What is the meaning of Life?

[More Fun To Compute]

If all of a sudden we just stopped searching for meaning; should that be something futile like attempting to stop a species becoming extinct or something spiritual like praying to a god, well we mind as well flush our race down the pan. As soon as we stop searching for meaning, we lose the motivation to live.

I suppose that thinking that it is our nature to search for meaning is one thing but is it enough meaning to think that it is our purpose have some place in the nature of the universe just like it is Pi's only purpose to be the ratio of the diameter of a circle to the circumference?

 

[Ciartan]

Probably been said already but: The meaning of life is to give ur life meaning

 

[Lukyo]

Keeping Christ's commandments.

1.) Love the Lord God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.

2.) Love your neighbor as yourself.

Should this be true, then a good percentage of the population are not living?

That's a good point. And that's also very true.

I should think not, anyone with a beating heart is living. The meaning of life should certainly be something more general, it should apply to everyone, not just those who hold certain beliefs. Would it not negate the teachings that everyone is equal?

Being alive and "living" are not the same thing.

These are commandments (Rules) from God Himself. Everyone on the planet is expected to obey them. They do apply to every one weather they believe or not. Why do you think Christians are so persistent in telling people about Jesus?

Also why must the meaning of life be more general? So that everyone can have a chance at it? Everyone can have a free-will choice towards it? Why is that so much better?

All people are equal under God but not to each other. Think about it, without God the only thing that would make us equal is that we are of the same human race. Your probably faster, stronger, smarter, or richer than me, so what makes us equal? We are only equal if God rules over us.

 

[Lukyo]

Keeping Christ's commandments.

1.) Love the Lord God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.

So you're not living until you appease the arrogance of a supposed superior being? An interesting theory.

Arrogant? He is the only God He is suppose to be worshiped. Besides I thought the forum was about the meaning of life not the reason we are not all dead right now. (That of course relates to God too)

 

[crudus]

Give your ideas being serious philosophy or just a joke, I don't care. What is the meaning of life, but I must ask no Hitch hiker's Guide to the Galaxy References, we know the joke, 42.

My idea is just to have fun and seek wisdom, thats my idea

First of all, 42 is the answer to life, universe, and everything. Not the meaning.

Spoiler: Second

Considering that, does life have to have a meaning?Just have fun and be happy.

 

[Tenkage]

Give your ideas being serious philosophy or just a joke, I don't care. What is the meaning of life, but I must ask no Hitch hiker's Guide to the Galaxy References, we know the joke, 42.

My idea is just to have fun and seek wisdom, thats my idea

First of all, 42 is the answer to life, universe, and everything. Not the meaning.

Spoiler: Second

Considering that, does life have to have a meaning?Just have fun and be happy.

Make a good point

 

[The Procrastinated End]

Life's meaning is to continue the specie's existence while enjoying yourself

 

[teqrevisited]

There is no inherent meaning to life, only the meaning that we give to our experiences. Without a cognitive mind to give meaning there is none.

 

[Woodsey]

Keeping Christ's commandments.

1.) Love the Lord God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.

So you're not living until you appease the arrogance of a supposed superior being? An interesting theory.

Arrogant? He is the only God he is suppose to be worship? Besides I thought the forum was about the meaning of life not the reason we are not all dead right now. (That of course relates to God)

No, you believe he's the only god. There's about 3000 (not an actual figure, but you get the idea) others that people do believe/have believed in too.

Still, that's rather irrelevant when one considers they mostly all require to be worshipped for no apparent reason. Why would the meaning of life be to worship an all-powerful, all-loving, all-knowing being - one that supposedly transcends all of our human faults (arrogance, jealousy, etc.)?

And I'm not talking about death, I'm talking about why you believe the purpose of life lies within a rather large contradiction.

What other word but arrogant is there for someone who demands people praise them for no other reason than for the sake of praising them?

 

[crudus]

Life's meaning is to continue the specie's existence while enjoying yourself

Those are not necessarily mutually exclusive either

Keeping Christ's commandments.

1.) Love the Lord God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.

So you're not living until you appease the arrogance of a supposed superior being? An interesting theory.

Arrogant? He is the only God He is suppose to be worshiped. Besides I thought the forum was about the meaning of life not the reason we are not all dead right now. (That of course relates to God too)

He doesn't mean arrogant. If you are all powerful you deserve to be arrogant. I am sure he meant egotistical, egomaniacal, or even narcissistic.

 

[Lukyo]

Keeping Christ's commandments.

1.) Love the Lord God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.

So you're not living until you appease the arrogance of a supposed superior being? An interesting theory.

Arrogant? He is the only God he is suppose to be worship? Besides I thought the forum was about the meaning of life not the reason we are not all dead right now. (That of course relates to God)

No, you believe he's the only god. There's about 3000 (not an actual figure, but you get the idea) others that people do believe/have believed in too.

Still, that's rather irrelevant when one considers they mostly all require to be worshipped for no apparent reason. Why would the meaning of life be to worship an all-powerful, all-loving, all-knowing being - one that supposedly transcends all of our human faults (arrogance, jealousy, etc.)?

And I'm not talking about death, I'm talking about why you believe the purpose of life lies within a rather large contradiction.

God created the universe for His glorification. Everything happened for his Glory. Humans were created to glorify and worship Him and His Son. It's not an arrogant contradiction if that is the reason the universe exists. And if He is IN FACT the one and only God who rules over everything He deserves to be worshiped and glorified.

 

[Azure-Supernova]

Being alive and "living" are not the same thing.

No no no, let me set you right on this:

'Living - Adjective

1. Possessing life.
2. In active function or use.
3. Of persons who are alive.
4. Relating to the routine conduct or maintenance of life.
5. Full of life, interest, or vitality: made history a living subject.
6. True to life; realistic: the living image of her mother.
7. Informal Used as an intensive: beat the living hell out of his opponent in the boxing match.'

As you can see, being alive and living are very much the same thing. There are different qualities of life, but they are all living.

These are commandments (Rules) from God Himself. Everyone on the planet is expected to obey them. They do apply to every one weather they believe or not. Why do you think Christians are so persistent in telling people about Jesus?

You're applying definitive logic here, which I'm afraid you just can't do. As a Christian it is your choice to follow the rules of God. As an Atheist it is my choice to not follow them. If these laws are compulsary, there would be punishment for them, which there is no definitive proof of punishment or even reward. This isn't a debate about religion here, so I'll stop with that.

Also why must the meaning of life be more general? So that everyone can have a chance at it? Everyone can have a free-will choice towards it? Why is that so much better?

All people are equal under God but not to each other. Think about it, without God the only thing that would make us equal is that we are of the same human race. Your probably faster, stronger, smarter, or richer than me, so what makes us equal? We are only equal if God rules over us.

This is quite an obvious one here, I'll even apply a little faith to it. Let's say there is a God (for my sake) and let's say that he made us all equal. So let's say God creates these laws which we must all live by. Why would not everyone then be subject to the meaning of life? After all it would be God's divine will that created us and his divine will that ended us, so why would it matter if we view each other any differently?

Let's say there wasn't a God. We are now an unbalanced species and well all have our own illusions of superiority and inferiority. But no matter how diverse we are as a race, we are still subject to the meaning of life as we are all still alive. We come in the same way, we leave the same way. It's the bit inbetween that's different.

 

[iLikeHippos]

Still pondering. Still pondering...

I guess it's all just a very well designed game. I can't make sense of this world otherwise.
It just won't make sense...

 

[Lukyo]

Life's meaning is to continue the specie's existence while enjoying yourself

Those are not necessarily mutually exclusive either

Keeping Christ's commandments.

1.) Love the Lord God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.

So you're not living until you appease the arrogance of a supposed superior being? An interesting theory.

Arrogant? He is the only God He is suppose to be worshiped. Besides I thought the forum was about the meaning of life not the reason we are not all dead right now. (That of course relates to God too)

He doesn't mean arrogant. If you are all powerful you deserve to be arrogant. I am sure he meant egotistical, egomaniacal, or even narcissistic.

Ah, I see. If there was more than one god then the God of the Bible would be egotistical, ego-maniacal, or even narcissistic. Of course if He is the one and only God I don't know if those words work either.

 

[Woodsey]

Keeping Christ's commandments.

1.) Love the Lord God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.

So you're not living until you appease the arrogance of a supposed superior being? An interesting theory.

Arrogant? He is the only God he is suppose to be worship? Besides I thought the forum was about the meaning of life not the reason we are not all dead right now. (That of course relates to God)

No, you believe he's the only god. There's about 3000 (not an actual figure, but you get the idea) others that people do believe/have believed in too.

Still, that's rather irrelevant when one considers they mostly all require to be worshipped for no apparent reason. Why would the meaning of life be to worship an all-powerful, all-loving, all-knowing being - one that supposedly transcends all of our human faults (arrogance, jealousy, etc.)?

And I'm not talking about death, I'm talking about why you believe the purpose of life lies within a rather large contradiction.

God created the universe for His glorification. Everything happened for his Glory. Humans were created to glorify and worship Him and His Son. It's not an arrogant contradiction if that is the reason the universe exists. And if He is IN FACT the one and only God who rules over everything He deserves to be worshiped and glorified.

Wow.

And yes, it is a contradiction. You didn't correct me, so I assume I'm right in saying that God is supposedly benevolent and transcends all our flaws?

Now, with that in mind I want you to tell me what is more arrogant than creating a universe and a species JUST so that they can worship you. And then I want you to tell me how it is not contradictory that someone who in your mind is beyond human flaws can then do something as arrogant as that.

 

[Mad World]

To love God by choosing to have a loving relationship with Him.

It may sound corny, but it's what I believe.

 

[Lukyo]

Being alive and "living" are not the same thing.

No no no, let me set you right on this:

'Living - Adjective

1. Possessing life.
2. In active function or use.
3. Of persons who are alive.
4. Relating to the routine conduct or maintenance of life.
5. Full of life, interest, or vitality: made history a living subject.
6. True to life; realistic: the living image of her mother.
7. Informal Used as an intensive: beat the living hell out of his opponent in the boxing match.'

As you can see, being alive and living are very much the same thing. There are different qualities of life, but they are all living.

These are commandments (Rules) from God Himself. Everyone on the planet is expected to obey them. They do apply to every one weather they believe or not. Why do you think Christians are so persistent in telling people about Jesus?

You're applying definitive logic here, which I'm afraid you just can't do. As a Christian it is your choice to follow the rules of God. As an Atheist it is my choice to not follow them. If these laws are compulsary, there would be punishment for them, which there is no definitive proof of punishment or even reward. This isn't a debate about religion here, so I'll stop with that.

When we say 'living' we are expresing the manner in which we live not the reason way we live.

But if you just want the reason were are alive, or exist, everything in the universe exists to glorify God and His Son in one way or another. Especially the 'evil' stuff. And if the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus isn't enough proof I don't know what else to tell you.

Also why must the meaning of life be more general? So that everyone can have a chance at it? Everyone can have a free-will choice towards it? Why is that so much better?

All people are equal under God but not to each other. Think about it, without God the only thing that would make us equal is that we are of the same human race. Your probably faster, stronger, smarter, or richer than me, so what makes us equal? We are only equal if God rules over us.

This is quite an obvious one here, I'll even apply a little faith to it. Let's say there is a God (for my sake) and let's say that he made us all equal. So let's say God creates these laws which we must all live by. Why would not everyone then be subject to the meaning of life? After all it would be God's divine will that created us and his divine will that ended us, so why would it matter if we view each other any differently?

Let's say there wasn't a God. We are now an unbalanced species and well all have our own illusions of superiority and inferiority. But no matter how diverse we are as a race, we are still subject to the meaning of life as we are all still alive. We come in the same way, we leave the same way. It's the bit inbetween that's different.

I'm sorry I don't understand your point. Everyone is equal because the all Holy and righteous God is the equalizer over all sinning and god-hating people.

 

[Irony's Acolyte]

The meaning of Life is to ask the question: "What is the meaning of Life?"

 

[Doclector]

I think it's to improve life for those who follow in your footsteps, whoever that may be.

On a personal level, then, it's to 1: scare the living daylights out of people, 2: Make easier the path of others wishing to scare the living daylights out of people.

 

[GLo Jones]

There isn't one, but feel free to believe in one to help boost your self-esteem/confidence or give you motivatioon in life.

/thread

Seriously though, there's one of these threads every few months, and I don't really see the point in them.