What is the purpose of life?

Answer 1

living

Answer 2

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 3

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.

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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.

Answer 4

I would like to address this in two ways. First, within our lives, we can be purpose-driven. "The Purpose Driven Life (2002) is an advice book written by Christian author Rick Warren and published by Zondervan. The book has been on the New York Times Bestseller list for advice books for 174 weeks (as of May 2006). The book offers readers a 40-day personal spiritual journey, and presents what Warren says are God's five purposes for human life on Earth. As of November 2005, The Purpose Driven Life has been translated into 56 languages and was the bestselling book in the world for 2003, 2004, and 2005. It has won numerous literary awards. The book is intended to be read as a daily inspiration, with each of the forty short chapters read on consecutive days. Each chapter contains a personal application section at the end with a "point to ponder," a verse to remember, and a question to consider over the course of that day. Rick Warren described his book as an "anti-self-help book." The first sentence of the book reads, "It's not about you," and the remainder of the chapter goes on to explain how the quest for personal fulfillment, satisfaction, and meaning can only be found in understanding and doing what God placed you on Earth to do. The book's 40 chapters are divided into six major sections, with the following titles:

What on Earth Am I Here For?
Purpose #1: You Were Planned for God's Pleasure
Purpose #2: You Were Formed for God's Family
Purpose #3: You Were Created to Become Like Christ
Purpose #4: You Were Shaped for Serving God
Purpose #5: You Were Made for a Mission"

I would highly advise reading this book to help find out your specific purpose as well as to find out the purpose of life in general because this has helped me and so many others understand this concept and learn how to live a more meaningful life.

The second way I want to address your question is to suggest that you take the Purpose of Life Inventory (second website I listed). "For some of us, life is pretty much a straightforward process. We are reasonably comfortable with who we are and what we are about. Even our personal struggles fit into some kind of meaningful pattern. Doubts and confusion may arise from time to time, but an underlying meaning or purpose sustains us.

For others of us, life is not so straightforward. Coping with the fast pace and complexity of life may find us straining to pull up the energy just to make it through each day. Illness or family problems may cause additional stress. We may feel a creeping sense of weariness with life, a sense that life is just too hard and not much fun. Even though we desire it, we're not sure our lives fit into a meaningful pattern.

If you are contemplating the meaning or purpose of your life, the Purpose of Life Inventory may be of value to you. It is intended to evaluate your progress and inspire further progress in the realization of your life purpose."

Hopefully this will help you address this issue in your own life.

Answer 5

if u will think more positive u will be happier.but if u veiw life in that perspective then it will be less meaniful.Try christanity see if it works what u got to lose,and then make all those statments u cant say things against God if u haven't tried him,He can make a new person out of u and u will not look at life like that ever again.so please try it .

Answer 6

the bible says that it is to glorify God.

P.S. The 'church' didn't tell me that, btw. I have a good mind, and I know how to read. I am also very glad that my spirit is not weighed down with the burden of arrogance, as so many athiests's are.

May you come to know the Lord Jesus, and have a peaceful eternity.

Answer 7

understanding and learning are purpose of being

Answer 8

To learn and better ourselves, and in time, others.

Answer 9

paying taxes.

Answer 10

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jio aur jeene do

enjoy ur life

and bless to every one

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we are one of the best riders in whole world

so use ur caleble

and help all of them in ur world

and think u r the persone , which can change the world