2007-08-26 00:57:49 · 10 answers · asked by bigcee is the man! 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
to live to your full potential
2007-08-26 01:00:38 · answer #1 · answered by Trixx 3 · 1⤊ 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.....
2007-08-26 10:08:42 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is 42... The meaning of life? After 50 years..still not sure what the answer really is and I am afraid to know. That being said..go out and live and see and experiance.
2007-08-26 08:21:14 · answer #3 · answered by Bob D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scientifically- to produce as many healthy offspring as possible in order to keep the population going.
however i think Monty Python got it right
"Well, it's nothing very special. Uh, try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations"
2007-08-26 08:27:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
most of the people ask this question...life means to live."live with a soul,heart &brain".these are basic necessities...if a person have no soul=no life,a person without heart=a person without feeling,a person without brain=a man without value...we live in this world..to know&teach,to give&take,to laugh&cry,to love&hate,to taste good&bad....life is to encounter(rather then to flee)...dont think what you need rom te life think what life need rom you
2007-08-26 08:26:37 · answer #5 · answered by Rare girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is struggle!
2007-08-29 06:58:48 · answer #6 · answered by Mogollon Dude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To enjoy yourself, make the most of what time we have and make others smile.
2007-08-26 09:20:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To enjoy and don't take things for granted.
2007-08-26 08:03:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
follow the rules,do ur job,and belive in god,and wait for ur turn.
2007-08-26 08:01:13 · answer #9 · answered by toploser 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
to be the best you can be, to help others when you can and to accept things that you can not change.
2007-08-26 08:08:44 · answer #10 · answered by makcadoo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋