What is the reason of life?

After a quick search I haven't found a similar question, so I'd like to ask you, in your opinion, what is the reason of life? And perhaps more importantly, whenever that 'life' ends, do you think there is an afterlife? Please lets keep this discussion clean and not try to insult another's religion or anything of that sort.

Thank you.

asked Mar 02 '11 at 04:08

Jeutie
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edited Mar 02 '11 at 04:09

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Ok well I'm like an atheist though I support others religions. To be honest to me the point of life is to have fun (not like drinking and drugs type of fun) just like down to earth enjoying life and how wonderful life is and how it was / is meant to be. (sadly I'm not enjoying it too much and I'm stuck on my computer enjoying the amazement of the internet) As for an afterlife I have been doing a lot of serious thinking about that recently and I used to believe in some type of afterlife though now I sort of just don't. Though if there is an afterlife I will be pleasantly surprised and happy I get to live on forever which would be epic. Though like I said my view is the point of life is to have fun so make the most of it because there could not be an afterlife.

Enjoy

answered Mar 02 '11 at 05:00

pcuser152
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This is actually pretty much the best description ever.

(Mar 02 '11 at 07:04) The Boss

What is the reason of life? It's simple: to live. Not to be worried about an afterlife. After all, we aren't living to die, we're living to wake up the next day...

Until we die. What happens then? Simple, you're neurological facilities cease to function and life as we know it completely vanishes. What happens after that is anyones guess. Nothing will happen, you will go to heaven, you will go to hell, you will be reincarnated, you will wake up from a dream, every possibility is no more viable than the next.

answered Mar 02 '11 at 08:10

Zlpha
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edited Mar 02 '11 at 21:05

This is true.

(Mar 02 '11 at 20:54) nso95

That would make sense to most people indeed. :)

(Mar 03 '11 at 01:36) Jeutie

I do not believe in God, I believe there is something, but I just do not know what it is. The reason of life in my opinion, life is one big lesson. like in one life, you learn how to deal with complex situations. In the other you learn how fame is not everything. The end result is changes to the earth in general.

answered Mar 02 '11 at 13:52

Vancar6
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Well, what I believe is that we're here on earth for a reason. The reason is to glorify our Father in Heaven. I'd sure hate to be here and not have any hope for life, and that I'd be recycled into dirt so that a worm can eat me. One question I'd like to ask is, "How could we be here if there was no reason?" To me, I just couldn't imagine the earth moving thousands of miles an hour, and there being no one in control. In atheism, most people believe that there is no God, but what if there is? From an atheist's point of view (if I were one), I'd rather serve a religion and be wrong than not serve a religion and be wrong.

As for an afterlife, I do believe that there is one. My religion uses the Bible. I believe that there is a Hell and a Heaven, and all those that reject God will burn in Hell. Hell isn't a big party like you'd imagine, and you will feel pain if you go there.

answered Mar 02 '11 at 06:01

catchatyou
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"I just couldn't imagine the earth moving thousands of miles an hour, and there being no one in control."

Can I just say. we have a ridiculous amount of proof and reasons for why these things happen in our universe. We pretty much understand how most things work and how they came to be. There is far more evidence of this scientific knowledge then there is of God. So why believe in God and not science?

(Mar 02 '11 at 07:46) Mattophobia ♦♦

Since when does Atheism mean that you think there is no reason in life?

Theism: "the belief that a deity exists"

Atheism is the opposite, a lack of belief in a deity.

Deity: "a supernatural being, sometimes referred to as god"

THATS IT. I can be an Atheist and still believe in a whole lot of things. The one thing I don't believe in however is that there is some supernatural being who created all things and is talked about in the Bible, the Quaran blah blah blah... THAT IS ALL YOU CAN ASSUME WHEN YOU SEE AN ATHEIST

What makes religious people think that they can say what an Atheist believes in? Every single one probably believes in different things, because they think for themselves rather than have someone tell them what to believe in.

(Mar 02 '11 at 08:03) Zlpha

1	Watch Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life", and you'll find your answer. answered Mar 02 '11 at 11:49 Rizzy 4.4k●19●42●89 Lol, that's funny. :p (Mar 02 '11 at 15:35) Jeutie

1	The answer to life the universe and everything = 42 answered Mar 02 '11 at 17:18 Luke oX 1.8k●139●150●172 Can't argue with that! (Mar 03 '11 at 06:03) Alekz This is true. (Mar 03 '11 at 13:58) Jeutie

We live to serve!

If you look at how you lived through the years ... before you turned two you had no idea "who" you were. Then you got yourself an "identity" with a name tag. Your personality developed and your present circumstances taught you how to look after yourself; you "learned" that success was having a good job and earning lots of money. You do almost everything with this question in mind, "What's in it for me?" The focus is YOU! You fight with other human beings for a larger slice of the Pie of Life.

After a while you get to feel that there's something missing. You start to realize that you are happy when somebody else is happy; when you make another person smile. You stop to smell the roses; you do little acts of kindness; you find joy.

The calamities and tragedies that we blame God for are opportunities for us to serve.

I find meaning in my life when I do a small acts of kindness. I've started thinking about others more than myself.

Though a Christian, I discuss Hindu philosophy with my friends. They talk about SELF realization - something akin to feeling that we are not separate, but one. We collect karma by our thoughts, words and deeds. And then we are accountable for all of that.

Afterlife ... maybe. I don't remember being there, so ... :-)

answered Mar 03 '11 at 11:30

kavungal
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1	The meaning of life is to experience as much cuteness as possible This will bring you 1 step closer to that goal answered Mar 04 '11 at 04:58 Razor512 15.5k●34●80●242 aawwww =p cute (Mar 04 '11 at 12:04) Jeutie

Earth could be a place to learn and the purpose is what we make of it. I believe in God(s) the caring type that will not allow people to go to hell for believing in something different, that has so many flaws there is no logic to it. Personally if a God was that mean, evil and cruel who would not want to reject such a being, since I do not believe that to be the case it is a non issue. Anyone can believe whatever they want and they will be just fine.

On this Earth we can do the best we can and go back home, and do good because it is the best way to be not because we are told be have to only because we want to.

This is not a religious outlook, I do not follow any organized religion.

answered Mar 02 '11 at 06:16

Xiro
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edited Mar 03 '11 at 14:42

I'm not trying to hate on your beliefs, but do you think that the person in Arizona, that shot that congresswoman, should go to Heaven, because he was following his beliefs?

I do apologize if this sounds like I'm hating, because it really kills me to see things like this. I have a perfect explanation on your statement, but I know that it would eventually reach a heavy argument, so I will just leave with that.

(Mar 02 '11 at 06:23) catchatyou

@catch you speak wise words. And I agree, if you do something like take someone else's life, it doesn't matter how much you pray, go to church or give to charity. You are going to "hell".

(Mar 02 '11 at 07:06) The Boss

@Catchatyou - When referring to "everyone will be fine" I am not thinking of those who have done horrible acts, there are evil people that have done evil things and evil things done by people that somehow are aware of what they have done is wrong and must pay for it. I cannot say such people go to Heaven, at the same time I do not believe in Hell either, I do believe people can come back to this Earth. While everyone else can return to the joy of Heaven such people could continue being stuck here.

(Mar 02 '11 at 07:39) Xiro

Why would you be able to decide who goes to heaven and who goes to hell? I thought that was up to god? That man who shot the Arizona congresswoman, for all we know he could be mentally unstable, or maybe he completely regrets what he did, just because of one action doesn't condemn a person to hell or heaven for that matter.

Well none of this matters because in my opinion the idea of heaven and hell was created by some very smart people to keep others in line, to control them. How do you make someone do what you want? You put the fear of god into them. When someone fears god so blindly, you now have control of them. This is why the phenomenon of religious suicide bombers exist, crusades and general negativity.

We should be free from control, and have the liberty to be free from heaven and hell. Why can't we choose to be good people just to be good people? I know plenty of people who can.

(Mar 02 '11 at 07:57) Zlpha

My thoughts exactly Zipplinne!

(Mar 02 '11 at 07:59) Mattophobia ♦♦

@Zepplinne That is what I am saying in part, if someone feels remorse at some point for what they have done that is more then someone that feels nothing has going for them. And I always like the idea of being good because it is the best way to be not because someone is scared into it, of course it is possible that they both go hand in hand and they would be that way regardless.

I am not a big fan on fear based religions.

(Mar 02 '11 at 08:03) Xiro

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There is no grand reason. We live to survive and pass on our genes. Simple.

We don't live to go to heaven or hell. When we die, we die, we are non-existent. We do not live for selfish reasons. The best we can do when we are alive is do something that will outlive us. Survive. Try to be happy. Not waste it on bullshit.

answered Mar 02 '11 at 07:38

Mattophobia ♦♦
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Simple but true.

(Mar 09 '11 at 03:17) Jeutie

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