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I'd like to start a real thread on the topic since the last one ended up butchered beyond recognition. I want to use this thread to hear some of the reasons you all out there believe we're 'here.' Break that down however you'd like, whether you'd rather discuss why human beings exist on Earth, seemingly unbalanced against nature (although I'd prefer we avoided scientific discussions on evolution, try to stick to the philosophy), or simply the meaning of life for each individual human being.
Clarify the point you are addressing before you post so we can filter through them for reference but throw your thoughts out there. I'm curious to see how differently everyone interprets their own meaning for existing. Do not turn this thread into a witch hunt or soap opera. Easy on the sarcasm, too.
(Ripped from the earlier thread)
Sonic pitches two coppers onto the table.
I don't think blanket statements on the meaning of life are unreasonable. If that is what they believe for themselves, that is what is true from their own perspectives, which they in turn apply to their own lives, which gives those statements more meaning I believe you give them credit for. It may not apply to everyone, but I am a firm believer that perspective is reality, and what you believe is what you conceive. Whatever the over-arching meaning of organic life in the only universe we happen to be familiar with actually is cannot possibly be broken down into anything the human mind is capable of comprehending at its present state. That particular question rests on a mantle piece above similar rhetorical questions along the lines of "where did the big bang come from" and "where will I go when I die?".
I will add, however, that I find myself believing conformity to modern society is wasteful (although mileage may vary depending on your personal satisfaction with your circumstances). Similarly I believe having children is not an end nor is it a means to an end with regards to our 'ultimate' purpose. Procreation, in my opinion, is Man's attempt to secure his immortality by drawing out his bloodline as far as he can. If a man can't find an ultimate purpose he can live up to or die for before he reaches a certain age many people default to believing they exist for their families or that life exists to preserve life, but I can't imagine there's anything even remotely logical about the idea that we simply breed ourselves to breed... I find it far more reasonable that man simply breeds when he feels he can't personally accomplish something in his life capable of justifying his own reason for being here on the planet. This accounts for about 99.9999% of all the men on this planet.
Clarify the point you are addressing before you post so we can filter through them for reference but throw your thoughts out there. I'm curious to see how differently everyone interprets their own meaning for existing. Do not turn this thread into a witch hunt or soap opera. Easy on the sarcasm, too.
(Ripped from the earlier thread)
Sonic pitches two coppers onto the table.
I don't think blanket statements on the meaning of life are unreasonable. If that is what they believe for themselves, that is what is true from their own perspectives, which they in turn apply to their own lives, which gives those statements more meaning I believe you give them credit for. It may not apply to everyone, but I am a firm believer that perspective is reality, and what you believe is what you conceive. Whatever the over-arching meaning of organic life in the only universe we happen to be familiar with actually is cannot possibly be broken down into anything the human mind is capable of comprehending at its present state. That particular question rests on a mantle piece above similar rhetorical questions along the lines of "where did the big bang come from" and "where will I go when I die?".
I will add, however, that I find myself believing conformity to modern society is wasteful (although mileage may vary depending on your personal satisfaction with your circumstances). Similarly I believe having children is not an end nor is it a means to an end with regards to our 'ultimate' purpose. Procreation, in my opinion, is Man's attempt to secure his immortality by drawing out his bloodline as far as he can. If a man can't find an ultimate purpose he can live up to or die for before he reaches a certain age many people default to believing they exist for their families or that life exists to preserve life, but I can't imagine there's anything even remotely logical about the idea that we simply breed ourselves to breed... I find it far more reasonable that man simply breeds when he feels he can't personally accomplish something in his life capable of justifying his own reason for being here on the planet. This accounts for about 99.9999% of all the men on this planet.