2007-07-27 17:18:30 · 15 answers · asked by J 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Life is beautiful :)
2007-07-27 20:46:02 · answer #1 · answered by ~ ANGEL ~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.....
2007-07-28 01:20:09 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Birth
2007-07-28 00:21:13 · answer #3 · answered by labohemianartist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1+1=2 and 2-1=1. Simple
2007-07-28 02:50:50 · answer #4 · answered by naniannie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a man or womans duty in life is to try to push the wheel that will benefit humanity...whether it is done by taking care of your children, doing your job, or even just by brightening a single persons day...to do those things will further people in life.
The joy in life is the bond between humans that really matter, friendship, family, love, etc. When you do these dutifully, god will no doubt in accepting you in heaven
2007-07-28 00:35:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
meaning of life should be seen in totality rather than an individual self,if u do an action try n see if it can have a positive impact on others too rather than ur own selfish reason
2007-07-28 00:30:33 · answer #6 · answered by Aqua 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Monty Python made a movie with that title that will answer all of your questions.
2007-07-28 00:23:17 · answer #7 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do the best you can. Marry and have a family.
2007-07-28 00:28:13 · answer #8 · answered by Brandy B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is whatever meaning you want to give it. You decide.
2007-07-28 00:53:05 · answer #9 · answered by tenno1234 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is to be able to learn and teach others so their life get better and better
2007-07-28 00:23:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋