an interesting one. Check the article below for another argument: just living is not enough, the quality of life is important.
It may help you to ask another question: "what do I mean by sanctity of life?" Do you want to express that life is important and deserving of protection. Do you wish to go further and say this is so because life is sanctified by a god (i.e. sacred)? Can you think of other reasons life might have value worth defending?
There are other important questions too. Does all life have sanctity? (Insect? Virus? Foetus?) Are there situations where life might cease having sanctity?
You can find some traction on these issues by visiting the Wikipedia article on the subject, or by reading the book by Pete Singer.
2006-12-23 07:38:09 · answer #2 · answered by versus 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dwell on this question. Just because our material bodies give up does this mean the sacred eternity within does?
2006-12-23 06:52:49 · answer #3 · answered by JAMI E 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
perhaps one of your relatives, lao tzu, had some thoughts on this point. our lives are an integral part of dao, which is inherently sacred ;-)
2006-12-23 06:53:18 · answer #4 · answered by drakke1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the actual reason is that God tells us life is sacred.
2006-12-23 06:50:47 · answer #5 · answered by Ashley 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the purpose of life
2006-12-23 06:52:25 · answer #6 · answered by jd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋