what is the meaning of life??

Answer 1

This has to be about the most important question that anyone can ask. Ever.

The answers you get may vary. Some may even suggest that you should not ask the question. Richard Dawkins, Oxford biologist, says that science can only answer "how" rather than "why" – and that we should not even ask the "why" question anyway.

But without a real reason for living, why bother? Yet we sense that there are universal ideals in the world which seem to reflect something bigger than we are – love and justice for example.

Different faith systems attempt to make sense of it all. Many (New Age, Hinduism, Buddhism etc) do not suggest that there is any creator god outside the physical universe. Such spiritual forces as exist are seen as a part of the physical world, rather than outside it. Others faith communities focus on to a creator god, yet distant and unknowable.

Christianity has a quite revolutionary take on all this. It paints a unique picture, whereby a powerful creator God, who could put together a universe arguably 10 billion light-years across, chose to condense himself down to a size and scope that people could understand, by being born as a baby into an occupied Middle Eastern country.

Jesus has to be the pivotal character in human history. Whatever you think of him, his impact has been total. And as C. S. Lewis observed, Jesus was either who he claimed to be, sick in the head, or a fraudster. There are no other alternatives.

When you look at Jesus, uncouple if you will, the defective behaviour of many of those who claim to follow him. If Jesus' analysis of human nature is correct – that it is deeply, totally flawed – then we would expect this to happen.

The meaning of life is the option for the liberty (not libertinage) of body, mind, soul and spirit. It is to do the good without look to whom.

Answer 2

The one question that has plagued mankind from the beginning.
What is the meaning of life??
It would seem to me that those that question the meaning of life are also acknowledging the creation account of the beginnings of mankind.
How could there be any meaning without creation?
Conversely how could there be any meaning if we simply evolved from some one cell creature over millions of years?
I have come to the conclusion after 56 years of living that the meaning of life is somewhat like a beautiful women.
Her beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
So it is with life and it's meaning.
For me Life without purpose has no meaning.
Life without fulfillment has no meaning.
Without those things we are merely existing.

Answer 3

Some one once wrote that if you don"t give a meaning to life it has none.

Now,in order to be able to give a meaning to life, you have first to either search for it in whatever literature, religious or academic, is available to you or else apply one which runs parallel to your ambitions and desires. Most go openely by this last alone, others camouflage it by the first, and only a few exclusively by the first.

For myself, the meaning of life comes from life itself - from the experiencing of life, of both the outer and the inner life.

Answer 4

The meaning of life is to learn, to understand the universe. Nature is pretty good at it, it seems to be learning from it's mistakes, evolving smarter creatures, and allowing the smartest ones to dominate the world. The pinnacle of evolution today, is a creature who is able to ask this question, and invest tremendous resources into contemplating the answer to it. Perhaps the universe is trying to understand itself, and perhaps we are it's best tool to date, in accomplishing this feat. Science, seems to be the best path we have to accomplish this goal, unfortunately with all of our progress to date we still don't really know or understand anything completely, hopefully one day we will understand something, anything completely, and then we will understand everything. Until that day comes we need focus our collective energy and resources to acquire more knowledge instead of waging greedy wars, and perhaps we can have the answers a lot sooner.

Answer 5

So simple ---eat ,reproduce ,enjoy pleasuring ones own body ,alone ,in groups, with drugs ,booze, whatever makes you feel good . Kill or remove anyone who would try to take your stuff .YOUR woman car clothes money possessions anything you have done or gotten for yourself .You find a girl and enjoy having sex with her do you want to share her .You work and buy a car do you want to share it . You bring food home to your house and again do you want to share it . The simple meaning of life is to survive .Do what you must in order to get what pleases you .Now go out and get yours already and quit asking silly questions .

Answer 6

The meaning of life is the same as the purpose of life.
To perpetuate itself.
That means reproduction, not destruction.

Answer 7

The meaning of life is unconditional love, The purpose of life is to awake to you unity with God in unconditional love within your heart. Your supreme duty in life is to express That unconditional love.

Answer 8

there is no meaning of life , we all strive to work hard for our own selfish personal well-being !!!
we hv become so selfish that we dont even wanna care about others , all we r concerned abt is just us :-(
we humanity suck.....including me ofcourse !!

Answer 9

Well... there's no simple answer to that.

Let me put it this way, "life is like box of chocolate, you'll never know what you're gonna get."

Answer 10

Doing something interesting instead of asking silly questions.