What is the Purpose of Life?

[Shadow Key]

It's an odd topic. What is the purpose of life? What were we made to do, to accomplish? What, as individual human beings, is our part to play in this world? Were we made simply out of chance or was there a higher force who created us? If there is a higher force, why did he/she create us?

Share your thoughts below. I didn't see this when I searched, so I'm making this now.

 

[Ophan]

Just live, dude. Make a purpose out of your life, influence ppl to do good, or better. This life can only be learned from as far as your eye can withhold in your surroundings, so just make something out of it.

 

[Orion]

Though this stems from my own atheistic beliefs about the origins of life, I feel it is still a worldview that everyone could see something in:

Life does not have any intrinsic value or purpose. The closest thing we have to a universal purpose is to reproduce, but to 'live' rather than just 'survive', much more could be said to be required. That's why I believe it's up to people on the individual level to create meaning for their life and theirs alone. Which also leads me to find some people reprehensible when they try to force their beliefs onto others and make someone adopt a view on the meaning of life that is not truly their own, formed by them.

 

[Onasi]

The purpose of life? Well that's an easy one. It's 42 of course ^_^

 

[Luap]

The Purpose of Life is the same as the Purpose to Farmville.

 

[The Conquerer]

The purpose of life is to find purpose in it. Many people spend their whole lives trying to find it, for some, I guess that's reason enough.

 

[State]

Personally, I think every individual, be it man or woman, have their own, unique purpose in life to fulfill (correctly).

 

[Ophan]

The purpose of life? Well that's an easy one. It's 42 of course ^_^

lol, no dude, that's the fictional answer from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, not the purpose.

purpose and answer are different

 

[Reflection]

What were we made to do, to accomplish? What, as individual human beings, is our part to play in this world?

das a question only ~YOU~ can answer!

*O*

 

[Solar]

Life is an answer to another question.

But I'm not telling you what that question is.

 

[Nelo Angelo]

It's an odd topic. What is the purpose of life? What were we made to do, to accomplish? What, as individual human beings, is our part to play in this world? Were we made simply out of chance or was there a higher force who created us? If there is a higher force, why did he/she create us?

Share your thoughts below. I didn't see this when I searched, so I'm making this now.

Good questions bro. I would say it is to fulfill the purpose for which you were created for. Every created thing has a purpose. Every thing around us has a specific purpose or a range of purposes to which it exists for. Be this natural resources, plants, manufactured good e.t.c. If the smallest things such as a pen, spoon, straw, even toothpick has a purpose for it being in existance, then surlely man serves a purpose also. The purpose is for what we were created for by the One who created us. And who better to know the purpose of the creation than the creator itself. The purpose has been told to us from the begining of time by Him through His Messegers and scriptures, the final being in the Last Testament, the Glorious Qur'an. But it is upto the individual to want to seek and understand it to fulfil his purpose.

 

[▽]

Looking for a purpose in life is like fixing a car with your nose, you can't. One must find his/her own purpose. Purpose is a word defined by humans, as far as nature is concerned, there is none.

 

[Klom89]

Looking for a purpose in life is like fixing a car with your nose, you can't. One must find his/her own purpose. Purpose is a word defined by humans, as far as nature is concerned, there is none.

I agree. We're just here. There's no divine plan, no instruction manual, no specific goals. Your'e here. Just enjoy it till it ends.

 

[Ðari]

Survive and reproduce. If neither, always survival, because before you even have an coherence of whats going on your clinging to life.

Consider this for example. Whats an infant other than new, what can they be cheated out of other than that life they just received? But they can't defend themselves, they can only cry become dependent upon whomever is caring for them. In that dependency, they've survived not being expunged be it through something tragic or otherwise. Human being live at the suppression of their human nature, their instinct, and naturally as an instinct they act off one which is seen in the everyday. Its often deterred and broken off by sub-cultures found within the modern society which 'shifts' our idealism and view points on certain aspects. Its a necessary distraction, but we'd function off of base knowledge of what we've learned or what we'd already know.

To be honest, its something of a definite. Even the sucidal that assume based on how their life has been going, suicide is an option but more or less in those cases cowardice stops them. Or a self-realization thats last minute, deep down we want to live. Be it 'just because' or for some selfish motivation.

 

[Jozi]

Although I truly believe life has no meaning. In general (as stated by a bunch of people before) it is to survive, reproduce, and to contradict entropy. But it's more complicated once your include the sentient mind of a human. The Meaning of Life is only what you want it to be.

 

[Kazuma]

For me feel the propose of life( my opinion), human life is to reproduce and learn as much as possible during life.

 

[Love Machine]

I still don't even know if God exists or not. I mean, everyone has their own opinions and beliefs about the Bible. No one believes exactly the same as another, but I'm just a 14 year old. I have a long life ahead to think about this, and when I'm but a minute to death, I'll think, "Well, let's see if I'm right."

 

[Pirates]

To each their own.
Purpose is relative. I dont think we have any predestined purpose.

People can find their own purpose in life. Some think they are called to be something in their life.

 

[Neko]

The purpose of life is to do what you want or need to do with it. In other words the purpose is to find a purpose. That purpose can be found in many various ways and some never find it at all or at least not until the very end.

 

[krexia]

We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers.