2007-01-16 22:06:08 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
what great question are u talking about??
2007-01-16 22:08:15 · answer #1 · answered by The little "T" 3 · 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.....
2007-01-17 22:00:03 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The meaning of life is the pursuit of discovering the meaning of life. It is also, coincidentally, the pursuit of happiness; the pursuit of your next meal; the next f**k; anything we have ever wanted to achieve. From the second we are created until the second we die, we have been in pursuit of things. This drive has led us through our lives and determined our path. If we are doing all of this for a "larger" reason, we will never know unless we continue to look for it.
2007-01-17 06:23:53 · answer #3 · answered by soulfuljim1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a great chance that the answer to the great question would be the great answer.
2007-01-17 06:11:49 · answer #4 · answered by jimmyJoe 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree totally with Jimmy - A great answer.
2007-01-17 06:36:11 · answer #5 · answered by Venom Spartan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
69 ? the answer to all great questions lol
2007-01-17 06:09:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Been busting my brain for the last few minutes...
I DON'T know....but what about 41 or 43?
2007-01-17 06:21:32 · answer #7 · answered by Afi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am more curious what the great question is!
2007-01-17 06:54:39 · answer #8 · answered by Ford Prefect 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I tell you the answer, are you ready and willing to act on it right then and there?
2007-01-17 06:15:47 · answer #9 · answered by Gee Wye 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sad answer is that there is no answer. Lets party!
2007-01-17 06:09:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋