2007-02-08 08:20:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I think the meaning of life is to learn particular lessons that we chose to learn.
2007-02-08 08:28:49 · answer #1 · answered by StaLynnCey 2 · 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.....
2007-02-08 11:14:05 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To some the meaning could be to contribute to the betterment of conditions of others as they live their own lives.
To some the meaning could be to detract or destroy any aspects of life that are better than, or different from, the lives they live.
It all comes when you wake up in the morning and you begin the tasks of accomplishment you want to find your life holding...choosing whether you are a contributor or a parasite.
2007-02-08 08:40:21 · answer #3 · answered by donkey hotay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meaning of life is found only through one's life.
2007-02-08 11:12:05 · answer #4 · answered by Chackochen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is NOT a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, totally worn out and proclaiming:
WOW! WHAT A RIDE!
Life is living the above!
2007-02-08 08:57:46 · answer #5 · answered by missellie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First ask about meaning, then ask the more important questions.
2007-02-08 08:26:55 · answer #6 · answered by Philip Kiriakis 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Eat, sleep, attempt to procreate.
2007-02-08 08:56:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To learn, to do, to love and by so doing, grow.
2007-02-08 08:55:44 · answer #8 · answered by Marilyn S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To learn from our mistakes, and never give up!!
2007-02-08 09:08:43 · answer #9 · answered by ILSE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
evolution must continue
2007-02-08 08:40:38 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋