by asking the question...
What do you think is the meaning of life?
it automatically suggests that the meaning of life is entirely subjective and that there is no objective meaning in life...its entirely subjective...
a black canvas that you have to paint with your set of tools and paints...find something you would like to paint and paint it...just paint.
2007-02-01 05:22:25
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answered by Anonymous
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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.....
2007-02-01 20:54:19
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answered by Its not me Its u 7
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That might be it right there... To search for some sort of meaning is what compels us to join a cause, or defend an idea, or pursue someone you believe you're meant to be with. Everyone will have different opinions on what the meaning of life is, but that's just it. The meaning of life isn't just one thing.. but the pursuit itself. Just like the point of a trip isn't the destination but the journey, I think the meaning of life is itself the search to find meaning.
Then again, there might not be one at all. But to be honest.. even if there wasn't, I'd still try to believe in one. Just because it pushes us to achieve things we wouldn't normally.
2007-02-01 13:26:04
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answered by Boberella 2
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2007-02-01 13:22:27
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answered by Terry C. 7
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Life being lived is the meaning in itself.
Life itself is proof that there is a Superior Being / GOD. This could not happen by a fluke or accident.
2007-02-01 13:21:18
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answered by donkey hotay 3
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Life – it has a meaning and loving purpose - you just have to find your purpose and live it.
I believe every person is here for a definite purpose. Each person is special and valuable; that refers to me, you, your family, friends, in fact everybody! There is a loving plan for each of our lives here on earth and there is no such thing as coincidence. I don't believe that anything in life happens by chance and that every aspect of our lives points to something deeper.
You need to decide now to live for God rather than for yourself. You spend your life on Earth preparing yourself (as best you can) for death. I don't see death as a scary, negative experience, but birth into a bliss filled eternal life with God. I believe that this is something you have to consciously choose or not during your life on earth.
The meaning of life is for us to discover that we are true children of an infinitely loving and merciful God, to find out what our responsibilities are to our Creator, and to fulfill those responsibilities. Each of us is called to affirm, accept and develop the talents God has given us. -
2007-02-02 00:16:53
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answered by Anonymous
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meaning i know not, but the goal of life is death. at the end of it you just got to die. what we see now in the physical world is not life at all, life begins after we go into the spiritual world.
2007-02-01 13:41:09
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answer #7
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answered by Chief of sinners 4
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To reproduce
2007-02-01 14:24:28
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answer #8
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answered by Anonymous
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See "Monty Python".
2007-02-01 13:31:29
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answered by kellring 5
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God. Enough said.
2007-02-01 13:18:17
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answered by Geekier Than Thou 4
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