just wondering, i wanna c wat other ppls opinions are
2007-09-27 13:52:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I think our life here on this beautiful planet is just the beginning, then we will be reunited with all of our loved ones and our pets. I think we will be healthy and happy and forgiven for all that we have done and have learned to forgive others also. We will live harmoniously and happily and a greater being will teach us how to be better and we will. There will be no more aches and no more pain we will all love and be loved. I know this sounds very simple but I believe in love and forgiveness and I think we were put here as a test and we all learn and we will pass the test!
2007-09-27 14:05:59 · answer #1 · answered by teresa m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our existence is merely a cosmic accident, as such we should not take ourselves too seriously. Life has no inherent meaning.
As individuals, there is much redemption. For the struggle to exist in an otherwise meaningless existence oddly enough gives man a modicum of dignity. And it is mans struggle alone amongst the absurdity that offers him his salvation from the absurdity itself.
As a group, however, we are doomed--DOOOMED I say. Screwed a trillion time overs. We cannot function as a collective without ultimately resorting to depravity towards ourselves and towards other collectives.
Ultimately, I believe in love (despite my overwhelming sense of cynicism rooted in a disappointment in mans failure to live up to his potential) and live my life accordingly.
Ha-ha.
2007-09-27 21:35:58 · answer #2 · answered by Gin Martini 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, i loved Gin Martini's answer. To me the answer to that question is that there is no meaning.
I think you can maybe find some meaning once you find a purpose in life but what's more important is the experience of life itself and trying to better yourself and better the world in which we live. To lean through experience and exploration.
2007-09-28 02:25:09 · answer #3 · answered by anonymous 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My opinion is that life is hard, and we need to learn to take ourselves much less seriously. Having said that, I think the meaning of life is to work to feel connected to everything all the time. Everything is connected to everything else, and it's rare moments (if ever) that our minds can conceive of that extraordinary and sublime truth. When we can understand that fact and dwell IN it, we will find true peace... I think.
2007-09-27 21:04:51 · answer #4 · answered by scout out 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have seen many people deny that our lives have meaning, but no one can actually live that way. Anonymous (above me) is a good example: "I think you can maybe find some meaning once you find a purpose in life but what's more important is the experience of life itself and trying to better yourself and better the world in which we live. To lean through experience and exploration."
So immediately after denying meaning and purpose, Anonymous talks about "bettering the world in which we live", which is a purpose. Deny it or not, we all have to have a reason for living.
What happens is that if we don't have a real purpose for living, we invent something, e.g. "bettering the world", which earns us real and imagined praise. That praise gives us a feeling that we have worth in the eyes of others. Without real purpose, it is all about feeling good about yourself.
Real purpose requires God:
“Unless you assume a God, the question of life’s purpose is meaningless.” –Bertrand Russell (Nobel Laureate, mathematician and philosopher)
2007-09-28 05:31:03 · answer #5 · answered by Matthew T 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Life is full of suffering, when I die and if ever God will give me a chance to live again, I will turn down the opportunity because I dont want to experience all these miseries all over again.
2007-09-27 21:03:20 · answer #6 · answered by torebeo humabon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋