How is life fun and games and/or how/why do you take it seriously?
How/why are you thankful for life?
What are your greatest dreams/hopes about life?
Or if you think life's a joke in any way, why do you think that?
The most serious and phillosophical answer will get best
answer regardless of the veiwpoint!
2007-10-25 01:59:12 · 28 answers · asked by Nickel-for-your-thoughts 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I live my whole life for those I love, my child, my partner, my family, and the children I work for (learning disabled). I also give my time and money to charitable inner-city projects and various campaigns for human right and the RSPCA (UK animal charity). I do this because I believe in the causes, not because I am expected to.
I love Nature and life itself in a way that I can't (so won't) begin to describe. It fills me with a wonder and amazement that only increases the more I discover. I am completely at peace when away from the crowds and the politics and religions, just me and the sound of the birds and the breeze in the trees.
If anyone considered the life of *one* person (or even an ant) to be a 'joke', then they will have at least me to answer to, as I find that to be the very anti-thesis of life and love.
As for fun and games, I wish more people could enjoy more fun and games than political/religious division, hardship and war. I enjoy fun and games with my friends and family, always mindful that it is an often overlooked part of life as our world becomes more complex, selfish and materialistic. Just watching my son play with our dog is enough to make me smile all day.
My school day (work) is to make learning fun, and we have games at least twice a week.
Although I do think that your question meant 'fun and games' in an irreverent "atheists don't have values or authenticity" kinda way. I could be wrong, but it came over like that.
2007-10-25 02:06:11 · answer #1 · answered by Bajingo 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Life is fun. I take it seriously enough to get by, but I'm not of a serious nature. (The terms fickle and BLOND have been used to describe some of my finer moments...)
I'm enjoying life quite a bit, even some of the not-so-fun stuff. I don't really thank anyone for it, excpet perhaps my parents... I save being thankful for the people that are good in my life.
My greatest dream is, of course, to become a hermit with an extensive library and live entirely on renewable energy. But I'll settle for a decent job and a few good friends.
And if life's a joke, I've missed the punchline. Typical.
2007-10-25 09:10:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Q: Is life just mainly fun and games to you?
A: It is the same for us as it is for you. I work, support my child, do the laundry, clean the house, spend time with my wife, play video games, etc.
Q: How/why are you thankful for life?
A: I try to show my appreciation towards people. I am thankful to my mom and dad for my life :). I am thankful towards my wife, and my daughter.
Q: What are your greatest dreams/hopes about life?
A: I would love to find out that I am wrong and there is a God, afterlife. But for now, I am looking toward the future as technology grows and our lives become better as a result of it.. Ofcourse I am also worried about the future. I hope that my daughter has a great life as is the case with the daughter I have on the way in Feb.
Q: Or if you think life's a joke in any way, why do you think that?
A: I've never thought life to be a game or a joke. I love life, and appreciate it.
2007-10-25 09:06:52 · answer #3 · answered by Green 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I see you have a long road yet to travel in this life... at 60, I can tell you true that life is definitely NOT all fun and games whether you believe or not.... but when you are a freed soul, as I am, you can experience life in a different way... without the bonds that say 'Don't do this or that'..... I still have morals, still don't plan to murder anyone, still love my fellowman... but I do it because I WANT TO,not because something says I have to, or that's the way a good person would do it..... it's MY life and it's the only one I'm gonna have, so I make the most of every minute of it... I've made my mark here by service to others, by raising a great bunch of kids who will continue after I'm gone... that's MY immortality.... their genes, their DNA will continue for a long, long time... and that's MY genetic material, surviving even my death.....
Heaven?... it's here, right here, everyday that I can see my grandbabies eyes that are just like mine, every moment that I can spend in the arms of the mate I love, ever second that the sun shines on my life or the rains fall on my garden... that's the only Heaven I desire and the only one I'm sure of....
fun and games?.. nope .. it's hard work... as it should be...
2007-10-25 09:16:26 · answer #4 · answered by meanolmaw 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not really. Just because you do not accept (or believe) in a religion does not mean you don't have a system of morals. People do the right or wrong thing based on their ideas of good or bad, you do not need religion for that.
We are thankful for many things that religious people are: family, love, etc. We just do not see the need to thank 'god' for them. As far as dreams and hopes, I guess we are all the same; some want money, some fame, some want inner peace, some want to be better people, etc.
Life is not a joke, but it does not have to have a meaning. One of the things I disagree with religions is that they try to explain everything and find meaning in everything.Your life is yours and its precious based on what do you do with it and how much do you fulfill your dreams. We do not work towards 'eternal life in heaven'. We only have one life and we better make the best of it.
2007-10-25 09:17:39 · answer #5 · answered by Makotto 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most Atheists/Agnostics are not really anti God. They have just taken a good look at religion and realized that such a conflicted jumble of ancient scripture and dogmatic misconceptions Simply can not be real.
This gives them the idea that God must not be real either. Being religion was the first place that they heard about God they conclude that if religion is a lie then God must be too.
The consequence is they often throw out the baby (God) with the bath water (religion).
Eventually many of them realize that just because religion is not true does not mean that God is not real. I know because the same thing happened to me.
Remember, life is a journey of understanding. Athiests are on this same journey just like the rest of us.
Love and blessings Don
2007-10-25 09:10:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
What you are actually asking is 'what does an atheist use as a moral compass?' since there are no rules or commandments as set by religion(s), for us to life by it must be all fun and games.
Inherently what you are saying is that religion is a drab and without a lot of fun. :)
I do not have a set of rules I live by. I just life. I do however have compassion and respect for my environment (fauna & flora which includes homo sapiens, my social circle, etc.). I may not have a feeling of responsibillity towards a fictional character aka god, however I do act responsibly towards my environment and contemplate the effects of my actions or inactions, on myself and on others.
Since I do not have the heaven/eternal life carrot dangling in front of me to encourage me to do this (behave responsibly), you are probably inclined to ask why. I think it chidish to expect a reward for 'good deeds' or abiding commandments. Consiquences should be reward enough.
It's like a mother telling her child - clean your room (abide by the rules I set) and then you can have a sweet (eternal life/heaven). That's stupid. Teach a child to appreciate the consiquences of a clean room (finding things, being proud of their room when others see it, oh there are a million and one) and they will clean their room.
I do not have a need to feel thankful for life, as I do not view it as a gift from some super being. I enjoy living.
My greatest dream would be to be able to read for a living.
2007-10-25 10:23:11 · answer #7 · answered by Supergirl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Life is fun and games when we laugh at each other and love each other.
It's serious when we face those unavoidable things in life, like taxes and most importantly death.
I do sometimes think the theory that there is a loving God being shepherding its children around the planet is absurd, in part because every day we see so much suffering with no rhyme nor reason (at least, none obvious to us in the here and now).
2007-10-25 09:09:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all.
I have a wife and son that I have to love and provide for and take care of -- and while I take those responsibilities very seriously, we also manage to laugh and have a lot of fun in the process.
I don't know if I'm "thankful" for life, per se -- whatever form it takes, it's still the only game in town -- but I am content with the life I have and am glad I've got the people I have in my life.
My greatest hopes and dreams are to watch my son grow to be a man who is brave and wise and noble, and to see him make the world a better place than he found it, for himself and for his own children.
2007-10-25 09:01:23 · answer #9 · answered by The Reverend Soleil 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Life is what it is. Sometimes its a ton of fun, sometimes its not. I subscribe to the concept of taking it as it comes, go through it and try to learn from what happens to you. Living in the moment is the best possible way to live.
I do admit sometimes I feel a sense of gratitude, even though I am an atheist. I am a very serious birder (bird watcher) and when I see a "good" bird sometimes I am overwhelmed. I always thank the bird for being there. Is that logical? No, but then, I am not always a logical person, even though I like to think of myself as one.
2007-10-25 09:11:23 · answer #10 · answered by in a handbasket 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋