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What do we live for? That's the point in living out a life of helping people if, one day, you die and disappear into nothing? Even if you leave a legacy, like a piece of art or the greatest scientific discovery of an era, for all we know mankind could end with a nuclear appocolypse.
Perhaps life is all about Darwinism. We have to breed to better the gene pool! Survival of the fittest... kill the criples, and allow the strong to live.
Luckily few people are as pesimistic as that! If most people believed that then we'd live in chaos. With nothing to look forwards to people would ignore law and order and live by their own rules. Then again, it seems that more and more people are living to help number one- themselves...
But back to the point. What makes life worth living? The answer to that is entirely a matter of faith.
Most of the world believes on some kind of religion. And most, maybe all, religions believe in some kind of life after death- usually reincarnation or Heaven. Even more importantly what animal you are in the next life or whether you go the Heaven is dependent on how you live your life.
So, religion encourages good acts. Even though I don't believe in God, I still admire people with faith in religion because it teaches us all a good way to lead life. The way we're brought up in this country is based on former Christian morals, and our laws originally came out of the bible.
However, I still can't help but feel that there's something futile about living for something after life. Assuming there is something after life of course! As John Lennon said: "Imagine there's no Heaven... all the people, living for today." The point is that we should be living for the here and now. You may not be here in a fe decades, months, or even tomorrow. Make something of your life.
And that's how I created my ethos for life: The reason for living is to better mankind.
You see, one day I won't be here. Nor will my friends or family. If I can somehow give something to the generation of tomorrow that will further mankind's need to stop wars, cure diseases or live in harmony with nature then it'll be worth it. Whether it be creating great works of art, helping those around you so that as a consequence they can help make the world better, find the greatest scientific discoveries or creating vacines, all those things are enriching the knowledge and culture of the human race.
But then again, I have no doubt that mankind will die out one day- either through wars or disease or in the next ice age. But mayeb some of what we create will be left behind for someone, or something else to find...
Sonic
Perhaps life is all about Darwinism. We have to breed to better the gene pool! Survival of the fittest... kill the criples, and allow the strong to live.
Luckily few people are as pesimistic as that! If most people believed that then we'd live in chaos. With nothing to look forwards to people would ignore law and order and live by their own rules. Then again, it seems that more and more people are living to help number one- themselves...
But back to the point. What makes life worth living? The answer to that is entirely a matter of faith.
Most of the world believes on some kind of religion. And most, maybe all, religions believe in some kind of life after death- usually reincarnation or Heaven. Even more importantly what animal you are in the next life or whether you go the Heaven is dependent on how you live your life.
So, religion encourages good acts. Even though I don't believe in God, I still admire people with faith in religion because it teaches us all a good way to lead life. The way we're brought up in this country is based on former Christian morals, and our laws originally came out of the bible.
However, I still can't help but feel that there's something futile about living for something after life. Assuming there is something after life of course! As John Lennon said: "Imagine there's no Heaven... all the people, living for today." The point is that we should be living for the here and now. You may not be here in a fe decades, months, or even tomorrow. Make something of your life.
And that's how I created my ethos for life: The reason for living is to better mankind.
You see, one day I won't be here. Nor will my friends or family. If I can somehow give something to the generation of tomorrow that will further mankind's need to stop wars, cure diseases or live in harmony with nature then it'll be worth it. Whether it be creating great works of art, helping those around you so that as a consequence they can help make the world better, find the greatest scientific discoveries or creating vacines, all those things are enriching the knowledge and culture of the human race.
But then again, I have no doubt that mankind will die out one day- either through wars or disease or in the next ice age. But mayeb some of what we create will be left behind for someone, or something else to find...
Sonic
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, we know Major Tom is a junkie....
I think an interesting question to ask is: can human nature be bettered and improved?
Yes we can discover things which will aid humanity - innovations in medicine etc, but it's human nature that worries me.
Call me a cynic, but I suspect that human nature is fixed [or at least it seems that way]: the fundamental problems we have today such as global inequality, prejudice, oppression and violence etc will be the fundamental problems we'll be facing tomorrow and the day after.
Scientific progression is one thing; spiritual progression is another.
Yes we can discover things which will aid humanity - innovations in medicine etc, but it's human nature that worries me.
Call me a cynic, but I suspect that human nature is fixed [or at least it seems that way]: the fundamental problems we have today such as global inequality, prejudice, oppression and violence etc will be the fundamental problems we'll be facing tomorrow and the day after.
Scientific progression is one thing; spiritual progression is another.
What do we live for? That's the point in living out a life of helping people if, one day, you die and disappear into nothing? Even if you leave a legacy, like a piece of art or the greatest scientific discovery of an era, for all we know mankind could end with a nuclear appocolypse.
Perhaps life is all about Darwinism. We have to breed to better the gene pool! Survival of the fittest... kill the criples, and allow the strong to live.
Luckily few people are as pesimistic as that! If most people believed that then we'd live in chaos. With nothing to look forwards to people would ignore law and order and live by their own rules. Then again, it seems that more and more people are living to help number one- themselves...
But back to the point. What makes life worth living? The answer to that is entirely a matter of faith.
Most of the world believes on some kind of religion. And most, maybe all, religions believe in some kind of life after death- usually reincarnation or Heaven. Even more importantly what animal you are in the next life or whether you go the Heaven is dependent on how you live your life.
So, religion encourages good acts. Even though I don't believe in God, I still admire people with faith in religion because it teaches us all a good way to lead life. The way we're brought up in this country is based on former Christian morals, and our laws originally came out of the bible.
However, I still can't help but feel that there's something futile about living for something after life. Assuming there is something after life of course! As John Lennon said: "Imagine there's no Heaven... all the people, living for today." The point is that we should be living for the here and now. You may not be here in a fe decades, months, or even tomorrow. Make something of your life.
And that's how I created my ethos for life: The reason for living is to better mankind.
You see, one day I won't be here. Nor will my friends or family. If I can somehow give something to the generation of tomorrow that will further mankind's need to stop wars, cure diseases or live in harmony with nature then it'll be worth it. Whether it be creating great works of art, helping those around you so that as a consequence they can help make the world better, find the greatest scientific discoveries or creating vacines, all those things are enriching the knowledge and culture of the human race.
But then again, I have no doubt that mankind will die out one day- either through wars or disease or in the next ice age. But mayeb some of what we create will be left behind for someone, or something else to find...
Sonic
Perhaps life is all about Darwinism. We have to breed to better the gene pool! Survival of the fittest... kill the criples, and allow the strong to live.
Luckily few people are as pesimistic as that! If most people believed that then we'd live in chaos. With nothing to look forwards to people would ignore law and order and live by their own rules. Then again, it seems that more and more people are living to help number one- themselves...
But back to the point. What makes life worth living? The answer to that is entirely a matter of faith.
Most of the world believes on some kind of religion. And most, maybe all, religions believe in some kind of life after death- usually reincarnation or Heaven. Even more importantly what animal you are in the next life or whether you go the Heaven is dependent on how you live your life.
So, religion encourages good acts. Even though I don't believe in God, I still admire people with faith in religion because it teaches us all a good way to lead life. The way we're brought up in this country is based on former Christian morals, and our laws originally came out of the bible.
However, I still can't help but feel that there's something futile about living for something after life. Assuming there is something after life of course! As John Lennon said: "Imagine there's no Heaven... all the people, living for today." The point is that we should be living for the here and now. You may not be here in a fe decades, months, or even tomorrow. Make something of your life.
And that's how I created my ethos for life: The reason for living is to better mankind.
You see, one day I won't be here. Nor will my friends or family. If I can somehow give something to the generation of tomorrow that will further mankind's need to stop wars, cure diseases or live in harmony with nature then it'll be worth it. Whether it be creating great works of art, helping those around you so that as a consequence they can help make the world better, find the greatest scientific discoveries or creating vacines, all those things are enriching the knowledge and culture of the human race.
But then again, I have no doubt that mankind will die out one day- either through wars or disease or in the next ice age. But mayeb some of what we create will be left behind for someone, or something else to find...
Sonic