2007-03-13 11:36:09 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
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.....
2007-03-13 15:11:08 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2007-03-13 18:57:49 · answer #2 · answered by Jez 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey! I don't really think anyone will ever know what the true meaning of life is but this is my opinion.
I believe we were put on Earth for 7 special reasons:
1. To see
2. To hear
3. To touch
4. To taste
5. To feel
6. To laugh
7. And to love
I know it seems very mushy but that's just my opinion.
2007-03-13 20:46:05 · answer #3 · answered by Kazza_obsessed_with_The_O.C 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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.
2007-03-13 18:43:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the meaning of life is a test and learn how to value when we go to heaven.be good a nd do good things in your life and god will let u in heaven and live for eternity and happily
2007-03-13 18:45:55 · answer #5 · answered by ♥I_rock_you♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The meaning of life is to help others, and to befriend them. But then you must ask yourself, what are the others here for?
2007-03-13 18:43:28 · answer #6 · answered by ComputerGeek42 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eat. Survive. Reproduce.
2007-03-13 18:54:07 · answer #7 · answered by Covo Meisel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To explore its many inner hidden secrets and try all the possible things that would make you feel good,and finally finding what makes you happy,like smoking bud while sky diving off a jet! Find your happiness my man
2007-03-13 18:43:46 · answer #8 · answered by "EL GUAPO" 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a trick question. Actually there is no answer to it. Because the simple fact is everyone is different. So everyone OPINION on that question will be different. So technically there is no correct or wrong answer to it
2007-03-13 18:46:37 · answer #9 · answered by sykorob2005 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life has only the meaning that we give it.
No more, no less.
Love and blessings Don
2007-03-13 19:36:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋