Whats the point of life according to everyone's opinion?

This is a deep subject. Everyone thinks about this kinda of thing as in, what happens when I die? Why am I here? Where did the universe come from? So in thinking what is your opinion to why we are here. If your Religious your welcome to share but no "I'm right your wrong statements."

Anyhow i believe life has no purpose. I was super Religious for around 20 years of my life. The last three have opened my eyes as I have really researched what Religion is and the Bible (being that America is mostly Christian). I think that we are here as a freak accident. So if you do good and leave a legacy behind you will be remembered (as those in the past have). But if you are anyone else time will consume you with death and be erased from history. Sad isn't it? Anyhow discuss damn it.

Interesting topic. Lots to discuss here. Just wondering why you would start up this thread out of the blue?

I think the point to life is to learn, be joyous, spread joy, and love. But I'm a little sentimental and I think what feels right.

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Originally Posted by Louis Ho

Interesting topic. Lots to discuss here. Just wondering why you would start up this thread out of the blue?

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Because I drink early in the morning. And late at night sometimes. Do you not think about this kinda thing Mr. Louis? It bugs the shit out of me. I'm a happy person but you can't say you don't think about it some. Lots of interesting conversation to talk about.

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Originally Posted by Jon Watkins

I think the point to life is to learn, be joyous, spread joy, and love. But I'm a little sentimental and I think what feels right.

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I agree. Be the best you can be. Just wish it was a bit longer and we aged slower lol.

AWESOME!! ^>^ questions that no one can really answer... my turn!
"Do people in China get tattoo's of English words on themselves?"

But seriously, The meaning of life can be interpreted from perosn to person, some think we are here to destroy the earth over time, :EX cars, factories with smog etc. and some think we are here to dominate every inch of the world. There are also some that believe that our lives are a great test before we die as to whether or not we burn or go to heaven.

Im not the most religious person in the world but I am a God fearing person.
science says the first life was made form atoms and particals of bacteria. Well, where did the bacteria come from? microbacteria. ok? where did that come from? and what ever made that where did that come from? everything seems to have stemed from something else and another thing before that. but when you divide and downgrade to the very 1st molecule or w/e, Where did that come from if there was nothing at all in the universe, no gas, no particals, no microbes no nothing! Where did the very 1st most smallest thing whether it be gas or microscropic come from? I go to church and believe, however I do not follow everything to the T because I dont believe in letting a set group or doctrin Dictate my entire life. I dont push people about becomming christians or converting, honestly buddhism, jewish faith, and others are actually a little interesting to me. I dont exactly agree with it but if you look closely. alot of different religions tell the same thing but a different version. A day of night, then light, 40 days and nights of rain. they may not be exact but they have key relations in comparison. So how do people seperated by miles of land and water end up having relative stories when they've never came into contact with eachother before travel?

I say to each man his own, When i first read the topic i thought of joe rogans views and alot of it i agree with.
choose your path and stick to it, The golden rule is to treat others how you wanna be treated, be nicer, give to charity, BE HAPPY.
dont let anyone tell you how to live your life.

Keep an open mind, be humble, be kind, do what is right, fight for what is right. Live YOUR life.

Just collect experiences. Set an insane unattainable goal in front of you and just enjoy the ride and where it takes you.

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Originally Posted by Don Blankenship

I agree. Be the best you can be. Just wish it was a bit longer and we aged slower lol.

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If you believe what Ray Kurzweil says, and I do, we as humans are technologically on the cusp of attaining extremely long life spans. I'd look the dude up if I were you. He makes me optimistic.

Find happiness. It's different for everyone, some find happiness in money, some find it in family/loved ones, some find it in sports, some find it in adrenaline chasing, etc. It's broad but that's gotta be the point of life in my opinion.

It might be a depressing thought, but I think your life isn't for you, it's for everyone else. By that I mean that when you're dead, what difference did you make? What legacy did you leave? Because who is there to know about these things, people who are still alive, right? Answering these questions in a positive way, leaving a positive mark is the meaning of life.

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"Keep an open mind, be humble, be kind, do what is right, fight for what is right. Live YOUR life."
^ Words to live by!!!

I believe we all are hear to help one another evolve... Once we understand and control our minds, the rest is just checkers ;)
Respect one another. Respect all life, it has a purpose the same as we do. Love each other and feel one another's joys and their pain's. Learn from each other, and teach each other. Live, Love, Learn, Grow 2gether... United=Strong, Divided=weak... Every one's soul is the same color. And every skin color feels the same emotions. "We Are ONE" We are only separated by our experiences. We all just seem to get caught by the distractions of life... Keeping our focus from the things that truly matter in your life, and Life in general... when we reflect upon what is important in our lives, we often find it is something or someone that we are "neglecting" in order to advance after our goals or distractions... What's important to you?

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Originally Posted by Pete Daly

It might be a depressing thought, but I think your life isn't for you, it's for everyone else. By that I mean that when you're dead, what difference did you make? What legacy did you leave? Because who is there to know about these things, people who are still alive, right? Answering these questions in a positive way, leaving a positive mark is the meaning of life.

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But what comes of that meaning when the mark disappears? To me, it's all temporal and shouldn't be taken as potentially eternal. That's just the ego longing for immortality. We all die daily in that we're never quite the same person as we were the day before. You might not even remember something that affected you greatly just a few years ago. Just as your grand children might forget where their values came from. Legacy is great and all, but it can never beat, for me, the love that I exchange with a woman when I'm lying next to her in bed. Or the glory and pride that washes over me when I get catch someone out of my league in a submission. Or the loss of something precious. It's all wonderful and we need to accept that it's fading away or we'll never overcome ourselves and be the great beings I feel we're meant to be. I'm so happy that I got a chance to be a human and shine my light on everything for a moment. And I can still turn everything around and maybe let someone see the potential in everything that I see.

To realize and maximize ones true potential and to create, experience, and love.

This question comes with the assumption that life actually has some sort of meaning which, as far as I can tell, it does not.

This isnt the real life we should be living, its like the matrix! we waiting for NEO!

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Originally Posted by jaredworm

This question comes with the assumption that life actually has some sort of meaning which, as far as I can tell, it does not.

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In a multiverse of such beauty, ugliness and possibility, why wouldn't I make such an assumption?

my step dads sister was possessed and everyone i talk to that knows him verifies the story of him drinking on a island with his friends and some weird shit going down then his sister being possessed and a priest having an exorcism done to her and then something going into a mirror in her room. and it is weird cause i can see him making up the story to fuck with me as a possibility but everyone tells me the same story that was there, so i kind of believe him.

well i believe we (as man) are just arrogant to think our lives are anymore important than that off an ant.i reckon as a species we're only here to reproduce then we find things to amuse ourselves (kill time) till we're worm food.-depressing aint it.lol.
-and as for religion...........i would hazard a guess that it woz just a ploy to control the masses back in the dark ages,and to give them a good set of morals to try and live by.-personally i think they should have done away with it all when they invented the police.-and then done away with them when they invented weed.lol. :-P

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Originally Posted by Jon Watkins

But what comes of that meaning when the mark disappears? To me, it's all temporal and shouldn't be taken as potentially eternal. That's just the ego longing for immortality. We all die daily in that we're never quite the same person as we were the day before. You might not even remember something that affected you greatly just a few years ago. Just as your grand children might forget where their values came from. Legacy is great and all, but it can never beat, for me, the love that I exchange with a woman when I'm lying next to her in bed. Or the glory and pride that washes over me when I get catch someone out of my league in a submission. Or the loss of something precious. It's all wonderful and we need to accept that it's fading away or we'll never overcome ourselves and be the great beings I feel we're meant to be. I'm so happy that I got a chance to be a human and shine my light on everything for a moment. And I can still turn everything around and maybe let someone see the potential in everything that I see.

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Truth in these words

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Originally Posted by keithrmx

well i believe we (as man) are just arrogant to think our lives are anymore important than that off an ant.i reckon as a species we're only here to reproduce then we find things to amuse ourselves (kill time) till we're worm food.-depressing aint it.lol.
-and as for religion...........i would hazard a guess that it woz just a ploy to control the masses back in the dark ages,and to give them a good set of morals to try and live by.-personally i think they should have done away with it all when they invented the police.-and then done away with them when they invented weed.lol. :-P

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Although religion has been used to control and manipulate the masses, I belive the reason it came about is due to humans fear of slipping into nothingness apon death.

I belive this life is just preperation for the next leg of our energy's journey. To grow and develop, to learn to love, respect, and understand other beings, despite the suffering in the world around us, and to aid others in their journey as well by utilizing a combined and shared knowledge.

There is no point, except follow your bliss, don't take things so personally, and follow the golden rule.

Love God and Love People

I think its...Trying to figure out what the point of life is.... :)

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Originally Posted by keithrmx

well i believe we (as man) are just arrogant to think our lives are anymore important than that off an ant.i reckon as a species we're only here to reproduce then we find things to amuse ourselves (kill time) till we're worm food.-depressing aint it.lol.
-and as for religion...........i would hazard a guess that it woz just a ploy to control the masses back in the dark ages,and to give them a good set of morals to try and live by.-personally i think they should have done away with it all when they invented the police.-and then done away with them when they invented weed.lol. :-P

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Please don't underestimate ants!! :D They're amazing.

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Originally Posted by Jon Watkins

In a multiverse of such beauty, ugliness and possibility, why wouldn't I make such an assumption?

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Because it's absurd and not based on any facts

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Originally Posted by Jon Watkins

Please don't underestimate ants!! :D They're amazing.

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don't underestimate the shrooms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCOQ0VU24xw

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Originally Posted by jaredworm

Because it's absurd and not based on any facts

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This is a thread about opinions on lifes meaning. There are very few facts to work with, its all feelings, personal ideologies and conjecture, including your opinions as well. So, all answers in here will be somewhat absurd.

I agree with lots of people here its to evolve as individuals and as a race trying to reach maximum potential. Love is a big part of life we need spread our light. Im wondering are we talking about the point of life for human beings or just the point of life on a universal level. I would like to know what some of you think the point of a monkeys life is or that of a whale dolphin or any other intelligent animals?. We are all animals. Is our point not the same as every animal why are we special? because we have the mental capacity to think we are? just a thought. I am not one to beleive that all animals were put on this earth for humans to use and consume.

So the ideas of living forever and eternally are just selfish emotions of thinking one is the greatest thing in the universe?

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Originally Posted by Don Blankenship

This is a deep subject. Everyone thinks about this kinda of thing as in, what happens when I die? Why am I here? Where did the universe come from? So in thinking what is your opinion to why we are here. If your Religious your welcome to share but no "I'm right your wrong statements."

Anyhow i believe life has no purpose. I was super Religious for around 20 years of my life. The last three have opened my eyes as I have really researched what Religion is and the Bible (being that America is mostly Christian). I think that we are here as a freak accident. So if you do good and leave a legacy behind you will be remembered (as those in the past have). But if you are anyone else time will consume you with death and be erased from history. Sad isn't it? Anyhow discuss damn it.

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I was like you I was raised in a very strict Christain upbringing but left years ago. To be honest the whole meaning of life thing is something I have put off giving serious consideration till I'm in my late 30's or 40's. However for a time I did research and study alot of religions although certainly not all. At the moment I would consider myself an agnostic.

However something I did learn which you might find interesting is a little something I learnt from speaking to a Jehovah's witness at my door a few years ago.

They believe that the human form as it is today is imperfect and to cut a long story short they think that eventually we will be restored to our original perfect form. The main defect of being imperfect is that we grow old and die while they believe we are supposed to live forever. However some of them elaborate further which I found intrigueing. Another aspect this particular witness mentioned was memory. He referenced scientific evidence that we everything we ever see and hear is stored perfectly in out subconscious. However we do not have access to it but apparently we are supposed to. He told me to imagine what the human race would be like if everyone had a perfect 100% memory and was at pains to keep mentioning the scientific angle to try and give this theory credibility. I thought yes learning stuff would be a million times quicker and you certainly would not need to spend 3 years learning a degree when you theoretically learn it in a fraction of the time. The witness then joked you could learn 100 Phd's worth of information before your even 10 years old! Then he went back to the claim that we were originally designed to live forever and mentioned some evidence which I haven't checked out that apprantly at some stage in our lives a protein is secreted which goes around destroying the cells in our body and this is what causes the aging process. If that were switched off and we had a 100% photographic memory think of the possibilites he said to live beyond a mere 70+ years. Many secrets impossible and inaccesible to us now would be revealed!

I found all this speculation interesting until he got to the part that we inherited this imperfection because one of our original parents disobeyed God by listening to a talking snake with vocal cords and ate some forbidden fruit! At that point I thanked him for the interesting conversation and said goodbye but I have always remembered that morning. The possibilities were very interesting and I admired his attempted use of perceived scientific evidence to persuade me.

All in all I do think there is a point to life and just because it is not within our current ability to understand it does not mean there is none in my view. I don't believe in something coming from nothing but I do not subscribe to any religious view of creation either so thats why I'm an agnostic for now.

Interestingly I have heard of people using the Illuminati secret societies stuff as further proof that Satan and Demons control the earth along with Eastern religions and trans-dimentional beings seen through drugs etc. Like I said this stuff is something I do not bother with for now but eventually when I'm much older I think I will investigate all these claims about life and see where it takes me to.

To train Jiu Jitsu...and Yoga.

the meaning of life is different for each person based on their point of view. Such an example is from the great Peter Griffen while once being recorded for a reality show. "Got some dandelions here.... I know they're weeds but uhh.... Who the hell decided roses were so great?" :P

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Originally Posted by James III

I was like you I was raised in a very strict Christain upbringing but left years ago. To be honest the whole meaning of life thing is something I have put off giving serious consideration till I'm in my late 30's or 40's. However for a time I did research and study alot of religions although certainly not all. At the moment I would consider myself an agnostic.

However something I did learn which you might find interesting is a little something I learnt from speaking to a Jehovah's witness at my door a few years ago.

They believe that the human form as it is today is imperfect and to cut a long story short they think that eventually we will be restored to our original perfect form. The main defect of being imperfect is that we grow old and die while they believe we are supposed to live forever. However some of them elaborate further which I found intrigueing. Another aspect this particular witness mentioned was memory. He referenced scientific evidence that we everything we ever see and hear is stored perfectly in out subconscious. However we do not have access to it but apparently we are supposed to. He told me to imagine what the human race would be like if everyone had a perfect 100% memory and was at pains to keep mentioning the scientific angle to try and give this theory credibility. I thought yes learning stuff would be a million times quicker and you certainly would not need to spend 3 years learning a degree when you theoretically learn it in a fraction of the time. The witness then joked you could learn 100 Phd's worth of information before your even 10 years old! Then he went back to the claim that we were originally designed to live forever and mentioned some evidence which I haven't checked out that apprantly at some stage in our lives a protein is secreted which goes around destroying the cells in our body and this is what causes the aging process. If that were switched off and we had a 100% photographic memory think of the possibilites he said to live beyond a mere 70+ years. Many secrets impossible and inaccesible to us now would be revealed!

I found all this speculation interesting until he got to the part that we inherited this imperfection because one of our original parents disobeyed God by listening to a talking snake with vocal cords and ate some forbidden fruit! At that point I thanked him for the interesting conversation and said goodbye but I have always remembered that morning. The possibilities were very interesting and I admired his attempted use of perceived scientific evidence to persuade me.

All in all I do think there is a point to life and just because it is not within our current ability to understand it does not mean there is none in my view. I don't believe in something coming from nothing but I do not subscribe to any religious view of creation either so thats why I'm an agnostic for now.

Interestingly I have heard of people using the Illuminati secret societies stuff as further proof that Satan and Demons control the earth along with Eastern religions and trans-dimentional beings seen through drugs etc. Like I said this stuff is something I do not bother with for now but eventually when I'm much older I think I will investigate all these claims about life and see where it takes me to.

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Ha interesting story.

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Originally Posted by Jason Eisner

To train Jiu Jitsu...and Yoga.

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Thats what I'm saying.

Imo, life should not be separated into categories.

The universe, in the dimension we exist, is nothing but information. All that ever is or was, not waiting to be discovered or learned just is. There are constants-mathematics, and materials-matter. Then there is how those constants effect materials, physics and chemistry. Then you have forces- gravity, electricity, weak and strong nuclear forces, and inertia. All of these coexist without self-awareness and apparently no meaning yet in predictable patterns and states of existence. They interact in the form of collisions or attractions or chemical reactions.

Then somehow (miracle?) carbon started a self-sustained chemical reaction.(which is all life really is, taking all mystique away from the definition) Then for some reason this chemical reaction tends to lean towards more complex forms, even combining matter with chemical reactions to register and react to outside matter and forces better giving a single chemical reaction a chance to sustain itself. We call these senses. First there was only one, touch or a sense of pressure. Later to tap into the vast energy that the sun releases came "sight" in the form of sensing radiant energy. For some reason this ongoing reaction keeps developing and nurturing more senses to better deal with and thrive in its environment.

Then it began to process some of this infinite info that has always been, intelligence. Why? With this is the birth of feeling and emotion, both chemical reaction. The first was fear. The fear that its own reaction would be extinguished rendering it, simply matter. This is the fear of death. This caring or awareness of a chemical reaction of itself comes from where and to serve what purpose? To prolong the reaction indefinitely it must replicate and nurture it spawned reaction with only the reactions equipped with the ability to sustain itself thriving and passing on the secret(dna) to its survival yielding evolution. And the pinnacle of evolution thus far is the brain, the human brain more specifically. This is where the marriage of information and matter intersect.

So why are we here? No fuckin clue. But my theory is information wants to be learned and spawned life from this desire. Information is God? I guess from my hypothesis, yes.

As of now we only have five senses to process the information bombarding us at all times and we view our lives separate entities. Following life's track record more senses will come and with that more realizations drastically changing the perspective of whatever organism possesses them. Happiness, fear, love, these are all just chemicals(neurotransmitters) that allow us to better serve the original reaction and the plan behind it.

What? No fuckin clue, but it seems to be to combine existence with information. The fact that a single chemical reaction has made it to the point that it is typing this nonsense, while others shake their heads at a monitor wtf-ing is proof that life has purpose and a plan. Just anyone who says or thinks they know what it is is full of shit and needs to keep reacting.

Sparein ya'll the long version. But yeah, deepshit. Who knows namsayin? React well singlet.