Who do you go to when you can't go to anyone? Do you feel life has a collective purpose and not just an individualistic one? How are you comforted when losing a loved one? What is the point of life if there is nothing afterward? Are we here just to serve as memories when we die?
2007-10-21 05:29:19 · 30 answers · asked by orange moon 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I know, I had alot of questions. Just curious is all. I guess by reward, I meant, what gives you strength to not get discouraged with lifes cruelties and let downs.
2007-10-21 05:36:31 · update #1
For Paul, the bullfighter. I appreciate your comment but I asked the question to hear what other view points were. Not because I'm lacking for myself. Call me nosy, LOL. But don't call me weak.
2007-10-21 05:43:20 · update #2
"What is the point of life if there is nothing afterward?"
I strongly suggest that you sit yourself down and meditate on that comment. If it really makes sense to you that life can only have a point that comes _after_ life, you're very probably throwing your life away, and that's by far the most serious mistake that you can make.
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"For Paul, the bullfighter. I appreciate your comment but I asked the question to hear what other view points were. Not because I'm lacking for myself. Call me nosy, LOL. But don't call me weak".
Fair enough. I won't.
2007-10-21 05:34:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Reward in life ? To to thought of as the most friendly , most helpful , the most trustworthy , the most honest , the most truthful person that anyone knows . I work hard at it . I practice self improvement , self analysis , self control , constantly .
There is no time that I can't go to anyone .
Collective - individualistic ? Never gave it much thought .
Comforted ? Knowing their problems and pains are now gone forever .
Point of life ? The same as all living things here on earth, plant and animal . We're here to reproduce in order to keep nature going . After all , we're just a part of nature too .
Serve ? No , we have no purpose , each living thing has tried to survive and carry on the specie . The successful ones continue , the unsuccessful ones become extinct .
Humans have been successful , but that dies not make us superior to many of the others . Different does not mean better .
Why do so many fear the natural ? They hope for the impossible , "souls" , "heaven" , "gods". What's so bad about disappearing into nothingness , just as before birth ?
2007-10-21 05:54:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why does someone always need to be there for us to 'go to' when things get bad? Many, many people of faith can't accept the concept that some people don't need to turn to a higher power to bring them back up.I do feel that life has a collective purpose, as well as an individualistic one. Seeing as though I just lost a loved one last night.. which I'd rather not get into, my best friend Scott was there to hold me, talk to me, and calm me down.
Though I'm curious, why do you and many others make the point of life to die and go to heaven? Shouldn't life's purpose be more.. to live, to do good, to help others, and to make the best of what you can with what you have while you're here? So many people make a "point" to life, the afterlife, which in theory, is no different than life on Earth as we know it, except you don't learn anything new, you don't experience new things, and you don't escalate any higher - which is dull and pointless to me.
2007-10-21 05:55:55 · answer #3 · answered by Alley S. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My reward for what specifically?
If I can't go to anyone then I don't go to anyone. There doesn't seem to be any other possible answer consistent with the condition contained within that question.
I suppose you could say the collective purpose of life is to reproduce, but if you want more personal purposes you're obviously going to need to look on a more personal level.
Losing a loved one is tough, but I guess I'm fortunate that at this point it hasn't happened to me so often that I have a routine for seeking comfort in that situation.
The point of this life is made far greater by the absence of an afterlife. What would be the point of living if you're just waiting for something better to come along afterwards?
What is left of me after I die is pretty close to the bottom of my list of concerns.
2007-10-21 05:38:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
What would the point of an afterlife be? Actually, that's something I can't understand! Why should I live this life for an afterlife?
When I can't go to anyone then don't go to anyone. Personally, I prefer to work things through with myself; I don't need others when I have problems. I prefer to solve my problems myself, although most people I know need to talk to somebody about them. I don't.
When I lose a loved one I am happy for the time we had, and angry should people be behind that death, say, due to a drunk-and-drive accident. But the fact remains: the person isn't there anymore and whatever I feel doesn't return them. It hurts for a while and then it's okay, you can't spend your whole life focusing on whom you've lost.
Biologically I am an here to procreate, it's as simple as that. Personally, there's much more that matters to me and that keeps me going, makes me happy, all that sort of things. I definitely know what purpose I have given my life, and I wish to be remembered by my children and friends as a kind and loving person - what more could I ask for? What difference would an afterlife actually make for this life? Shouldn't we always live our life to the fullest, regardless of our beliefs?
2007-10-21 05:33:00 · answer #5 · answered by Maria - Godmother II of the AM 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Anti atheism is doing so much damage to Christianity that it is in reality anti Christianity – David Manley It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion. - William Ralph Inge. Why so blind to what causes the backlash against christianity? ALL the other religions and atheists live in peace and are ONLY attacked by BAD christians which causes all GOOD christians to despair at the damage they do! Up until about 40 years back Christianity was thriving and there was no conflict with others but in just those few short years the modern christians have become intolerant, hate filled, bigoted and persecuting resulting in a growing backlash against christianity and causing christianity to loose over ten percent in less than a decade with the loss accelerating! The self destruction of Christianity is underway and the only thing that can stop it is to abandon the terrible human emotions, seek to rediscover the idea of a loving god and act like it! Posts like yours that drive people further away from God are driving you towards hell. So who are you working for the devil or the antichrist because it sure ain't the loving god!
2016-05-24 00:36:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I go to my friends, family, or significant other. Yes, my purpose in life is to reproduce as I am an animal. I am comforted by thinking of the memories of the person. Why do I need a treat at the end for my life to have a point?
2007-10-21 05:38:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Reward? I don't understand that concept.
I don't expect a reward.
I don't believe in living my life to please some imaginary creature that is a product of ancient superstitions. I live to please myself.
As for going to someone when I have no one to go to, that is just too illogical to comment on.
I am not comforted when a loved one, my dad is the only one, has died. I was very upset for a long time, then I got over it. Imagining him flying around the sky would not have helped.
If you live a good enough life then hopefully you can leave enough behind that your memory will live on, it certainly will to your family and friends, if that is not enough for you, then I see that as simply greed for more, combined with a sorry lack of self worth.
2007-10-21 07:07:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not need a reward in order for me to live my life. I am satisfied making those I love happy, being a good friend to others and helping out my community when and where I can.
I usually take care of my own issues but when I feel the need to lean I go to my husband first and foremost, other family or friends after that.
I don't believe human beings are born with a purpose - it is something we develop for ourselves with our unique experiences over our life time - but only if one chooses to. To not choose a purpose for ones life is just as valid a choice.
Life doesn't come with a point, we are born and we will die and how you fill the gap is entirely up to you. I don't need the promise of something beyond this life to give my existence validation. As long as someone remembers who a person once was, the essence of their personality and of the life they led doesn't fade.
2007-10-21 05:36:04 · answer #9 · answered by genaddt 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't live for 'rewards', even my dog doesn't do that! I live for living, and I believe that giving and loving is a positive and real thing to do. Not a 'reward'.
If I lose a loved one, I am thankful for the time we had to love each other. I grieve, and move on with them in my heart.
As for collective purpose, I believe religion to be enormously divisive. I tend to be a secular humanist, and I give generously of my time and energy to community projects and charities. I work with religious people of different faiths also. I'm independent too. There is no one-thing that defines me. I guess I'm just me.
2007-10-21 05:34:23 · answer #10 · answered by Bajingo 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋