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You're born, you live and you die. Somewhere in between you are supposed to have children so they can be born, live and die.

What is the point of it? I'm baffled.

2006-12-24 06:57:16 · 51 answers · asked by gorgeousfluffpot 5 in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

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Someone was docked point for answering in Hitchikers Guide vein the other day with a twist of irony by putting 35 not 42

I recon its "Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero" Seize the day, and live every moment like it might be your last

2006-12-24 07:45:33 · answer #1 · answered by Fram464 3 · 2 0

This is a personal question that all of us must answer and there is not any right or wrong answer. I could say that since I am a Christian (you may not be one) that the meaning of life is getting saved (born again) and then telling others about Christ and how he died on the cross and suffered for us and how Christ is now living for us in Heaven and how Christ was in Heaven even before he was born to Mary. (At the time of Christ's birth she was as virgin, she didn't stay one). You see my point. How do I know if you are a Christian? How do I know how you were raised? You have to find out the meaning of life-for you. May be you were raised in a family full of doctors? Think of it another way. You are born to learn and no one ever "arrives". People are 90 years old are still learning...from others! And what can you do with what you learned? Pass it on to the others! Now, back to the Christian thing...Christans will tell you that we are here to give honor and praise to God. But see, you may not be a Christian! That is why you need to find out for yourself what you are here for. I think the best job a woman can do is to be a mother. No other love is like the love for her children. (No laws are written that says " woman MUST have children").

2006-12-24 08:05:59 · answer #2 · answered by Beth 4 · 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.

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.


To be or not to be? "To be" is temporary and "not to be" is inevitable.....

2006-12-25 09:02:53 · answer #3 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0 0

Why is it that when someone asks this type of question on a board specifically created for people to ask and answer question in a philosophical way .you will get 5 or 6 people coming up with the very unwitty '42'.Hitchhikers was not funny or clever ,the answer is not funny nor clever and it's not in a section for TV programmes .
Clearly the question is subjective ,so if you don't have a point of view regarded the question ,don't try an be witty coz it really only sounds witty in your own head .

2006-12-26 11:17:45 · answer #4 · answered by Haydn 4 · 0 0

From what i learned during the time when u are living u go through many things that makes sad and happy and even though we know that we will end up dying we still went through many things especially happy times that makes us think even though we die we still got to experience things that we never knew could be there. Like ur children, y do u want to have children whats the point. u want ur children to see what kind of a world there is and let them experience things that u have experience good and bad.

2006-12-24 08:27:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Life is a journey...
You come in the world and, before you know it, you are supposed to be part of it.
Your acts suddenly have consequences
Your behavior is fully controlled by you...or maybe not from you...totally...
When you start understanding the meaning of this crazy ride called life, you feel you're not strong enough to feel any more...
Someday you close your eyes...forever. And maybe that's the end.
Noone is ment to know what life really is. They know what it tastes like, they know they can enjoy it...
They never know where it comes from.
Nor what has given life to them.
Sometimes they don't even realise that life doesn't belong to them. They belong to life.
Consider life as a game. Try to understand the rules and play well. Maybe you'll understand what's the meaning of life...maybe not.
Maybe life has no meaning; it just exists.
Good luck seeking the truth.

2006-12-24 08:31:08 · answer #6 · answered by firefly 4 · 0 0

That question has been baffling humans for tens of millenia.

I feel that we are on this plane to experience life. All aspects fo life. We are all part of the Devine Onesness, and the Devine Oneness wants to experience all that the Universe can provide. Hence it broke itself up into trillions of trillions of pieces so that these "individual" pieces could experience life in every form imaginable. That includes you and me. We are all connected to the Devine Oneness and to each other. Our ego (a false sense of "self") is what has us thinking that we're separate from everyone and everything else.

So we are hear to learn and to teach. We learn through our experences and interaction with others, and teach others through what we experience. It is the true "Circle of Life."

So, the point is to live your life and choose (through "Free Will") to align your intentions and actions with the Devine Oneness. That is challenging when society pounds into everyone a path that isn't aligned with the Devine Oneness.

What is that alignement? Meditate on it. If you don't know how to meditate, learn and practice.

Peace, Love, and Joy to you.

2006-12-24 07:07:19 · answer #7 · answered by Peter S 3 · 0 0

lol. Why must you know? Why must there be a point to it? No one knows what the meaning of life is. Instead of wasting your life trying to figure out why it even exists, enjoy it and fill it with love. That would be my dad's Buddhist answer (not that I'm claiming it's the official Buddhist reply). The Christian answer would be that God loves us. God is love; He had so much love that he created us so that he would have more beings to love. Remember, true love always grows to accept more people. He created us so that we might become happy in experiencing him. He loved us before he even created us, because He is the quintessence of love and is that selfless. It is quite baffling.

2006-12-24 07:02:46 · answer #8 · answered by Christine 2 · 2 0

I imagine the meaning of our lives is personal and unfolds in the living of it. What you talk about; living and dying and procreating; these are big markers - rites of passage- but I think the meaning is in what you make of the daily living choices - and in relationship. Everything we do from waking to sleeping tells us something about ourselves and we can change and become whatever we choose. If someone is in danger within your range do you help or not/ How do you feel and think about your actions?
I find it quite exciting not knowing my meaning but trying to uncover it - a lifelong project.

2006-12-25 04:22:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

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2006-12-24 07:06:15 · answer #10 · answered by Richie 1 · 0 1

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