Purpose of human life Page 2

Started by Alfieri September 9th, 2014 12:51 PM
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There is a purpose in life. If you want your life to. For Christians like myself, our purpose is to convert people to Christanity, to get people to belive in God and spread the gospel. We were given much more intelligence than other animals for a reason. We have shaped, and are shaping the Earth, and I think that each person's purpose is to contribute to society and to make life better not just for humans, but for everyone else on this Earth. It's a cycle.

Obsession over death is in our nature. When we have life, we wonder when we'll lose it and do everything in our power to hold on to it. When we're near death, that's when I assume most people would come to the reliazation that they've got to let everything go.





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As a Buddhist, I believe that life is a learning experience that spans many lives, and the end to that is nirvana. Everyone is here to attain enlightenment and apparently a lot of people aren't as on-track as others with that.
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Tek

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I'm always suspicious of people that say "life is what you make of it". It tends to turn into a hypocritical stance. Sure, do whatever you want with your life, as long as it's something I approve of is the unspoken ending to that position. If my existence has no objective purpose why are you chastising me for being an unemployed, talentless, unpleasant person? If I want to be like that it's none of your business.

"Life is what you make of it" turns into "Life is whatI think you should make of it, that is get a job, have lots of skills and be nice to everyone". It's originally an open ended and technically correct position that is sullied by the limitations placed on us by the expectations of society.

If people 100% believed in that position they would have no objection to taking the lives of others. Life has no purpose, I can be a murderer if I want to. It doesn't matter if I killed someone, their life has no defined meaning either.
"Life is what you make it" is the most accurate answer to the question, for this reason:

If you present a rational argument as to why life has no purpose, that's what you've made it, according to your understanding. If you say that the purpose is to follow the precepts of a certain religion, based on God's authority, that's what you've made it, according to your understanding (because you've chosen to accept the precepts as true).


According to my understanding, reality is playful, in the sense that it exists because there is no reason for it to do so. There are a multitude of purposes that human beings perceive, all of which have some degree of validity. Personally, my purpose is to grow in awareness and help others to do so where appropriate.