Life has no meaning. Seriously, it's only what you make of it. There is no one meaning of life. Unless, of course, you're an insect, in which case the meaning of life is reproduce.
i'm not a religious person.. and some say a "god" gave us this life.. well, is there a proof of a "god"?
once i was at my aunt's house. all of the fish but one had died in her fish tank. she went to go change out the filter in the tank and a perfectly etched out cross was on the filter.. now, you're probably thinking either she was fooling me because i was young, or that i'm just lying. well, my aunt is the type of woman that would consider faking a cross like that the hugest sin in the world which would send you right to hell. so am i lying? well, i'm not.. but whatever you think, i guess.
anyway, back on topic, god gave us this life.. so there must be some kind of a meaning to it all.. i mean think about it... we're floating around on a rock. the space outside the earth goes on forever... there must be some meaning behind that.
oh yeah, and weird stuff always happens to which MAKES you know something is up with life. like your car works just like your body. and CHICKEN TASTES like everything. and when you trip you see the same stuff as your friend.
life is what ever you want it to be. whatever you make of it. some people may get what they want out of life easier then others but it's not impossible for most to get what they want too
The usual response I get to this statement is; “Well why don't you kill yourself then? What's the point of living?”
If you are looking for a reason why you exist, then all you have to do is look at the Nautilus.
Some may say the geometric perfection of a nautilus shell is proof of the existence of some higher power purposely shaping the world we live in. But I say not.
The reason a nautilus shell is shaped as it is, is because it can be no other way. The nautilus grows in cycles. As one cycle completes, the nautilus shell grows by one chamber. The animal closes the previous chamber behind it, trapping air and keeping buoyancy neutral. Every cycle the same thing happens (as it does in snails). The shell grows on top of previous shell because it has nowhere else to go.
To attribute this to some external force is to ignore the effort on the part of the animal and the incredibly fortuitous accident of nature and mathematics.
Let’s not confuse maths and nature. They are the same thing. Man did not invent geometry, he only labelled it. So when regular patterns turn up in trees, animal and stars we should not be at all surprised.
So, why do we exist? That’s just the way the numbers stacked up. You have no special purpose on Earth. There is no design that says you have to achieve X,Y & Z before you die. Those expectations are society’s not God’s
So why not just end it all?
Contrary to popular belief, just because I believe I have no special purpose or meaning to my life, does not mean I am a depressed, soulless individual who has no reason to live. I am liberated by that belief, and free to make my own destiny without the constraints of having to live up to (or down to) the standards set out by religion.
Then people ask; “where do you get your moral compass?” Which is just about the most useless question I have ever been asked. Just because I have no faith does not mean I have no morals. I have pretty much the same moral values as anybody else. I am against murder, theft, assault, adultery, bad manners etc.
Released from the bigotry of faith I feel no compulsion to be suspicious of people because of theirs. I am able to treat all people equally.
The meaning I give my own life is to live a good life, make the environment around me pleasant, achieve all I can without bringing harm and being decent to all people regardless of their faith, age or societal stature. Nobody gets treated with any greater or lesser respect because of their station.
Yeah, Giraffe your response was fantastic. Being unreligious doesn't keep you from anything but a specific faith in something that...well, not everyone believes in.
In any event, I agree wholeheartedly. Thanks for writing what I might not have been able to
There is no meaning. Life is inherently meaningless and overly pointless. We spend all our time in our miserable little lives trying to forget that we're all going to die failures. The more distracted you are, the less this matters to you. Everything in our culture has been honed to mindfuck us into thinking that we are the greatest people to ever live, and also have the most freedom we've ever had. We're not. All we have is bigger cages and longer chains. We're all wage slaves, and nothing will save us. I suggest we grab a gun and pull the trigger. Then the nightmare will stop.
wow neo, without death there is no life, without life there is no death. the meaning of life is death. but you won't get it. death is another part of life. not the end.
i think life's only purpose is death, its like a car trip, the trip itself has no purpose but to take you somewhere. You can open the car door and kill yourself, but I suggest you enjoy the ride while you are at it, since when you get to that place you are going to, you are probably going to get in another car. Quoting a great man "im prepared for death,im not afraid of it, i think its like getting out of a car and into another"
"We'll be saying a big hello to all intelligent lifeforms everywhere... and to everyone else out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together, guys!"
There is no meaning to life, unless you find one yourself. No one can tell you what you are supposed to be doing. You can sit there all your life and bitch about everything, or you can be depressed because you aren't happy, or get off your ass and do something with your life. It doesn't matter what, no one will care. Those who are remembered are those who changed how we think about the world.
I'm happy writing stories. I know no one will even remember me when I die, and that's fine with me. I'd rather have satisfaction now than make a fool of myself posting useless threads on a shitty site's message board.
Yeah, go ahead, bitch at me, I don't care about any of you.
this is deep you guys. i'm pulling out of this thread, you need less free time to contemplate your deaths "death is the END of life..." " You can open the car door and kill yourself" " Yeah, go ahead, bitch at me," "42"
Life is all about something one person does better that other things. For some it is listening to music, others like designing things, others are Sexaholics. For example I (like Neo_Draken and Merkurixx) love playing and listening to music. They are measley excuses to live out our everyday lives and take a crack at what some people call "happy"!!!
_______________ "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." ---Theodore Roosevelt
qwertz your just jealous you couldnt think of all these ideas such as... "death is the END of life..." " You can open the car door and kill yourself" " Yeah, go ahead, bitch at me," "42" hahaha, you guys are halarious but I would agree dogbert that you have no meaning to life unless you find one, like be religious or live to "to live and keep it clean, simple, and functional." like our friend sticboy here, so... all that being said I live for music, just like my good buddy Bayne and I guess Merkurixx too. So, if you can't find a reason to live I suggest that you have no meaning to live, haha!
But don't do anything crazy like kill yourself cause than you would just prove me right, so prove me wrong and find something to do in life
