a different look at the question... isn't ...
2007-11-08 10:58:05 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
wow that really made me think
but i think nothing isnt the meaning of life
2007-11-08 12:43:40 · answer #1 · answered by firemaster22191 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.....
2007-11-08 19:17:11 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It isn't To Be or To not be... The complete sentence is "To be God or to not be God"-Lapislazuli
The meaning of life is to make known the unknown.
It is upon to you the sole creator of your life to decide whether life isn't meaningful or if it is meaningful....
It is all an illusion created by our minds.. ;) A beautiful one indeed~!
2007-11-08 19:28:53 · answer #3 · answered by Remote-Mind Michael 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Selfishness
2007-11-09 00:18:04 · answer #4 · answered by Uncle Remus 54 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The opposite to the meaning of life. The next question is......
your question.
2007-11-09 01:30:19 · answer #5 · answered by Seeker 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Spending a whole day answering questions at the Yahoo! Answers just to get points!
2007-11-08 19:08:30 · answer #6 · answered by Juli 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Cheese. That is not the meaning of life due to contrary belief.
2007-11-08 19:06:51 · answer #7 · answered by Emily J 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He who dies with the most toys, wins.
2007-11-08 19:01:33 · answer #8 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
that is a much better question than its reciprocal
2007-11-08 19:12:03 · answer #9 · answered by the slightly amusing answers of 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
fornication, alcholism, adultry, not praising your creator,etc...
good question!
2007-11-09 15:26:53 · answer #10 · answered by Elizabeth 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋