What is the purpose of life?

[AIpha]

Originally Posted by AddPoints

What do you think the purpose of life is?....

money?
success?
happyness?

Money is a form of power created by man.

Success is a image of surrounding people that is often judged on amount of power achieved.

Happiness SHOULD be the obvious choice, but so many people like to be angry or sad.


The purpose of life to me, is to simply live it.

[Colby]

^Living life that way is bleak and a waste of time. Life is meant for achieving something, or trying to make an impact on this earth so that you (at the very least) live on in memory. This is why we write books, make art, spread our cultures. One only truly dies when nothing of them remains, not even a whisper.

So, it is my goal in life to change something, make a difference, be happy with it and die, possibly to an afterlife of happiness as well. I think that if I can do something to affect even one person in a profound way, it's a life well spent, because that person will live on to remember me.

[Fatalcry]

Eat(food)->Sleep(bed)->Reproduce(bummsecks/pullout)->kill the planet(George Bush)

[Resident_Evil]

Originally Posted by Colby

^Living life that way is bleak and a waste of time. Life is meant for achieving something, or trying to make an impact on this earth so that you (at the very least) live on in memory. This is why we write books, make art, spread our cultures. One only truly dies when nothing of them remains, not even a whisper.

So, it is my goal in life to change something, make a difference, be happy with it and die, possibly to an afterlife of happiness as well. I think that if I can do something to affect even one person in a profound way, it's a life well spent, because that person will live on to remember me.

What's the point of achieving something?

[Kaptn]

To get fcked up and have babies and die.
And if by the time i die we are able to live forever it would fcken be so cash

[Colby]

Originally Posted by Resident_Evil

What's the point of achieving something?

To be remembered, so that even if you die and NOTHING happens, at least you still exist on some plane or another, and that's a good thing.

[Yvgeniy]

Originally Posted by Colby

To be remembered, so that even if you die and NOTHING happens, at least you still exist on some plane or another, and that's a good thing.

It's not you existing, though, it's just a memory of you. And regardless of that, it's pure opinion. There's really no point in making a difference in the world other than to progress humanity in some way (most likely technologically) and be remembered. How much does that really accomplish? Probably not much.

[slingblader]

any mark you leave on the earth will eventually be obliterated by some ridiculous advance in the future. The guy who invented the diesel engine? Hero to the scum of the bio-friendly earth.

[arcanox]

I think the purpose for life is to show proof to Satan that he can't take over life. But people still sin. So my theory=ownt by my own contradiction lol xD

[Colby]

Originally Posted by Yvgeniy

It's not you existing, though, it's just a memory of you. And regardless of that, it's pure opinion. There's really no point in making a difference in the world other than to progress humanity in some way (most likely technologically) and be remembered. How much does that really accomplish? Probably not much.

Depends on how you look at existing, ideas exist, and if you remain an idea you exist do you not? I would also say there is a big point in making a difference, because without differences we would never be free. We would never become different people. We all do things that alter reality, if you do something big to change someone, you have done something worth your life. Happiness, fulfillment, and to be remembered. I think those are great life goals.I mean, you're a filmmaker, you want people to watch your movies right? Is that not a goal of yours? You can't tell me you do it just to do it, you do it because it's your passion and it makes you happy right?

Why make movies though then? You want people to know you and after you die you don't want to be forgotten, who does? It's natural for us as beings to want to be remembered. Overall though, if you aren't fulfilled, if you don't get everything out of life that you should, then you really aren't living life at all. We aren't robots, we have emotions, and we have a remarkable talent for building. Be it random occurrence or creation, we have a gift that nothing else on this world does and we use that gift to create culture and diversity, to make ourselves happy and die happy, knowing that we may die here but it isn't over until no one cares anymore.

To say there is NO purpose in life is to say we may as well all commit suicide for all that matters at all.

Originally Posted by slingblader

any mark you leave on the earth will eventually be obliterated by some ridiculous advance in the future. The guy who invented the diesel engine? Hero to the scum of the bio-friendly earth.

Dinosaurs, The Bible, The Pyramids, Democracy, Statue of Liberty....ect....The goal though is to be remembered, and he is. Maybe not as a hero, but just the fact that you can refer to him as a hero means that there is evidence that he was a hero at some point in time.

[Bartender]

Speaking primitively, it is to make sure your species survives

Speaking modernly and philosophically, it's what you make it

[Yvgeniy]

Originally Posted by Colby

Depends on how you look at existing, ideas exist, and if you remain an idea you exist do you not? I would also say there is a big point in making a difference, because without differences we would never be free. We would never become different people. We all do things that alter reality, if you do something big to change someone, you have done something worth your life. Happiness, fulfillment, and to be remembered. I think those are great life goals.I mean, you're a filmmaker, you want people to watch your movies right? Is that not a goal of yours? You can't tell me you do it just to do it, you do it because it's your passion and it makes you happy right?

Why make movies though then? You want people to know you and after you die you don't want to be forgotten, who does? It's natural for us as beings to want to be remembered. Overall though, if you aren't fulfilled, if you don't get everything out of life that you should, then you really aren't living life at all. We aren't robots, we have emotions, and we have a remarkable talent for building. Be it random occurrence or creation, we have a gift that nothing else on this world does and we use that gift to create culture and diversity, to make ourselves happy and die happy, knowing that we may die here but it isn't over until no one cares anymore.

To say there is NO purpose in life is to say we may as well all commit suicide for all that matters at all.

And that's exactly what I'm saying. You might as well commit suicide right now and it honestly won't make a lick of a difference other than in this materialist world with accomplishments and hopes that probably don't matter in the least in the long run. While living you are something, when you die you are nothing, and everything that you've accomplished in life no longer matters except to those that are still alive. So, in the universal aspect of it, nothing we do here really matters. Try to be as famous as you can be, but it'll just be a purpose you'll set to your life that when you reach you won't know what you did for.

Hence mid-life crisis. People come to that point when their long term goals have been accomplished and they come to the realization that they've really accomplished nothing, and are no longer even sure where to go from there. Life still goes on, it's not like it's game over once you've finished all your quests. So what, you've accomplished all this, and now what? Okay, so people will remember you and you've progressed humanity's technology in some way. ...Yeah? And what? Nothing. You'll still eventually die, and probably at a moment when you're not ready, and once that happens that's the end of you. You'll only live on in the memory of those that knew you and what you left behind.

The fact that I want to make movies and want others to see them only shows you that I'm part of a Western society, with the general ideals such. Were I born in some isolated African tribe my goal would probably not be the world's famous man. It might simply be to survive and live a relatively peaceful and long life. It's not all about making a difference. That's an ideology that's been pushed on you because of where you've lived and grown up.

[mymomiskool .]

FOR Me THE PURPOSE OF LIFE IS TO LIVE LIKE A BOHEMIAN IN THE SYBERIAN TAIGA FOREST.

[AIpha]

Originally Posted by Colby

^Living life that way is bleak and a waste of time. Life is meant for achieving something, or trying to make an impact on this earth so that you (at the very least) live on in memory. This is why we write books, make art, spread our cultures. One only truly dies when nothing of them remains, not even a whisper.

So, it is my goal in life to change something, make a difference, be happy with it and die, possibly to an afterlife of happiness as well. I think that if I can do something to affect even one person in a profound way, it's a life well spent, because that person will live on to remember me.

Which is why life is so complex. The different perspectives of it make it to where it is completely upon the person to die in the way they want to.(Happy, sad, etc.)

Some people consider being on gunz(or any computer game) a waste of time. They believe that being out getting shltfaced and partying is a MUCH better way of living. There is nothing wrong with that.
While others(like me) can stay at home on a Friday night, order a pizza. Watch a movie, play gunz or call of duty 4, or hang out with my girlfriend and would be COMPLETELY happy. People's perspectives of happiness are so different that happiness is merely an image.

You can try making a difference in life if that is what makes you happy. We all are going to do what makes us happy, because we as people are naturally selfish like that. Even if we are trying to help others out, it can be perceived as selfish in some way, shape, or form.

There will never be 1 answer to "what is the purpose of life". No one freaking knows, people say "well God knows". We don't even know if there is a God. The purpose of life is/always/and will forever be changing because emotions change on situations. People change naturally, your ambitions change. This is evident, so just live to be happy. You can live for the moment, you can plan for the future. The bottom line is live.

(If that all seems nonsense above, then just ignore the post. It's 4 am and I'm tired, and when have I ever made a post that made since?)

[Ailysa]

To experience the most you can out of life. After all - that is what you were given, so why not enjoy it?