what is the meaning of life ?

Answer 1

Why has there to be a meaning?

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

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Answer 4

Life does not have a meaning, it has a nature..

Which is to collect energy, to reproduce & to defend itself.

So get a job, find a mate, and be careful.

Answer 5

We need wisdom of God to answer this question. The Bible says that without God, life is meaningless.

The Bible describes a man of God who once sought after all kinds of pleasures in the world, yet could ultimately find no satisfaction or meaning in life. His name is King Solomon, who wrote, "Meaningless! Life is meaningless! That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 1:2; 9)

What did Solomon think about being the wisest man that ever lived? Well, he learnt that even the wise man will eventually meet the same fate as the fool - both will die one day. "For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, since all that now is will be forgotten in the days to come. And how does a wise man die? As the fool!" (Ecclesiastes 2:12-16)

How did King Solomon feel when he concluded that life is meaningless? He wrote: "Therefore I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me, for all is vanity and grasping for the wind." Some might say, "It is better for me to never have been born than to live a meaningless life, only to die a miserable death." Others might also say, "What is worse than death is life without a purpose."

But God did not intend for us to live a life without meaning or purpose. The Bible says, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son (Jesus Christ) that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16)

Is eternal life meaningless? No, the Bible says eternal life is "knowing the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom He has sent." (John 17:3) When we know God is love, we will enjoy the abundant life Jesus came to give us. Abundant life is more than just material blessings - it is for us to enjoy the intimate communion and fellowship we have with God our Father. He speaks to us through His Word, giving us wisdom for our decisions, strength for our trials and mercy for our failures. God reveals Himself as One who is "merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth". (Exodus 34:6)

Ultimately, life is about Jesus; the rest is just stuff. King David, who is a man after God's heart, wrote that God's lovingkindness is better than life. (Psalm 63:3) The apostle Paul, who wrote two-thirds of the New Testament, had a personal goal in life - that is, to know Jesus and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings. Paul wrote: "Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him" (Philippians 3:7-11). Jesus is the Beginning and the End, the Lover of our soul, and the Author and Finisher of our faith. Without Him, nothing was made that was made. By Him, all things are held together. He has loved us with an everlasting love, and has drawn us with His lovingkindness. And Jesus has demonstrated His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, He died for us, that we might live through believing in Him. (Romans 5:8-11)

Answer 6

If meaning = purpose, then here's one take on it: "Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man." - Ecclesiastes 12:13

Answer 7

A very good song by The Offspring

Answer 8

It mean absolutely nothing and absolutely everything. It means whatever you want it to. It means what ever you make it mean. It means nothing at all, it just IS.

Answer 9

Whatever YOU want it to be.

There is no inherent meaning in life. It only has the meaning you give it.

Answer 10

To listen for the lone tree in the forest that falls down.