What is the purpose of life? Your views...
03-04-2009 | 08:52 PM
#43
14000+ post superhero
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 17,459
Likes: 490
From: upside down in a field
does there have to be a purpose other than self reproduction to our lives? does a sheep have a purpose ? or a fish? were just another species thats evolved above the rest who do the same as many other species. mate, build homes, feed and care for our young until theyre big enough to fend for themselves then we die and so it goes on. eventually we'll die out and something else will evolve to dominate the earth should it still exist..
03-04-2009 | 09:05 PM
#45
I was thinking those exact same words, single cell organisms do it right through to the most complex beings (like humans) do it.
Animal instinct...the only reason we are asking questions is that through evolution we have become smarter and feel the need to know what, where, how and why (hence the creation of religion as a fake answer to these unanswerable Q's).....whereas dogs, cats and apes couldnt give a shit, they want to mate and Reproduce.
There are many BIG BIG questions about the universe that humans will never answer, its way too vast for our comprehension and we're damaging the planet faster than we're developing ways to travel into space so we're effectively doomed long term.....Just look at the history of the planet and the wipeout of the dinosaurs, the same can happen again a million times over before the planet dies and the sun bursts.....humans mean F all in the grand scheme of things....we are way way too insignificant and simple to ever understand the true forces behind the universe and what lies beyond.
I accept that, I also accept that when I die I become soil again as that's life...I can rest easy and have inner peace as I relaise what I am, what we all are.....a species of animal that got smart and wanted answers
I'm off for a spliff, this subject is heavy!!!!
Dan
Animal instinct...the only reason we are asking questions is that through evolution we have become smarter and feel the need to know what, where, how and why (hence the creation of religion as a fake answer to these unanswerable Q's).....whereas dogs, cats and apes couldnt give a shit, they want to mate and Reproduce.
There are many BIG BIG questions about the universe that humans will never answer, its way too vast for our comprehension and we're damaging the planet faster than we're developing ways to travel into space so we're effectively doomed long term.....Just look at the history of the planet and the wipeout of the dinosaurs, the same can happen again a million times over before the planet dies and the sun bursts.....humans mean F all in the grand scheme of things....we are way way too insignificant and simple to ever understand the true forces behind the universe and what lies beyond.
I accept that, I also accept that when I die I become soil again as that's life...I can rest easy and have inner peace as I relaise what I am, what we all are.....a species of animal that got smart and wanted answers
I'm off for a spliff, this subject is heavy!!!!
Dan
03-04-2009 | 09:14 PM
#46
PassionFord Post Troll
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 3,174
Likes: 0
From: West Sussex
your born and if your lucky
you eat
you grow
you damage yourself occasionally
if your really lucky you fall in love
if your unlucky you fall out of love
the rest of life is a struggle where you have to work hard mainly to line other peoples pockets and partly to survive in a manner better than your neighbours
then wen all that becomes too much for either your body or your mind ,,,, you die
if you werent lucky close to the time of birth you die before you get the chance to do all of the above or maybe its actually the other way round , you ARE lucky because you dont have to suffer all of the above ?
just the way i see it . and im not going to waste another minute wondering why im here just make the most of it whilst i can.
And eat bananas
you eat
you grow
you damage yourself occasionally
if your really lucky you fall in love
if your unlucky you fall out of love
the rest of life is a struggle where you have to work hard mainly to line other peoples pockets and partly to survive in a manner better than your neighbours
then wen all that becomes too much for either your body or your mind ,,,, you die
if you werent lucky close to the time of birth you die before you get the chance to do all of the above or maybe its actually the other way round , you ARE lucky because you dont have to suffer all of the above ?
just the way i see it . and im not going to waste another minute wondering why im here just make the most of it whilst i can.
And eat bananas
03-04-2009 | 10:21 PM
#49
Advanced PassionFord User
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 1,518
Likes: 0
From: Carlisle, Cumbria
your born and if your lucky
you eat
you grow
you damage yourself occasionally
if your really lucky you fall in love
if your unlucky you fall out of love
the rest of life is a struggle where you have to work hard mainly to line other peoples pockets and partly to survive in a manner better than your neighbours
then wen all that becomes too much for either your body or your mind ,,,, you die
if you werent lucky close to the time of birth you die before you get the chance to do all of the above or maybe its actually the other way round , you ARE lucky because you dont have to suffer all of the above ?
just the way i see it . and im not going to waste another minute wondering why im here just make the most of it whilst i can.
And eat bananas
you eat
you grow
you damage yourself occasionally
if your really lucky you fall in love
if your unlucky you fall out of love
the rest of life is a struggle where you have to work hard mainly to line other peoples pockets and partly to survive in a manner better than your neighbours
then wen all that becomes too much for either your body or your mind ,,,, you die
if you werent lucky close to the time of birth you die before you get the chance to do all of the above or maybe its actually the other way round , you ARE lucky because you dont have to suffer all of the above ?
just the way i see it . and im not going to waste another minute wondering why im here just make the most of it whilst i can.
And eat bananas
Amen to that
03-04-2009 | 10:46 PM
#50
I've found that life I needed.. It's HERE!!
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,245
Likes: 9
From: High peak
your born and if your lucky
you eat
you grow
you damage yourself occasionally
if your really lucky you fall in love
if your unlucky you fall out of love
the rest of life is a struggle where you have to work hard mainly to line other peoples pockets and partly to survive in a manner better than your neighbours
then wen all that becomes too much for either your body or your mind ,,,, you die
if you werent lucky close to the time of birth you die before you get the chance to do all of the above or maybe its actually the other way round , you ARE lucky because you dont have to suffer all of the above ?
just the way i see it . and im not going to waste another minute wondering why im here just make the most of it whilst i can.
And eat bananas
you eat
you grow
you damage yourself occasionally
if your really lucky you fall in love
if your unlucky you fall out of love
the rest of life is a struggle where you have to work hard mainly to line other peoples pockets and partly to survive in a manner better than your neighbours
then wen all that becomes too much for either your body or your mind ,,,, you die
if you werent lucky close to the time of birth you die before you get the chance to do all of the above or maybe its actually the other way round , you ARE lucky because you dont have to suffer all of the above ?
just the way i see it . and im not going to waste another minute wondering why im here just make the most of it whilst i can.
And eat bananas
04-04-2009 | 12:09 AM
#51
Praise the XR!
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 3,907
Likes: 0
From: Mirfield, West Yorkshire
There was no 'before' the big bang, because time is a dimension which was created (along with x/y/z dimensions) at the instant of the big bang. Yes there could be other stuff before/outside of our dimensions, but it's not really relevent to our world.
Take a line on a thin bit of paper - the line is 1 dimensional object, on 2 dimensional sheet of paper, existing in a 3 dimensional space. We exist in 4 dimensions and can observe the 1 dimensional line and manipulate it in all 4 dimensions, but as far as the line is concerned, it's still a line with length. The same could go for us and everything else in the 4d universe - superstring theory suggests that the universe actually works in 11 or 26 dimensions, so there are 'higher levels' of the universe that can move us around the room without us realising
Take a line on a thin bit of paper - the line is 1 dimensional object, on 2 dimensional sheet of paper, existing in a 3 dimensional space. We exist in 4 dimensions and can observe the 1 dimensional line and manipulate it in all 4 dimensions, but as far as the line is concerned, it's still a line with length. The same could go for us and everything else in the 4d universe - superstring theory suggests that the universe actually works in 11 or 26 dimensions, so there are 'higher levels' of the universe that can move us around the room without us realising
04-04-2009 | 12:10 AM
#52
PassionFord Post Whore!!
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 5,750
Likes: 0
From: Tarxien, Malta
04-04-2009 | 01:06 AM
#53
My belief in the meaning of life has changed over the years.
When i was a child i didnt really understand things and i was very afraid of death to the point where i used to spend hours night after night crying myself to sleep because i didnt want to die and have my "conciousness" end.
I kind of got taught all the religous stuff so progressed the idea of heaven and all that shit which made me feel more comfortable.
Im not religous now. too much shits happened in life for me to accept the bullshit church response of "its meant to have happened for a reason" rather than accepting that bad shit happens often for no good reason other than accident or some people are just nasty bastards.
Plus with all my illness and suicide attempts etc, im now content that pretty much that our purpose in life is merely survival of the species and that when we die, thats it.
When i was a child i didnt really understand things and i was very afraid of death to the point where i used to spend hours night after night crying myself to sleep because i didnt want to die and have my "conciousness" end.
I kind of got taught all the religous stuff so progressed the idea of heaven and all that shit which made me feel more comfortable.
Im not religous now. too much shits happened in life for me to accept the bullshit church response of "its meant to have happened for a reason" rather than accepting that bad shit happens often for no good reason other than accident or some people are just nasty bastards.
Plus with all my illness and suicide attempts etc, im now content that pretty much that our purpose in life is merely survival of the species and that when we die, thats it.
04-04-2009 | 09:59 AM
#54
Top Cab !!
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 3,989
Likes: 1
From: .
There was no 'before' the big bang, because time is a dimension which was created (along with x/y/z dimensions) at the instant of the big bang. Yes there could be other stuff before/outside of our dimensions, but it's not really relevent to our world.
Take a line on a thin bit of paper - the line is 1 dimensional object, on 2 dimensional sheet of paper, existing in a 3 dimensional space. We exist in 4 dimensions and can observe the 1 dimensional line and manipulate it in all 4 dimensions, but as far as the line is concerned, it's still a line with length. The same could go for us and everything else in the 4d universe - superstring theory suggests that the universe actually works in 11 or 26 dimensions, so there are 'higher levels' of the universe that can move us around the room without us realising
Take a line on a thin bit of paper - the line is 1 dimensional object, on 2 dimensional sheet of paper, existing in a 3 dimensional space. We exist in 4 dimensions and can observe the 1 dimensional line and manipulate it in all 4 dimensions, but as far as the line is concerned, it's still a line with length. The same could go for us and everything else in the 4d universe - superstring theory suggests that the universe actually works in 11 or 26 dimensions, so there are 'higher levels' of the universe that can move us around the room without us realising
i hope it will bring clarity at least
Last edited by Turbocabbie; 04-04-2009 at 10:03 AM.
04-04-2009 | 10:44 AM
#55
PassionFord Post Troll
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 2,984
Likes: 1
There is no "point or meaning" to life other than to reproduce and sustain the species at the top of the food ladder.
How can their be a "meaning" to life? Life is not a question or an action. The fact we have successfully evolved as a species means we must be resilient, inteligent (to a degree, required to adapt etc) and havea fierce drive to reproduce with the most fertile and healthy partners.
Two facts
1. you are born (this doesn't mean birth to me, it means creation, ie in ur mothers womb)
2. you die
Inbetween 1 and 2 is a time period and you are best to try and enjoy that as much as possible because everything else is irrelevant.
RW
How can their be a "meaning" to life? Life is not a question or an action. The fact we have successfully evolved as a species means we must be resilient, inteligent (to a degree, required to adapt etc) and havea fierce drive to reproduce with the most fertile and healthy partners.
Two facts
1. you are born (this doesn't mean birth to me, it means creation, ie in ur mothers womb)
2. you die
Inbetween 1 and 2 is a time period and you are best to try and enjoy that as much as possible because everything else is irrelevant.
RW
04-04-2009 | 07:41 PM
#57
PassionFord Post Troll
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 3,659
Likes: 0
From: Blackpool, UK
I was thinking those exact same words, single cell organisms do it right through to the most complex beings (like humans) do it.
Animal instinct...the only reason we are asking questions is that through evolution we have become smarter and feel the need to know what, where, how and why (hence the creation of religion as a fake answer to these unanswerable Q's).....whereas dogs, cats and apes couldnt give a shit, they want to mate and Reproduce.
There are many BIG BIG questions about the universe that humans will never answer, its way too vast for our comprehension and we're damaging the planet faster than we're developing ways to travel into space so we're effectively doomed long term.....Just look at the history of the planet and the wipeout of the dinosaurs, the same can happen again a million times over before the planet dies and the sun bursts.....humans mean F all in the grand scheme of things....we are way way too insignificant and simple to ever understand the true forces behind the universe and what lies beyond.
I accept that, I also accept that when I die I become soil again as that's life...I can rest easy and have inner peace as I relaise what I am, what we all are.....a species of animal that got smart and wanted answers
I'm off for a spliff, this subject is heavy!!!!
Dan
Animal instinct...the only reason we are asking questions is that through evolution we have become smarter and feel the need to know what, where, how and why (hence the creation of religion as a fake answer to these unanswerable Q's).....whereas dogs, cats and apes couldnt give a shit, they want to mate and Reproduce.
There are many BIG BIG questions about the universe that humans will never answer, its way too vast for our comprehension and we're damaging the planet faster than we're developing ways to travel into space so we're effectively doomed long term.....Just look at the history of the planet and the wipeout of the dinosaurs, the same can happen again a million times over before the planet dies and the sun bursts.....humans mean F all in the grand scheme of things....we are way way too insignificant and simple to ever understand the true forces behind the universe and what lies beyond.
I accept that, I also accept that when I die I become soil again as that's life...I can rest easy and have inner peace as I relaise what I am, what we all are.....a species of animal that got smart and wanted answers
I'm off for a spliff, this subject is heavy!!!!
Dan
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
wheelwizardrefurbs
Technical help Q & A
8
18-09-2015 08:59 PM