What are our ideas about why we are here and where did we come from? Also another question that got me thinking where did space come from?
2007-08-25 01:05:13 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
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.....
2007-08-25 05:11:47 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We know that we are here so space must have started some where.
Some time back towards time zero a single space-time pulse was initiated from a finite potential,that evolved into the universe we see to-day.
Some way this universe developed the capacity to become aware of itself.
We are the result,we are the eyes and ears and senses of the universe.
2007-08-25 01:57:04 · answer #2 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is not in the universe She is the universe.
She created the universe and all of the space and things in it from the only thing that She had available, Herself. There is no point where God stops and something else starts.
You and the most distant star from you in the universe both exist within the idea of God. God is experiencing through all of us all of the time.
This is a difficult concept for most people to comprehend because they have been taught nonsense about God. Like the idea that God lives far away on a cloud called heaven. God is not a raindrop. Raindrops live in clouds Not God. This is foolishness.
Jesus told us that the kingdom of God is within us. This is true because each and every one of us exist as a part of God. We live and move within our loving source. There is no moment or possibility that we can ever be apart from her.
Forget the silly stories that you have been told about a distant God that lives in the clouds. Look around you. Everything and everyone that you see is God.
Love and blessings.
Don
2007-08-25 02:05:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why we are here – To learn and develop spiritually:
1 To know our self -- our character, mistakes and failings
2 To develop and refine our character
3 To recognize what is right and wrong, good and evil
4 To practice love and serve our fellowmen
5 To settle our karmic debts or repay for our transgressions and offenses through suffering or by offsetting them through good deeds and services
6 To develop desired skills and talents
We came from the Real World, the Spirit World. And after we complete our work and studies, there we will return, as well.
All the planes of being, including all worlds and space are the manifestations of God’s thoughts, His creations.
2007-08-25 01:37:48 · answer #4 · answered by Angel Luz 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We are here by natural process."creation"is one of universal process for all living beings.So live a diseaseless life.Human
life among all living species of universe is most precious.That is the only living being with highest intelligence quotient.So think how a human can live a life full of "JOY"and "PEACE".
As to space,it has not come from anywhere but our universe is placed in space.
2007-08-25 01:36:51 · answer #5 · answered by Damodar B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe that we all have a destiny and purpose in life.
I also believe that our ability to get threw the joys and especially the unspeakable sorrows of todays world depends upon our Faith and trust in our minds belief of a Heaven to come. I know that I have suffered threw life since the age of 2 physically and emotionally but I also know for a fact weather you call it Faith-God-or Angel someone is wacthing over me and pulls me from the edge of depression and disaster every time.
tootsie
2007-08-25 03:18:58 · answer #6 · answered by tootsie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We're still working on the "how..."
Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves...
We came from our mother's womb...
Space came from the results of a dense singularity exploding and expanding into a zillion separate pieces...galaxies, stars, planets, and dirty socks...
If you like...
You and I can work on the "why" together...(and inquiries into the "why" work best when you're naked for some strange reason...
We'll discuss "reasons" tomorrow...
Class dismissed...you may go...
2007-08-25 01:23:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
everything started at the big bang including space and time.
2007-08-25 01:12:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
we are here living to nourish God's gift. to enjoy what life was really meant to be.
2007-08-25 01:25:23 · answer #9 · answered by ulap 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just don't spend too much time thinking about those.
:D
2007-08-25 01:10:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋