The answers to this could be interesting ....
2007-11-20 13:03:22 · 9 answers · asked by MiMi 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The meaning of life is to fulfill our full potential for developing, experiencing and providing love, joy, peace, kindness and wisdom as our contribution to the human experience. We do this in imitation of those same gifts freely given to us by God. Through the practice of these virtues we expand our knowledge of our shared consciousness with God.
2007-11-20 13:10:56 · answer #1 · answered by b_steeley 6 · 0⤊ 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.....
2007-11-21 01:43:31 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The meaning of life is whatever you make it to be. We are all here for a reason and no man will ever really know the true meaning of life.
2007-11-20 22:01:16 · answer #3 · answered by Nancy M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer to this question will be the same as it was the last 4 million times someone asked this same question.
(Edit) I'm not being mean Mimi, look at the list right now, there are 2 other ones right below yours.
2007-11-20 21:07:17 · answer #4 · answered by Gee Whizdom™ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no meaning to life, just like 7 billion examples of it!
2007-11-20 21:16:06 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say that the meaning of life is to live life according to the purpose you were designed for. I was not meant to live life according to your purpose although your purpose may be closely related to my purpose.
2007-11-20 21:53:21 · answer #6 · answered by Miss Understood 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the meaning of life is that life is a test.
2007-11-20 21:13:21 · answer #7 · answered by ♥tessa♥ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The meaning of life is to live it.
Is my answer the best, the most intelligent most practical , most amiable yet easily understandable ????
Live your life the way of your mean.
2007-11-20 21:37:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
To help others. There is a reason we are here en-masse instead of in solitude. We are here for one another.
2007-11-20 21:34:30 · answer #9 · answered by becki g 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋