whats the meaning of life?

Answer 1

Go out to the real world, seek the truth of meaning in your own eyes, senses, not here on the web. Not here, on the web. Its a mad world out there, with cold hearted people. its a mad world out there. Its only me and you, its a cold hearted world, its only me and you. Its a mad world out there, just me and you out there. Seeking the truth of meanings. Its a mad world out there, its just me and you, everything but else is unreal, seeking sanity, its a so real, its a mad world.

Seek the truth, out in the world.

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

Tiger had the right idea: it's me and you.

It's about other people. Think about it: if you had appeared on this planet, in your nice home, with your TV and Internet, and all the wonderful facilities available to you in your town and your country, BUT...with no one else but yourself to enjoy it all, your life would have no meaning at all.

On the other hand, if you had been born in a dirt-poor village with nothing but a bit of food and water to sustain you, BUT...you had family, neighbors, a whole world of other people to meet and interact with, your life would be as full and rich as you cared to make it.

You work on yourself, make yourself a good person, and you go out there and you do whatever you can to bring some light into other people's lives. Do that, and you will never need to ask the question again.

I'm 46 and just now realizing all this myself. So it might take longer or shorter for you to learn life's lessons, but eventually we all end up learning the same lesson.

Answer 4

I don't know why the three most popular middle-Eastern Religions that have a monopoly on the world's religions don't specifically answer this one: The meaning of life is to help the next generation reach the next level. Actually; that is the purpose of life, not the meaning of life. So that begs the question: What is the purpose of meaning?

Answer 5

Life itself has no one meaning. As a race we can't agree on a single thing. There are thousands of answers for this question. However, it is our individual lives that have meaning. Life is what you make it. If you are religious, the meaning of life for you is to serve your divine being. If you are a nihilist, your life has no meaning. Some may live for the pursuit of pleasure. It is the meaning of their lives. Overall, life, itself, has no one meaning due to the fact that our individual lives have their own separate meanings which don't always support each other.

Answer 6

What are some of the rights given to women in Islam?

The Qur’an places men and women on a similar relationship before God, and promises both the final goal of paradise for those who believe and do right (see Qur’an 3:195; 4:124; 16:19; 40:40).

The Qur’an also speaks of similarity in terms of creation. God tells us that He created a single soul and from it its mate, then He made countless men and women from those two (see Qur’an 4:1). The Qur’an does not contain the belief that the man alone is created in the image of God.

Because of this fundamental similarity between men and women, the Qur’an declares that women have rights similar to the rights against them according to what is equitable (see Qur’an 2:228).

In a time when women were devalued and female infants were buried alive, the Qur’an raised the value of women and prohibited female infanticide. Due to the Qur’an, this practice was abolished, but in recent times advances in the science of genetic selection has encouraged some unbelievers to practice a modern form of female infanticide.

The Qur’an also abolished the practice whereby inheritance went to only the oldest male heir. Instead, a woman can inherit from her father, her husband, and her childless brother (see Qur’an 4:7, 32, 176).

In Islam when a woman gets married she does not surrender her maiden name, but maintains her distinct identity. Some Muslim women have adopted the surnames of their husbands, but this is due to cultural influence, not Islam.

In a Muslim marriage the groom gives a dowry to the bride, not to her father. This becomes her private property to keep or spend, and is not subject to the dictates of her male relatives. Any money she earns or receives is similarly her very own.

Under Islamic Law a woman cannot be married without her consent. She has final approval on a marriage partner and she can repudiate a marriage arranged without her consent. She also has the right to initiate a separation from marriage if her rights under marriage are not being granted.

Widows have the right to remarry, and they are in fact encouraged to do so.

The Qur’an places on men the responsibility of protecting and maintaining their female relatives. This relieves women of the need to earn their own living. It also means that a man must provide for his wife even if she has money of her own. She is not obligated to spend her money in the maintenance of her family. Incidentally, a woman is also not required to cook for her family, although she may do so out of love and compassion. The example of our noble prophet, on whom be peace, is that although he was such a great leader, he assisted in the housecleaning and mended his own clothes.

In return for the added responsibility, the Qur’an gives men the degree of leadership (see Qur’an 2:228; 4:34). This does not mean that men should dominate women, but rather that they should deal with them in kindness, mercy, and love (see Qur’an 4:19; 30:21).

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Answer 8

Why do you not ask that question when you are happy? You are happy sometimes, aren't you? So next time when you are happy, ask that question, and you will get a good answer.

And when you are sad or neutral, ask the question differently: What is not the meaning of life? You will get a good answer again.

Answer 9

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 10

Carpie Diem