Meaning of life?

[rfreak]

If you are talking about a personal goal:

There's no personal goal that can justify you of living. Because you live and die even if you do extraordinary stuff you cant be there for eternity to admire your 'creations'. I still try to do extraordinary stuff but for the common humanity goal! The common goal his the only justified reason to live your life!

If you are talking about a common goal for all humanity:

This goal is to make sure that human race dosent dissipear, to evolve and discover new stuff (knowledge) that will help us understand the more about the world. This will leed us to know if there his a god, how the universe began and if it will end. It will also tell if there's a way we can avoid a universe collapse. If it is proved that it will collapse, if there his officialy no way to avoid it, we would have no reason to live because we would be all doomed. If we can reach eternal life we will have our reason to live because what we create,invent or do in life, we will be able to live it for ever.

[Smegma]

There's no personal goal that can justify you of living. Because you live and die even if you do extraordinary stuff you cant be there for eternity to admire your 'creations'. I still try to do extraordinary stuff but for the common humanity goal! The common goal his the only justified reason to live your life!

Living for personal enjoyment is alone reasonable to me, especially if you accept your mortality.

[Biscuiteer]

The meaning of life?

I think we are just thinking too hard. There is no meaning. Life is designed to go on, but it doesn't care if it goes away. You don't see other animals trying to mutate into previously extinct ones, do you? I believe that piece of reality supports this. It's just there, who cares?

[Requiem-]

I think there simply isn't any meaning. Just live your life as you see fit.

[Smegma]

I think there simply isn't any meaning. Just live your life as you see fit.

So then there is a meaning.

[Requiem-]

Well you can see it that way too. For me then: the meaning of life is living your life.

[Mangled*]

Meaning of life? To honor God, our creator. Simple.

The meaning of life is to honor an undetectable, vague, apparently man-like being who created everything ever and decides everything that will ever happen ever because some people a few hundred years said so? Honestly I think you should take a rain check on that one.

There is no answer without belief. Otherwise there is no reason but to feck like rabbits.

Ah yes, I understand. If we aren't religious then there's no meaning to our lives. You must be feeling really smug about that. When you're dead maybe you can taunt me about it from heaven whilst I'm in hell for not believing in the above mentioned undetectable, vague, man-like being.

*Hides behind anti-Mangled shield*

It may look like plate steel to you but to me it looks like paper.

Well in my christian point of view:  The bible says God pretty much created us because he was bored...

I stopped reading here. But at least you're an honest Christian rather than one desperately trying to validate what you believe in to the point of self-deception.

Meaning of life - Death.

No, that's just bullsh*t.

If you are talking about a personal goal:
There's no personal goal that can justify you of living.

If you are talking about a common goal for all humanity:
This goal is to make sure that human race dosent dissipear

1. How about happiness and love? Entertainment? Having fun? You're boring.

2. Yes I agree that we must make sure that human race dosent dissipear. That would be bad 

My view? What do I think is the meaning of life?

I don't think there's a set meaning. I think you can create one if you like and if you fulfill it then well done. If not then you are a failure and didn't try hard enough. The meaning I've chosen for my life is just to enjoy it, to live and be healthy and have a good time. To make friends and meet new people and learn about lots of things and cultures. To eventually find someone that I love, settle down with her (unless I unexpectedly become homosexual) and maybe have some children and bring them up well.

What more meaning do I need?

[BondJamesBond]

I don't think there's a set meaning. I think you can create one if you like and if you fulfill it then well done. If not then you are a failure and didn't try hard enough. The meaning I've chosen for my life is just to enjoy it, to live and be healthy and have a good time. To make friends and meet new people and learn about lots of things and cultures. To eventually find someone that I love, settle down with her (unless I unexpectedly become homosexual) and maybe have some children and bring them up well.

What more meaning do I need?

If you live, you have meaning.

Yeah, you see I can facepalm your wall of text with one sentence.

[STM1993]

Someone I knew once decided that life is just made of 3 Ls:

Live
Laugh
Love

[Mangled*]

If you live, you have meaning.

Yeah, you see I can facepalm your wall of text with one sentence.

That's your opinion though. Someone else could say that simply living does not give your life meaning. - Which it doesn't.

You give your own life your own meaning. No, I see a distinct lack of face palming in my wall of text. I think your sentence slipped out of your anus with the rest of the trashy opinions you give.

[BondJamesBond]

If someone resolves to make his life meaningless, what could he do that would have no impact on anything at all.

[Graham]

Mangled just stop trying to convert me. All your religious logic is flawed. I know basically nothing compared to many Christians I know but even I can see how pathetically flawed/biased your views on any religion are. Besides that fact you seem to be stuck in some awkward 13 year old fantasy of rebellion in which you have to disagree with everyone around you and you will only be satisfied when they claim you as a genius.

[Captain Ben]

mangled you fucked it from the start because all of those people said their meanings, yet you disapproved them and then stated your own meaning and then go all EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN MEANING LOL YOUR STEEL SHIELD IS PAPER

i like how you didn't try and tard mine up

[The Geologist]

On second thought, I'm reconsidering my earlier statement after uncovering some new evidence that clearly states what the purpose was from the very beginning.

[M.rSnow]

Well. I dont think there's any real meaning. Its like a school project. You just do it to prove that you can.

And about the "Goal's for humanety" part. I think its quite simple. If humanety had a goal that was that divine. We/they whould never acomplice it. Siriusly, Humans will never reach far. Everyone must realise that. Because the biggest goal emagniable. Is having all the knowlage in the universe at the same time. Though there's some sub goal's like finding a balance. Staying alive and such thing's.

Someone I knew once decided thougth that life is just made of 3 Ls:

Live
Laugh
Love

I dont think so. Bacuase happyness is a feeling that comes when you get a signal to the brain that you have been good. (read)
And isnt it pointless just Living Love and Laugh? It's suppoed to have a meaning not just being pointless. Like school work.
Edit:After previewed this and looked trough it i kinda didnt know what i meant. But. I must have thougth something

[Mitak]

The meaning of life is to taste all its cakes, no matter which cook made them and what he did with his hands before that D:

[Smegma]

The meaning of life is to honor an undetectable, vague, apparently man-like being who created everything ever and decides everything that will ever happen ever because some people a few hundred years said so? Honestly I think you should take a rain check on that one.

Straw-man

Ah yes, I understand. If we aren't religious then there's no meaning to our lives. You must be feeling really smug about that. When you're dead maybe you can taunt me about it from heaven whilst I'm in hell for not believing in the above mentioned undetectable, vague, man-like being.

Post Hoc

I stopped reading here. But at least you're an honest Christian rather than one desperately trying to validate what you believe in to the point of self-deception.

Hasty Generalization

My view? What do I think is the meaning of life?

I don't think there's a set meaning. I think you can create one if you like and if you fulfill it then well done. If not then you are a failure and didn't try hard enough. The meaning I've chosen for my life is just to enjoy it, to live and be healthy and have a good time. To make friends and meet new people and learn about lots of things and cultures. To eventually find someone that I love, settle down with her (unless I unexpectedly become homosexual) and maybe have some children and bring them up well.

What more meaning do I need?

You don't need any more, in fact, you could do a lot less. Anyone then, can live a fulfilled life in your view and live by any way. As much as you've given, you've injected no need for morals or ethics (not to say that you can't), but to say that I think this is rather lacking as I'm sure you live by some ethical code.

However, your views of God are completely delusional or you present them that way. Atheism is a fine philosophical view to take on, but you can "be" and atheist and believe in God.

[Snow]

Oh My God. You guys really want to know what the meaning of life is? The very core meaning? First it depends on what you mean by meaning. Do you mean: Why do you exist in this particular universe at this particular time? That one can only be answered by God, or a god-like being. If you mean general universal question (which of course this thread is about) then the answer is:

choices.

That's it. That's all. If you think hard enough, you will realize that it ALL comes down to that.

The greater the question is, the more simpler the answer is. The meaning of life can only have the simplest of answers. The meaning could never be a complicated answer, because as soon as you start to get complicated, then it's based on rules. We do know certain rules, such as the rules of nature, ie. you need to breathe to survive, big scary animals with teeth and claws are best - avoided, etc. But, there never was one rule written in stone that the first human could read that said how to live our life and what it means.

Yes, those who are religious, abide by a set of rules which they believe their God, messiah, leader, etc. gave them in order to live a good, healthy, happy life - peacefully with eachother. There are those that believe that divine rules were officially handed down from the Heavens. Belief is a choice.

I have much respect for religions, even though I don't believe in organized religion. I have respect for those that follow the teachings of their religion to live a good life and in peace with others. Fundamentally, all the basic rules that are taught are the same: Be awesome to one another, don't steal, don't hurt, don't kill, share and go for peace... and party on dudes.

The meaning of life is what you make it by your choices. You could live as a thief and killing everyone you steal from. Showing no mercy and leaving a wake of death behind you. Thing is, if that is what you believe is the good life or the correct way of living your life then so be it. There really is nothing written in the laws of the universe that says you are wrong, however... be prepared to face the consequences from everyone else who are living quite the opposite. 

[Lapis Lazuli]

I'm fairly sure you can attribute some of the meaning of life to a left or right hand path.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-Hand_Path_and_Right-Hand_Path

Either you live for yourself, you live for others, or a mixture of the two.

[Scarab]

If that's what life was about, we'd all be a dead pile of aids infected corpses.

you're just pissy because all you'll ever get is paid

i lol'd