We do what we do to survive, but eventually we will all be dead, so what is the point?

Answer 1

There's a word that rhymes with "survive." It's "thrive."
What's the point if we're eventually going to die? Let me try this: We have some vacation time, we plan for it, for all the things we're going to enjoy. What's the point when we know we're going to have to end it?
The point is, if one thinks in a linear way--we're born & die, what happens to the "in between?" The journey. Serendipitous, insightful, beautiful. Doesn't every living thing, bottom line, live to "thrive?"
Just an example, plants need sunlight, water, nourishment. We humans nourish ourselves in the journey with a positive attitude, open-mindeness, adventure, & accomplisments to name only a few. Isn't THAT the point?

Answer 2

If our lives came about strictly by mindless evolution, a natural process, there cannot possibly be any point. It's like asking the point of a snowdrift or a lava flow.

I think most of your answers here are:
1) figure out to pass the time
2) do something to make yourself feel good about yourself as per "There can be the enjoyment of achieving some goal, being the parent of the next generation, or simply feeding one's sensual desires". In other words, blatant feel-goodism.

All with the objective to keep from committing suicide.

Life has to have a Creator to have a purpose (or a point):

"Unless you assume a God, the question of life’s purpose is meaningless.” –Bertrand Russell

Answer 3

Many people make the mistake of believing that the basic desire and instinct of every living thing is self-preservation. If that was true, rich humans and captive animals would not feel depression (which, as I'm sure you know, they do).
I think the basic desire and instinct of every living thing is self-exhaustion (not in a negative way). Self-preservation is achieved as a byproduct of that.
Exhaustion meaning the feeling that you are contributing to something or are a part of something, that you are not just sitting around wasting time. Exhaustion meaning, frankly, meaning.
The point is to find what gives us meaning.

Answer 4

You are correct, we will die anyway. You now have a choice. End it all now through suicide, or given that you do have a span of time that you will be alive, choose a life that you would like. Believing that life should have a point is part of the emotional suffering that many do.

There is no point to our existence. We are here because our parents had sex. Any delusions beyond that point usually results in many years of struggling.

Answer 5

The point is to enjoy every moment like it was your last, and live every day like you are immortal. You can't retrieve the past, and the future is yet to come. We all live 'in the moment'. Look at it as though the 'present' is God's gift to us. Every day I awake, I am thankful I have one more chance to enjoy this wonderful and scary place we call Life. If you treat it as though it were a fantasy role playing game, then you'll realise that all of life boils down to resource management. Ultimately, the only person who can determine what your life is about.... is you. Your life was given to you. It is up to you what you do with it. It can be a great gift or it can be a great burden. It's all in what you do with what you have, and how you chose to look at it all. If you are not happy with your life, and you don't chose to do something about it; then you don't have to worry about going to hell when you die; you're already there, in your own, self made hell. So chose what you want your life to be about; then get about doing it. Above all, learn how to find something to enjoy about it every day; because, the bottom line is, today is all we ever have. Yesterday is gone and only serves to remind us of what didn't work. Tommorrow is a dream filled with potential; and as unreachable as yesterday. But, today, we can change things. It's up to you. Chose, and be willing to live with your choices. Then, when you die, you can go, knowing that it was one hell of a ride, and not be ashamed of what and who you were. Make yourself the sort of person you would admire. Do it today.
"...sufficient unto the day..."

Answer 6

Many of us find enjoyment in our lives, despite the fact that we all will die. There can be the enjoyment of achieving some goal, being the parent of the next generation, or simply feeding one's sensual desires. All of this can be whether or not there is some sort of afterlife, but many people also take pleasure in the anticipation of an elysial afterlife. Whether or not the anticipation is realistic, it makes many people's lives far more tranquil than they would be otherwise.

Answer 7

There's this ancient inherited instinct to survive in each of us, and the strongest of our kind survive to sustain our existence.

Answer 8

There is no "point". Of course, you can make one up, but that is a purely arbitrary human construction.

Which means, you're free to choose to do as you want. Scary, huh?
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Answer 9

The point used to be to spread our seed... but at this point, I don't really think there is a point. That IS your point, isn't it?

Answer 10

The fact that life is finite makes it all the more important to live it to its fullest, because once it's over, it's over.

Unless, of course, you believe in cryonics. :-)