what is the meaning of life?

Question

i am doing this for a project @ school so please help
i need all views from all religions
thanx

Answer 1

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.....

Answer 2

I think that life is the meaning.
The simple fact : to live is something extraordinary . Life is beautiful . So , maybe we mustn't try to find a reason to live .

Probably those who find GOD, I mean really find HIM managed to understand the meaning of life from all point of view .

But I believe that us ,who are still looking for HIM , we are still asking ourselves what are we living for.
I believe that for some people this is not a question.
Maybe the meaning of life is to grow up, to get married , to have children .Maybe is to save the world.
To bring peace and harmony in our life, in the whole world ?

Answer 3

My religion says that the meaning of life is to ask about the meaning of life...Go figure!0!

Answer 4

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 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. -

Answer 5

See Monty Pythons "The Meaning of Life" and you will understand. If nothing else, you'll know what a wafer-thin mint can do to a person.

Answer 6

The meaning of life is the one you want to be.

Answer 7

The meaning of life is to seek God who created you. You were created to be a child of God. What more glorious and noble purpose and meaning could I have but to seek the One who created me and knows me?

Answer 8

the meaning of life is to learn to answer this question! its true

Answer 9

Life is meaningless

Answer 10

To experience as much as possible, the sad and angry as well as the peace and joy.