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What is the purpose of life?
Just wondering what other people think.
Its amazing how many people go on living with out thinking of such things. :)

To end.

On an extension, it makes you wonder about if there is a higher power. I don't believe in God as a figure, but as a higher entity or power, maybe a polythiestic power. I just don't know, because how did existance...exist? It's those kind of questions that just make you wonder.

Life doesn't have to have a purpose in order to be lived.

Whaever you want it to be. A better question would be "What is the origin of life." Questions like that always provide for interesting conversation :) .

To feed on other life, and grow.

Life is the way it is. What gives it meaning and purpose is how you interpret it. Life is only to be difficult up until the point in which you die. What would life be if it weren't challenging? Well for starts, boring and pointless. All you are supposed to do is create the blank page into a maze ending in pools of knowledge.

The point of the life is to be lived. The purpose, I don't know. That's generally something each individual has to find for themselves.

I'm atheist. I believe that I'll die - I mean, die, not to resurrect in some great place or as a weird animal. Well, I don't think life has to have a purpose, but my own purpose is to have contributed in making the world a little better for those who will live on this earth after me, and to help others around me being happy. And of course, in my free time in that huge task, try to have as much fun and live as many experiences as possible! Give me beer, give me weed, give me girls and rock n' roll! :D

there is no purpose of life
there is no inherent meaning of life
all there is is how you live it. your "job" as a thoughtful person is to find a way to life your life to its best use.

it may not be FUN or pleasant or at times even seem bearable, but the well lived life is by far the most satisfying

if you are one of those people who are in dispair over the utter meaninglessness of your life and wonder why you even bother continuing it, i recommend the book "man's search for meaning" by viktor frankl. (availabe at amazon.com for cheap but i couldnt make the search url work here)

thin book, you only need to read half of it and no bullshit happy talk.

The purpose of life is to live long enough to reproduce.

the purpose of life is the living of it.what better purpose could there be. ;)

Life is absurd, without meaning or purpose.

Life is absurd, without meaning or purpose.
So why havent you committed suicide yet?

I only see two points in life: to gain knowledge on something you enjoy and to have fun in the process. All my goals fall under these to all-encompassing definitions.


By the way - w000000t! 500th post!

How about this?

Our purpose in life is to search for purpose.

So why havent you committed suicide yet?

That's no fun.

The purpose of life is to overcome problems.

Think of how shitty a place the world would be if it was perfect . . . what would you do?

Besides, there's no greater feeling in the world (well maybe sexual feelings) than overcoming a great obstacle that you've worked hard at for years.

What is the purpose of life?
Just wondering what other people think.
Its amazing how many people go on living with out thinking of such things. :)
There is only one universal truth and that is that there are no others.

Life is an empty vessel. We fill it, or not, with meanings that suit us.

To appreciate those, and what's, around us.
To be a positive influence.
To not screw up too badly.

Life (n., pl. lives)-

1.) The property or quality that distinguishes living organisms from dead organisms and inanimate matter, manifested in functions such as metabolism, growth, reproduction, and response to stimuli or adaptation to the environment originating from within the organism.

2.) The characteristic state or condition of a living organism.

3.) Living organisms considered as a group: plant life; marine life.

4.) A living being, especially a person: an earthquake that claimed hundreds of lives.

5.) The physical, mental, and spiritual experiences that constitute existence: the artistic life of a writer.

6.) The interval of time between birth and death: She led a good, long life.

7.) The interval of time between one's birth and the present: has had hay fever all his life.

8.) A particular segment of one's life: my adolescent life.

9.)The period from an occurrence until death: elected for life; paralyzed for life.


adj.
1.) Of or relating to animate existence; involved in or necessary for living: life processes.
2.) Continuing for a lifetime; lifelong: life partner; life imprisonment.

3.) Using a living model as a subject for an artist: a life sculpture.

Life (n., pl. lives)-

1.) The property or quality that distinguishes living organisms from dead organisms and inanimate matter, manifested in functions such as metabolism, growth, reproduction, and response to stimuli or adaptation to the environment originating from within the organism.

2.) The characteristic state or condition of a living organism.

3.) Living organisms considered as a group: plant life; marine life.

4.) A living being, especially a person: an earthquake that claimed hundreds of lives.

5.) The physical, mental, and spiritual experiences that constitute existence: the artistic life of a writer.

6.) The interval of time between birth and death: She led a good, long life.

7.) The interval of time between one's birth and the present: has had hay fever all his life.

8.) A particular segment of one's life: my adolescent life.

9.)The period from an occurrence until death: elected for life; paralyzed for life.


adj.
1.) Of or relating to animate existence; involved in or necessary for living: life processes.
2.) Continuing for a lifetime; lifelong: life partner; life imprisonment.

3.) Using a living model as a subject for an artist: a life sculpture.
Okay, so now we all know the meaning of life. What about its purpose?

The purpose of life is to experience all that your senses provide you, to love and be loved by another, and to be remembered by those who've shared your life and times.

There is only one universal truth and that is that there are no others.

Life is an empty vessel. We fill it, or not, with meanings that suit us.

^^^^

How about this?

Our purpose in life is to search for purpose.
Exactly.

To destroy inferior orgranisms and steal their nutrients. To make sure this will continue for quite a long time.

The purpose of life is "it." Many in a certain profession consider "it" the “fourth dimension.” In the end, “it” is what we all want more of. But we have to make the most of “it” and share “it” wisely while we exist. "It" is what you have been given. How you spend "it" determines how your children will benefit or suffer from "it."

What is the purpose of life?
Just wondering what other people think.
Its amazing how many people go on living with out thinking of such things. :)
why does there need to be one?

The hokey pokey is what it's all about. :D

The purpose of life is to experience all that your senses provide you, to love and be loved by another, and to be remembered by those who've shared your life and times.


Definitely!

To avoid the alternative as long as possible.

The hokey pokey is what it's all about. :D

I have that bumper sticker!!! But is the purpose of the hokey pokey? What came first, the hokey pokey or life...am I getting a little off subject? :rolleyes:

The purpose of life is to be remembered.

Life is its own purpose.

My purpose is to find truth.

My purpose is to find truth.

Whose?

The purpose of life is to learn.
I reckon it is like a school, we experience different things and are always challenged.
Life is about giving love, getting hurt, growing and developing from such experiences and contributing to society in one way or another.
It's about asking questions and stuff.

I don't really have a guess at the question, but wow, I hope none of you are right.

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I know, that was just sad.

http://users.aristotle.net/~diogenes/meaning1.htm

From what point of perspective?

From a biological point of view the reason is fairly simple, we simply exist to maintain this plany. Herbivores eat plants, Carnivores eat animals. And in between they breed to make sure the system doesn't die out.

If you mean a more philosphical point of view, then the point is to grow, become strong, enjoy life and remember that the I comes before the We.

What? I suscribe to the belief of the strong over the weak. No very PC... I know. *sniffles* I tried my best but I just couldn't keep up! :(

The purpose of life is to go shopping. Duh!

"To learn all that is learnable." and "To Die with the most toys."

:headbang:


That.

Life has no purpose. We just live.

The purpose of life is to reproduce. All biologists know that. Humans try to contrive all these fanciful reasons for life and purpose and whatnot, but it all boils down to the continuation of the species.

What is the purpose in life?

To follow Jesus with all my heart, soul, mind and .... soul. Ah... yeah.

How can there be a purpose to something that resulted from random chemical changes and mutations?

The question shouldn't be why life is, but, "now that we have life, what should we do with it?"

What is the purpose of life?
Just wondering what other people think.
Its amazing how many people go on living with out thinking of such things. :)
Life is its own end, there need not be any "higher purpose." The main goal of human life is the individual's happiness.