What is the meaning of life?

Answer 1

If anyone says "42" I'm going to be very, very disappointed.

Answer 2

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.....

Answer 3

As humans we think of ourselves as the end of the line in evolution. As such we feel that our lives as individuals must have some greater meaning. When we consider that we as a species comprise a given percentage of the biomass based on our consumption as top predator this is an easy trap to fall into. The true meaning of life should be considered from the perspective of the biomass itself. We as humans have been around as a numerical percentage of the biomass for a relatively short span of time. Especially considering the length of time the biomass itself has been present on this planet as a "consistent mass". We are nothing more then an expression of the biomass. Another permutation that it's created in it's own game of survival and expansion. For the question to be relevant it must be asked "What is the desired goal of the biomass"? In this context the answer is simplicity itself. The goal is to expand beyond the confines of the planetary biosphere. To achieve this goal it is necessary to create a permutation capable of designing the next stage of evolutionary consciousness and humans with their mechanical ingenuity seem well equipped to do so. If, in fact, they don't destroy themselves in the process. It's been said that necessity is the mother of invention. The biomass is counting on that. That's why we were created so virulent.

Answer 4

Life is for living

Answer 5

I don't think there is an "overall" meaning to it. I think we each create our own meaning for ourselves.
For instance, some people depend on religion, using their faith to keep them going. Others may live to help their family and friends. Some people just want to enjoy their lives for themselves and not think about a higher power.
So (no offense) but I think your question is a little too broad. I think the answer to that question is different for every one, depending on their religion, their background, etc.

Answer 6

To live for God.
atleast that is the ideal meaning of life. its more relative from person to person.

Answer 7

To experience life as we individually know it. Our individual experiences become a part of the whole. Our experience is everyone else's experience. How we deal/react with situations are what matters. No one is right or wrong in what we experience.

Answer 8

there IS NO MEANING TO LIFE!!! life is exactly what you make of it!! there is no creator, no purpose- life is a fact of the universe just as stars are!! get used to it!

Answer 9

Make your own choice, don't depend on others like some child.

Answer 10

Open the resolved questions section, I'm sure you'll find it there!