Depending on their personal belief it is not necessary because they are going to die/be reincarnated/ressurected anyway regardless of their current physical status.
2007-04-17 04:47:11 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
we don't excersise for a future life.....we do it for the NOW. We do it to help us life longer and fully enjoy this life. To be able to travel and hike and see things you can't if you get too tired. We do it fo be strong enough to run and jump and play and to feel good now. We don't do it cause we have to and hate it....we do it cause its a part of life we love and we love how it makes us feel and look. In this life....you do what you want until the next....so why would you question things that others like to do just because you don't do it?
2007-04-17 04:55:05 · answer #1 · answered by sweets 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Then why not do anything now? Why not just allow one's self to die at this moment? Duration is not pointless, but a perfect necessity. If everyone stopped right now and said, "There's no point in eating, drinking...because we're going to die and be reincarnated anyway," then I'm sure you can see the absurdness of that assumption ;) Also, there may not be a reincarnation or ressurection, so it's wise to make the most of it now.
2007-04-17 05:28:10 · answer #2 · answered by Source 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Setting out to do only things that are relevant on a cosmic scale would be disastrous as well as futile. Even the Pope, the Dalai Lama, the Archbishop of Canterbury, etc. have to do things like eat, sleep, and even (presumably) defecate. Monks who have devoted themselves to becoming as spiritually aware as possible, even to the point of absolute self-denial, still have quotidian needs to fulfill and activities to perform.
Not everything has to have grand cosmic implications in order to be worthwhile.
2007-04-17 05:14:43 · answer #3 · answered by Drew 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we are very small beings on a cosmic scale, and as such focus on things that are also very small on a cosmic scale. We could be living in an air pocket in somebody's blackberry gelatin for all we know.
2007-04-17 05:09:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because "the cosmic scale" is not the only context in which one's existence is lived and measured. And, one might argue, that the inevitability of death might engender in some an appreciation for what can be accomplished in the brevity of one's existence, rather than a collapse into despair.
2007-04-17 04:54:52 · answer #5 · answered by Timaeus 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Just to feel healthy and alive. Nothing more.
I'm no "health nut." My wife is an excellent cook and I get a great diet. I don't go to a gym. I bicycle and canoe, and garden, and it's always wise to work out a bit and STRETCH before starting the season with these activities...
2007-04-17 11:48:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because people have to do something to keep busy.
Because it makes some people feel good.
Because exercising makes the rest of our life more predictable.
Because we are conditioned to by evolution.
Because the chicks dig it.
2007-04-17 09:08:17 · answer #7 · answered by w34p0n2m4n 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If people were to think on the "cosmic scale" life would be meaningless, and people don't want to think that
2007-04-17 06:37:06 · answer #8 · answered by Always Question 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it may be a long time until I die, and I'd like to be in a healthy, well functioning body until then.
2007-04-17 05:46:09 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My sentiments exactly. Eat well, exercise -- die anyway.
I like to point to Jim Fixx -- the guy who popularized jogging for health.
He died of a heart attack -- while jogging.
2007-04-17 04:54:45 · answer #10 · answered by Resident Heretic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋