Is there a meaning to our existence?

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And if so or if not, how did you come to this conclusion?

And if our existence has a purpose, what is that purpose?

Thank you

Of course. You'll think of some meaning for your existence. We all do.

ruveyn

Whether I think there is a meaning to our existence or not is not the point. I'm interested in hearing others points-of-view.

Each of us must supply his or her own meaning for his or her own existence.


Because:

1. Relying on religion to provide meaning means that we are either worthless or exalted, with no meanings in between.

2. Relying on people to provide meaning means that we are a confused mish-mash of failed expectations and exaggerated values.

3. Relying on material things to provide meaning means that our value goes up and down with the value of our possessions.


Our existence has no purpose other than what we make of it for our selves.


You're welcome.

Nah, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Why do we need a meaning or a purpose? Why can't we just be and live our lives as we see fit? What exists is already beautiful by the mere fact it exists. There doesn't need to be a spiritual context to everything.

To undertake actions such as reproduction so that out genetic material may be perpetuated as long as possible.

I know that answer may not be enough for some people, but it has more evidence than any other I've found.

That is it exactly. We are like a domino somewhere amongst one of those massive rows of dominoes that have been set up to tumble and each knocks the next one over. Our purpose is simply to knock over the next domino. Purpose isn't even the correct word; we are just a link in an naturally occurring biological chain reaction.

However, the human mind seeks a purpose, something more. A wise person seeks/creates their own purpose in life. The remainder either drift aimlessly from birth to death or allow others to give their life "purpose", typically based on a religious template... "believe this, do this, don't do that and you get a reward in somewhere called heaven."

I don't see the point of finding meaning to my existence. Even if it's meaningless that doesn't mean I can't enjoy it.

As far as purpose goes, I need a task. The purpose of my life is a task. If I have nothing to do I might as well die. Setting a task is what I do to say "the reason I'm alive right now is to do this". "The reason I'm not lying in a ditch doing nothing but dying is because I have something I need to do first".

There's no meaning. There's a chosen purpose but there's no meaning.

A wise man on the street told me the other night: "Ain't no use tryin' to impress other people. They never like how you turn out."

So now I am moving on to a different reason for existence. It's actually a gratifying experience.

I wonder someday if AI could be developed and if our computers or robots would ask this question. I doubt we could give them a satisfying answer.

If anything is made to server a purpose, it's for something it's creator probably found distasteful.

we were created by god. and god has given us a choice.

The answer is yes.

Still haven't really got what the question means.

Yes,to become compost.

To work have babies and die!

No evidence for that.

C.G. Jung