2007-01-20 05:00:42 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The diameter of the Milky Way Galaxy is 100,000 light years, exceeds ordinary human comprehension...right? a time interval vastly greater than all of human history.
Another thousand times farther takes us to distant cluster of galaxies, but even then, that would be less than one ten-thousandths of a percent of the observable Universe. We are mere specks in an abyss of time and space.
From the perspective of the Universe, Man does not exist.
2007-01-20 09:49:26 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. I think that ultimately our demise will answer that question.
2. Archaeologists try to answer that question about previous civilizations. In the grand scheme of things, many civilizations are buried deep beneath us, and remain to be discovered.
3. Also, relative, is the value we place on our existence & it's remembrance. Then, I have to refer you back to 2.
4. Now, if you mean in a soul, or otherbeing sense — as a collective whole, we have no definitive proof. Again, that would require death — we will either be or not.
5. In the grand scheme of things, psychologically, I think that it helps Humans to sleep better if they hold onto the notion, belief that they have purpose for living.
Good Luck and Warm Wishes.
2007-01-20 13:12:18 · answer #2 · answered by mitch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Grand Scheme is a human concept so, yes, we are important in as those that harbor the idea.
In the natural life of the planets and universe, no, an insignificant speck of nothing.
2007-01-20 13:10:48 · answer #3 · answered by heartmindspace 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As we perceive the grand scheme of things, hell no. After all, we are the perceivers of the grand scheme of things. The grand scheme of things is our idea. So no, we are certainly something
That's for the human race as a whole. Individually, we probably are worth something. If nothing else, maybe one of our descendants will do something great, and without us where would our great-great-great-grandchildren be?
2007-01-20 13:05:18 · answer #4 · answered by tarkenberg199 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we certainly are something. In the grand scheme of things, we have now developed the weapons of power to destroy this beautiful planet.
That fact alone makes us a force to be reckoned with.
We are indeed a very dangerous species.
What's more, those of us without power rely on those with, to make the right decisions, dangerous stuff...
With that power, one can't say, are we nothing at all.
2007-01-20 14:16:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so, because we still all contribute something to the grand scheme of things. As participants.
2007-01-20 13:16:52 · answer #6 · answered by Habt our quell 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We are nothing of ourselves|
Only God is *All.*
If we humble ourselves and acknowledge our intrinsic nothingness, then God can fill us with His vast treasures|
God is Love and we have no idea what He wants to give us if we love Him and trust Him|
For example, the Lord told one mystic that He unloaded a million so that the people could use it for their benefit|
He went out to see if it was used up so that He could put more millions into circulation|
But what He had found was that only pennies had been spent as the people were languishing in misery and poverty|
The precise problem was that they lacked trust in God's goodness and generosity|
*Trust* is the golden key that opens to us all the treasures of God's vast treasury|
There is no other key|
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2007-01-20 13:48:47 · answer #7 · answered by Catholic Philosopher 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, we are short lived and tiny compared to our planet, which in itself is short lived and tiny compared to the universe. However to ourselves and to the people around us we are important. The brief period of existence that we have is our chance to experience love and hate, to achieve and to fail.
Nothing is meaningful when faced with eternity. Everything is meaningful when faced with a momentary existence.
2007-01-20 13:15:52 · answer #8 · answered by silondan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We're all matter, but we really have no great importance. Time will continue on with or without us. Any importance we feel has been ascribed by ourselves and our society. It's culture's job to give meaning to life. A lot of people don't want to feel as if there's no point/meaning to life, so they give meaning to it.
But...yeah, I don't think there's any real meaning to it all. And that's just fine.
2007-01-20 13:05:58 · answer #9 · answered by JC 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If we were nothing at all we would not exist. We are each an incredibly tiny part of a huge universe.
2007-01-20 13:48:55 · answer #10 · answered by Philosophical Fred 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋