The Meaning of Life?

**Biggreenfellow** · May 27, 2009, 09:18 AM

What is the meaning of your life? IS there a meaning? What do you think? And why?

Also, wanted to make this a poll, but my internet

ed up..

**Wolfshead** · May 27, 2009, 09:33 AM

I don't think there is any meaning to life. I think meaning is just some word humans had to make up to indeed give some 'meaning' and 'purpose' to their lives, because otherwise they wouldn't really know what to do. It's one of those reasons why there is religion (this also has something to do with explaining the start of the universe and the fear of death, so let's make up an afterlife, let's give everything a meaning). The word 'meaning' is something humans came in contact with because of their intelligence, and it's a curse, really. Other animals do not concern themselves with these thoughts. You could say humans have too many time and intelligence (well, some of them) on their hands.

**Imperator Romani** · May 27, 2009, 12:07 PM

For atheists there doesn't seem to be one.
For Christianity it's a "testing ground" to get to Heaven.
For other religions I do not know, but lets hope someone enlightens us here.

**Poach** · May 27, 2009, 12:30 PM

42. Someone had to say it, just getting it out the way early.

**Fiyenyaa** · May 27, 2009, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by PureInfantryWins

For atheists there doesn't seem to be one.

There isn't one single point to life with atheism like in organised religion.

The point is that you make your own. That's the beauty of it. To say that there is no point is to be fundamentally so unimaginative as to believe that were your god-given purpose taken away, you could not think of a single reason to live.

**Imperator Romani** · May 27, 2009, 01:12 PM

You didn't have to insult me. And I was saying that because what is the point of life if you pass away and cease to exist. The thread does not ask for the meaning of your life.

**Fibur** · May 27, 2009, 01:22 PM

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**Wolfshead** · May 27, 2009, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by PureInfantryWins

You didn't have to insult me. And I was saying that because what is the point of life if you pass away and cease to exist. The thread does not ask for the meaning of your life.

Well actually it does, read the first post:

Originally Posted by Biggreenfellow

What is the meaning of your life?

And to answer your question "what is the point of life if you pass away and cease to exist", read my earlier post in this thread.

**Fiyenyaa** · May 27, 2009, 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by PureInfantryWins

You didn't have to insult me. And I was saying that because what is the point of life if you pass away and cease to exist. The thread does not ask for the meaning of your life.

Sorry, I didn't mean to be insulting; however:

Originally Posted by The Count(er)

Speak for yourself, I think that if I'm only getting one life that I'm going to make it a good one, instead of clinging to unprovable ideas that I'll somehow live forever, and likely miss out on the good parts of life.

This.

**Biggreenfellow** · May 28, 2009, 10:02 AM

Let's not drift off topic.. Maybe I should've been more clear in the first post:

I'm asking the meaning of YOUR life, not THE meaning of life, unless you think those two are the same, for some reason.

Originally Posted by Fiyenyaa

The point is that you make your own. That's the beauty of it.

I agree fully with that! But, the question remains.. What meaning have you given your life?

I suppose, though, that I should post my own meaning here too.. But I can't think of anything better then 'trying to make the world a better place in my own way'..

**The Count(er)** · May 27, 2009, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by PureInfantryWins

For atheists there doesn't seem to be one.

Speak for yourself, I think that if I'm only getting one life that I'm going to make it a good one, instead of clinging to unprovable ideas that I'll somehow live forever, and likely miss out on the good parts of life.

**Imperator Romani** · May 27, 2009, 09:11 PM

Originally Posted by The Count(er)

Speak for yourself, I think that if I'm only getting one life that I'm going to make it a good one, instead of clinging to unprovable ideas that I'll somehow live forever, and likely miss out on the good parts of life.

You saying that we miss out on the good parts in life is absurd. I find that offensive to say that we don't enjoy life to the fullest. You make us sound insane by saying that we cling(sounds desperate) to unprovable(they are provable in prophecy-current events-DON"T ARGUE ABOUT THAT HERE ITS FOR ANOTHER TOPIC-that we will somehow(we know how) live forever.

**The Count(er)** · May 28, 2009, 08:06 AM

Originally Posted by PureInfantryWins

You saying that we miss out on the good parts in life is absurd. I find that offensive to say that we don't enjoy life to the fullest.

Well, I was saying that I would miss out, not you. Now if I remember right, the average life expectency in Canada is 77, if there's 52 weeks in a year than that's 4004 Sundays in your life, if you go to church for an hour or how ever long you spend there then that time adds up, that's almost 167 days spent there, if you go for an hour, 2 hours and that's almost a whole year of your life gone, so likely the average church going person would spend quite a lot of time there by the end if their life, and the time spent praying, etc. could add up too, I just think that for me, there's plenty of better things I could spend all that time on.

Originally Posted by PureInfantryWins

to unprovable(they are provable in prophecy-current events-DON"T ARGUE ABOUT THAT HERE ITS FOR ANOTHER TOPIC-that we will somehow(we know how) live forever.

Fine, I won't argue that your subjective "proof" is subjective, but you could start a topic on it somwhere else if you wish.

**Chaigidel** · May 27, 2009, 12:41 PM

To Bring Endless Darkness for my Father.

**wearycelt** · May 27, 2009, 12:45 PM

Chaigidel.... I had to wiki your name in order to make sense of your posts. Nice. + rep

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaigidel

**Daeger** · May 27, 2009, 01:07 PM

There is no meaning of life. Only the meaning of existance and that meaning is simply to exist.

**Mr. Pink** · May 27, 2009, 01:25 PM

I think everyone has their own kind of meaning to life, as in we all serve our own purpose to the world and that is our meaning.

I don't know mines yet, ask me on my death bed if I still have the internet.

**Copperknickers II** · May 27, 2009, 04:29 PM

There is no universal meaning in the sense of a purpose, unless you count our biological purpose which is to propagate ourselves. Which in fact is more of a necessity than a meaning per se.

**Desperado †** · May 27, 2009, 05:09 PM

There is a massive difference between the meaning of life and the meaning of my life. Why there is life is different to what I should do with my life.