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The Meaning of Life:
The Meaning of Life, something that people have spent countless hours pondering and never figured out. Something that even the most accredited scientists, religious leaders and masterminds cannot prove. It is the biggest question that will probably remain forever unanswered yet is the thing that can drive people to insanity. Why are we on this earth? What is our purpose in life?
I am not going to attempt to answer these questions but I am going to present you with a few ideas that came to me during several years of pondering.
The most common, and oldest, theory is that we are all here because we were created by a God. If you were a God and created a planet and life you wouldn’t do it just for a laugh now would you? We were either created as companions for God or as entertainment. Since we aren’t often chatted to by the almighty I can only assume we are in place to entertain the lord with our everyday activities. In short, our lives are just an act to entertain our creator. Our menial lives provide some simple kind of amusement in a voyeuristic kind of way and our everyday affairs are observed from above. I don’t get any comfort from this theory whatsoever and pray it isn’t true.
A lesser-recognised theory is one that states, “We were placed here to advance our race through time and space.” This rhymes so I like it a lot but it does generally make sense. From the first indication of mankind we have made such ridiculously amazing discoveries. The wheel, fire, electricity, engines, languages, civil law, social hierarchies, currencies and space travel. The earth was a place with fields, mountains and trees and humans have turned it into a world full of cities, travel routes, technology and different cultures. We are, as far as we know, the prime species here and have come a long way in the 5,000+-recorded years of history we have. We have advanced from simplistic creatures that grunted and bashed rabbits against rocks for food to civilised people that are no longer hunter-gatherers and can pick up a meal from Tesco.
A theory favoured by scientists is that we are all simply here because micro-organisms generated by the ‘big bang’ adapted to the earth and over many years we generated into humans. This theory would mean that we have no reason for being here, we are just science and sooner or later we will cease to be. We simply do not have a purpose here and nobody is more important than anyone else. We are just the divine will of countless calculations and formulas that make up the fabric of the earth. I dislike this theory as I think there must be some reason or way for us to exist.
My own theory is that each and every person is born to fulfil a destiny. Our path in life is to follow a set route in life and certain events are inevitable but others can be determined by our own actions. I like to think I am in control of my own destiny but I also like the comfort of knowing certain things are meant to be. This theory places us all into a storyboard setting and we are basically improvising a pre-written script. This shows us that we have freedom but straying too far from our set plan will cause something bad to happen. Our reason for been here is that we are meant to be here as it is written in the grand plan, some events are simply meant to be (i.e. death and birth) and this can bring comfort to us knowing that there is nothing we could have done to change things. I assume you may think this theory is quite morbid in that we don’t have control over everything but it makes a lot of sense to me.
The final theory I am going to mention is a version of reality shown in the film, ‘The Matrix’. Everyone sees their world how they wish and nobody in your world actually exists. Events and conversations are simply concocted in our minds and reality is recognising this. If you have ever known what someone was going to say before they actually said it, that is because you already invented what they were going to say in your mind. In this theory nobody is real and people only look/feel/smell/etc as they do because you wish them to in your mind. If this is true then I am writing this but nobody else will read it. Comments I get from this will simply be created in my own mind and fed back to me, if this is your reality then you already wrote this in your mind and I don’t actually exist. This is strange but I am willing to believe it, bizarre as it is.
So there you have it, my versions of existence. I don’t expect any of you to believe them or even understand them but this is many hours of my thinking and don’t want any of you to rubbish it all either because this is quite meaningful stuff to me. If you have your own ideas or versions of the meaning of life then go ahead and share them with everyone.
-kyz²²-
The Meaning of Life, something that people have spent countless hours pondering and never figured out. Something that even the most accredited scientists, religious leaders and masterminds cannot prove. It is the biggest question that will probably remain forever unanswered yet is the thing that can drive people to insanity. Why are we on this earth? What is our purpose in life?
I am not going to attempt to answer these questions but I am going to present you with a few ideas that came to me during several years of pondering.
The most common, and oldest, theory is that we are all here because we were created by a God. If you were a God and created a planet and life you wouldn’t do it just for a laugh now would you? We were either created as companions for God or as entertainment. Since we aren’t often chatted to by the almighty I can only assume we are in place to entertain the lord with our everyday activities. In short, our lives are just an act to entertain our creator. Our menial lives provide some simple kind of amusement in a voyeuristic kind of way and our everyday affairs are observed from above. I don’t get any comfort from this theory whatsoever and pray it isn’t true.
A lesser-recognised theory is one that states, “We were placed here to advance our race through time and space.” This rhymes so I like it a lot but it does generally make sense. From the first indication of mankind we have made such ridiculously amazing discoveries. The wheel, fire, electricity, engines, languages, civil law, social hierarchies, currencies and space travel. The earth was a place with fields, mountains and trees and humans have turned it into a world full of cities, travel routes, technology and different cultures. We are, as far as we know, the prime species here and have come a long way in the 5,000+-recorded years of history we have. We have advanced from simplistic creatures that grunted and bashed rabbits against rocks for food to civilised people that are no longer hunter-gatherers and can pick up a meal from Tesco.
A theory favoured by scientists is that we are all simply here because micro-organisms generated by the ‘big bang’ adapted to the earth and over many years we generated into humans. This theory would mean that we have no reason for being here, we are just science and sooner or later we will cease to be. We simply do not have a purpose here and nobody is more important than anyone else. We are just the divine will of countless calculations and formulas that make up the fabric of the earth. I dislike this theory as I think there must be some reason or way for us to exist.
My own theory is that each and every person is born to fulfil a destiny. Our path in life is to follow a set route in life and certain events are inevitable but others can be determined by our own actions. I like to think I am in control of my own destiny but I also like the comfort of knowing certain things are meant to be. This theory places us all into a storyboard setting and we are basically improvising a pre-written script. This shows us that we have freedom but straying too far from our set plan will cause something bad to happen. Our reason for been here is that we are meant to be here as it is written in the grand plan, some events are simply meant to be (i.e. death and birth) and this can bring comfort to us knowing that there is nothing we could have done to change things. I assume you may think this theory is quite morbid in that we don’t have control over everything but it makes a lot of sense to me.
The final theory I am going to mention is a version of reality shown in the film, ‘The Matrix’. Everyone sees their world how they wish and nobody in your world actually exists. Events and conversations are simply concocted in our minds and reality is recognising this. If you have ever known what someone was going to say before they actually said it, that is because you already invented what they were going to say in your mind. In this theory nobody is real and people only look/feel/smell/etc as they do because you wish them to in your mind. If this is true then I am writing this but nobody else will read it. Comments I get from this will simply be created in my own mind and fed back to me, if this is your reality then you already wrote this in your mind and I don’t actually exist. This is strange but I am willing to believe it, bizarre as it is.
So there you have it, my versions of existence. I don’t expect any of you to believe them or even understand them but this is many hours of my thinking and don’t want any of you to rubbish it all either because this is quite meaningful stuff to me. If you have your own ideas or versions of the meaning of life then go ahead and share them with everyone.
-kyz²²-
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My theory is that there is no theory. I believe in the scientists, things are only really true if science explains it. Lets take UFO's, science cant explain them and some people think they are 'beings' from another galaxy. Well i think that its all a load of malarky and there has to be some kind of explanation for UFO's and everything on this world and out of it. Anyway thats a sort of lame example of why i think there is no reason for the human race to exist. We developed from other things through evolution and all of that stuff. Evolution also is a bit weird, dunno why, just seems a bit impossible sometimes - like "yeh this animal, just got an extra leg, so it survived better'.
If i have to give a theory it is:
"We live, then we die, then we are dead. Forever. No point"
If i have to give a theory it is:
"We live, then we die, then we are dead. Forever. No point"
Nobody have their own theories?
Not if you utter 'the word', according to Nomad Soul
Who cares?
We're alive for 100 years max - and that's nothing in terms of the universe, so why even think about it.
Just try to have a happy life and get loads a money.
We're alive for 100 years max - and that's nothing in terms of the universe, so why even think about it.
Just try to have a happy life and get loads a money.
It's to do with spoons and yellow hats running amok.
No no no no no. 42 is the answer to the ultimate question, not the meaning of life.
The meaning of life is to find out what the question is so that the universe can be ended and replaced with something even more confusing.
The meaning of life is to find out what the question is so that the universe can be ended and replaced with something even more confusing.
The meaning of life is well documented in Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy:
42
*That is all*
42
*That is all*
I think this is probably the first topic about life that's in the life forum.
:-D
Very good, some nice theory's in there.
I don't know what to think. It's just something we'll never know I suppose.
I briefly think that we all have a particular destiny to fulfil.
If a single individual were never to be created, who knows the effects. Their childs child may have become the inventor of some amazing machine.
:-D
Very good, some nice theory's in there.
I don't know what to think. It's just something we'll never know I suppose.
I briefly think that we all have a particular destiny to fulfil.
If a single individual were never to be created, who knows the effects. Their childs child may have become the inventor of some amazing machine.
I bet life is created by some powerful monkey with a magic wand and hairy toenails. Yey!
Monty Python's Meaning Of Life was good, also.
Nice. :-)
Monty Python's Meaning Of Life was good, also.
Nice. :-)
The Meaning of Life:
The Meaning of Life, something that people have spent countless hours pondering and never figured out. Something that even the most accredited scientists, religious leaders and masterminds cannot prove. It is the biggest question that will probably remain forever unanswered yet is the thing that can drive people to insanity. Why are we on this earth? What is our purpose in life?
I am not going to attempt to answer these questions but I am going to present you with a few ideas that came to me during several years of pondering.
The most common, and oldest, theory is that we are all here because we were created by a God. If you were a God and created a planet and life you wouldn’t do it just for a laugh now would you? We were either created as companions for God or as entertainment. Since we aren’t often chatted to by the almighty I can only assume we are in place to entertain the lord with our everyday activities. In short, our lives are just an act to entertain our creator. Our menial lives provide some simple kind of amusement in a voyeuristic kind of way and our everyday affairs are observed from above. I don’t get any comfort from this theory whatsoever and pray it isn’t true.
A lesser-recognised theory is one that states, “We were placed here to advance our race through time and space.” This rhymes so I like it a lot but it does generally make sense. From the first indication of mankind we have made such ridiculously amazing discoveries. The wheel, fire, electricity, engines, languages, civil law, social hierarchies, currencies and space travel. The earth was a place with fields, mountains and trees and humans have turned it into a world full of cities, travel routes, technology and different cultures. We are, as far as we know, the prime species here and have come a long way in the 5,000+-recorded years of history we have. We have advanced from simplistic creatures that grunted and bashed rabbits against rocks for food to civilised people that are no longer hunter-gatherers and can pick up a meal from Tesco.
A theory favoured by scientists is that we are all simply here because micro-organisms generated by the ‘big bang’ adapted to the earth and over many years we generated into humans. This theory would mean that we have no reason for being here, we are just science and sooner or later we will cease to be. We simply do not have a purpose here and nobody is more important than anyone else. We are just the divine will of countless calculations and formulas that make up the fabric of the earth. I dislike this theory as I think there must be some reason or way for us to exist.
My own theory is that each and every person is born to fulfil a destiny. Our path in life is to follow a set route in life and certain events are inevitable but others can be determined by our own actions. I like to think I am in control of my own destiny but I also like the comfort of knowing certain things are meant to be. This theory places us all into a storyboard setting and we are basically improvising a pre-written script. This shows us that we have freedom but straying too far from our set plan will cause something bad to happen. Our reason for been here is that we are meant to be here as it is written in the grand plan, some events are simply meant to be (i.e. death and birth) and this can bring comfort to us knowing that there is nothing we could have done to change things. I assume you may think this theory is quite morbid in that we don’t have control over everything but it makes a lot of sense to me.
The final theory I am going to mention is a version of reality shown in the film, ‘The Matrix’. Everyone sees their world how they wish and nobody in your world actually exists. Events and conversations are simply concocted in our minds and reality is recognising this. If you have ever known what someone was going to say before they actually said it, that is because you already invented what they were going to say in your mind. In this theory nobody is real and people only look/feel/smell/etc as they do because you wish them to in your mind. If this is true then I am writing this but nobody else will read it. Comments I get from this will simply be created in my own mind and fed back to me, if this is your reality then you already wrote this in your mind and I don’t actually exist. This is strange but I am willing to believe it, bizarre as it is.
So there you have it, my versions of existence. I don’t expect any of you to believe them or even understand them but this is many hours of my thinking and don’t want any of you to rubbish it all either because this is quite meaningful stuff to me. If you have your own ideas or versions of the meaning of life then go ahead and share them with everyone.
-kyz²²-
The Meaning of Life, something that people have spent countless hours pondering and never figured out. Something that even the most accredited scientists, religious leaders and masterminds cannot prove. It is the biggest question that will probably remain forever unanswered yet is the thing that can drive people to insanity. Why are we on this earth? What is our purpose in life?
I am not going to attempt to answer these questions but I am going to present you with a few ideas that came to me during several years of pondering.
The most common, and oldest, theory is that we are all here because we were created by a God. If you were a God and created a planet and life you wouldn’t do it just for a laugh now would you? We were either created as companions for God or as entertainment. Since we aren’t often chatted to by the almighty I can only assume we are in place to entertain the lord with our everyday activities. In short, our lives are just an act to entertain our creator. Our menial lives provide some simple kind of amusement in a voyeuristic kind of way and our everyday affairs are observed from above. I don’t get any comfort from this theory whatsoever and pray it isn’t true.
A lesser-recognised theory is one that states, “We were placed here to advance our race through time and space.” This rhymes so I like it a lot but it does generally make sense. From the first indication of mankind we have made such ridiculously amazing discoveries. The wheel, fire, electricity, engines, languages, civil law, social hierarchies, currencies and space travel. The earth was a place with fields, mountains and trees and humans have turned it into a world full of cities, travel routes, technology and different cultures. We are, as far as we know, the prime species here and have come a long way in the 5,000+-recorded years of history we have. We have advanced from simplistic creatures that grunted and bashed rabbits against rocks for food to civilised people that are no longer hunter-gatherers and can pick up a meal from Tesco.
A theory favoured by scientists is that we are all simply here because micro-organisms generated by the ‘big bang’ adapted to the earth and over many years we generated into humans. This theory would mean that we have no reason for being here, we are just science and sooner or later we will cease to be. We simply do not have a purpose here and nobody is more important than anyone else. We are just the divine will of countless calculations and formulas that make up the fabric of the earth. I dislike this theory as I think there must be some reason or way for us to exist.
My own theory is that each and every person is born to fulfil a destiny. Our path in life is to follow a set route in life and certain events are inevitable but others can be determined by our own actions. I like to think I am in control of my own destiny but I also like the comfort of knowing certain things are meant to be. This theory places us all into a storyboard setting and we are basically improvising a pre-written script. This shows us that we have freedom but straying too far from our set plan will cause something bad to happen. Our reason for been here is that we are meant to be here as it is written in the grand plan, some events are simply meant to be (i.e. death and birth) and this can bring comfort to us knowing that there is nothing we could have done to change things. I assume you may think this theory is quite morbid in that we don’t have control over everything but it makes a lot of sense to me.
The final theory I am going to mention is a version of reality shown in the film, ‘The Matrix’. Everyone sees their world how they wish and nobody in your world actually exists. Events and conversations are simply concocted in our minds and reality is recognising this. If you have ever known what someone was going to say before they actually said it, that is because you already invented what they were going to say in your mind. In this theory nobody is real and people only look/feel/smell/etc as they do because you wish them to in your mind. If this is true then I am writing this but nobody else will read it. Comments I get from this will simply be created in my own mind and fed back to me, if this is your reality then you already wrote this in your mind and I don’t actually exist. This is strange but I am willing to believe it, bizarre as it is.
So there you have it, my versions of existence. I don’t expect any of you to believe them or even understand them but this is many hours of my thinking and don’t want any of you to rubbish it all either because this is quite meaningful stuff to me. If you have your own ideas or versions of the meaning of life then go ahead and share them with everyone.
-kyz²²-
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