I've been thinking about it...Is life pointless?
2007-07-09 22:17:37 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
If you'll search back, say, every four minutes or so, you'll encounter this same question asked and answered.
Of course, that can't hold a candle to the arts section of YA, where every other 14 year old girl is asking either how to become famous or how to get on that revolting High School Musical beast-from-hell.
Oh, and there is no meaning to life -- which does NOT preclude your life from having meaning. If you meant what is the PURPOSE of life, it's just to live, to make mistakes in order to learn and grow, and to be benevolent and helpful toward others.
2007-07-09 22:39:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The meaning of life is to live it. Live it to the best of your ability, to the fullest. Because it's the only life you have.
Is life pointless? Well, your life essence might be pointless. For example, if you are a normal person who has a normal job and gets bored sometimes, life wouldn't be pointless. If you have NEVER, EVER done anything for mankind, let alone your own community, then your life essence just might be being wasted.
That's why I want to be a humanitarian. One life essence could save a million others, quite literally. Do not allow your life to be pointless. Do something for the children in third world countries, make your existence matter.
Life does have a point, but not everyone is sharp enough to get it. Total pun intended.
2007-07-09 22:23:34 · answer #2 · answered by Catherine L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you finally find life is pointless, you realize everything around you, every detail, every mark, scratch, and sound... espescially when you're alone. That is when you are here to not live a life, but to watch lives. The true meaning of life is to never live badly. The painful meaning of life is to have never lived. Watching evolution is the greatest thing one could see. Helping evolution is the greatest thing one can help.
2007-07-09 22:25:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is not pointless, just, it have the meaning you give to it, any meaning is good as well.
The intrinsic meaning is, obviously, to spread life, with sons and daughters, but this is a more collective view, the proof is: if that was not the intrinsic meaning of life, life would not exist anymore.
2007-07-10 04:57:49 · answer #4 · answered by gurghet (protesta) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you think about it, we aren't on earth for an amazingly long time. So, I just think, we aren't here for a long time, we're here for a good time. Have fun, make friends, don't break people's hearts gratuitously, be kind, achieve what you can, and always be friendly and polite. When you wake up and see something beautiful, or when you laugh so much it hurts, that (for me) is what gives life a point. It's all the little moments that matter.
2007-07-09 22:39:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you mean is it part of some grand plan, i personally believe that there is no such plan.
the meaning of your life is what you make of it. if you make nothing of your's, it can be relatively pointless, but it needn't be part of another's plan to have a point. if you want your life to have a point, make it so to the best of your own ability. that is all that anyone can expect from anyone else.
2007-07-09 23:05:00 · answer #6 · answered by implosion13 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is good. Too many wonderful things in life to enjoy and I am someone who has been through a bunch of crap in his life.
2007-07-09 22:21:06 · answer #7 · answered by ArachnidDemon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's up to you to decide, some think it's religion, some think it's for fun, some think it means nothing so spend it while your alive, some think it's short and special, some think it's pointless.
2007-07-09 22:21:00 · answer #8 · answered by Dave 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the meaning of life ? hmmmmmmmmmm the meaning of life is be who you are and happy with who you are and live life to the max as life is too short to waste
2007-07-09 22:24:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is what you make it to be
2007-07-09 22:58:54 · answer #10 · answered by ally b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋