What is the purpose of life?

LondonCypriot


Joined: 15/12/2008
Posts: 426

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 00:07

Just asking everyone? Why are we here and what are the reasons we are here?

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 00:17

to love,laugh,learn,and then die..oh and leave a few behind if we can..

why.!! didnt you know.!!















spider

rocky


Joined: 17/10/2007
Posts: 1749

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 00:18

nobody knows and you will never get a correct answer... you have to believe in what you believe and more importantly respect what others believe.. you wont get the answer from any of us on here because there isnt an answer to your question..just guesses so make sure you look for the good in everyone...sometimes difficult to find though

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 00:29

rocky that sounds nice.but i always lool for the good in people.and give it..and one or twice have had quite a shock..with a few people,and the likes of their behavure was something ELSE..













spider

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 00:29

Message 1 - God, if I had the answer to that I'd be worth a fortune.



My guess would be this - be as nice as you can to everyone you encounter and hope that they reciprocate. Why do someone a bad turn when you can do them a good one.



J

Turtle


Joined: 28/05/2007
Posts: 2669

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 00:36

Monty Python wrote "The Meaning of Life"..................didn't understand that either ?

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 00:37

Nothing!



If you have to ask this question, then we all know that your life progression started badly, faltered a bit in the middle and tailed off towards the end.



So, resignation and suicide beckons, but we will never forget you.



I'm sorry, what was your name again?



Lem

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 00:42

Heard this saying "Life's a bitch, and then you die"



Seriously though, life is what you make it, as far as possible.

It's a great life, if you don't weaken, and a wonderful world.

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 00:43

Lem - so, "sets a low standard and fails to maintain it" then?

rtddci


Joined: 29/12/2007
Posts: 842

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 00:51

Apparently, in heaven there is a North & a South side............

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 00:59

A modest man, with much to be modest about.



Lem

LondonCypriot


Joined: 15/12/2008
Posts: 426

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 02:15

There are so many religions and beliefs, Christianity, Islam, Hindusim...

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 08:22

i think its like a big test.

if you pass you go to a better place, if not you come around again until you get it right.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 10:02

The answer to the question depends on whether you are religious or not.

sienna


Joined: 09/01/2009
Posts: 1627

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 10:20

oh firestarter let's hope you get it right then.........! or we have to go through all your postings again OH NO

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 10:23

I suppose a non-religious theory would be that we are just beginning to learn about the importance of our environment. You could say that as wards and guardians of all of nature, we're obviously here to nurture and protect our environment.

Steve1953



Joined: 04/12/2008
Posts: 298

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 10:41

Certain coincidences seems to happen - I'm a great believer in what goes round ,comes round ..... but it sometimes takes a long time.



Lilli will know some of the answers the this question ..... but a funny thing happened last Friday ... I was going up to support someone at a disciplinary hearing in Preston ..... and knew that I was to be grilled by a complete b******d .... I reached for an audio cassette at random - I haven't had any on for years ..... never guess what the second track was? .......



High Noon by Tex Tucker .... remember the lyrics in the first ... I kid you not - definately brought a smile to my face

regards,Steve

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 10:47

Hi Steve I wish I did but we all have our own faith and religion to respect and to respect each others. However I dont think that was a coincidence about your tape. I believe we all have a guardian angel that helps at the time. As you know I do believe in regresion, as someone said until we get it right. Did you win your case. Take care Steve xxxxx

Steve1953



Joined: 04/12/2008
Posts: 298

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 11:02

Hi Lilli, Case still going on and on - complete miscarraige of justice going on - and it will end up in an Employment Tribunal. How on earth ordinary working people can treat others beggers belief .... but you all know that being in Cyprus. Seems to me many people in the UK are too selfish ,as the Wicks notes above - why be bad when you can be ok - nobody is the winner over the longer term by these nasty actions - but some people are being crippled and destroyed by illegal actions - but we will sort it .... eventually.



Always nice to hear from you Lilli,trust you are keeping well,kind regards,Steve

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 11:32

lilli,my daughter was told once she had a guardian angel,sitting on her bed,looking after her,hence she slept still...she now has a husband that lays on the bed...hope the guardian angle has room..













lol,spider

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 11:32

You to Steve , Yes the Wicks have it right. Keep strong. Can I give you this quote from Jay Leno. With Hurricans, tornados, fires out of control. Flooding and severe weather tearing up countries. The bird flu, terrorist attacks etc. Is this a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance. Not preaching honest but does make you think. Love to all xxxxx

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 12:26

hi lilli

i find you comments wierd.

my grandmother always believed in god until she got to about 70.

then she gave it all up because she felt if god were there, then he wouldn't let such terrible things happen in the world.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 12:31

hi fs i think he was referring to having belief in God not to disbelieve. There will always be good and bad things in the world and you do have to question it, why does he let it happen. Maybe its all scientific we will never know.

Steve1953



Joined: 04/12/2008
Posts: 298

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 12:56

Dear Firestarter,through life and bitter experience,I realise that this is the School of Hard Knocks - nothing to do with God.



It doesn't really matter if you believe in God or not - apart from natural disasters,the really bad historical events - the Halacaust,Pol Pot,Vietnam and most wars - are all man made ;as a result usually relating to power and greed.



Not quite sure why some people are dealt "better hands" than others,but I can only reason that some tragic personal events enhance the person and the people around them - after all,we are all going to die - just a question of when;and how much you can pack in and experience.



Having studied Socrates,Plato and many other scientists and philosophers;this is the only way that I can get my head round things. Deep,but interesting subject though.

Kind regards,Steve

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 13:00

hi steve

i think the school are hard knocks make us who we are.

you live and hopefully learn.

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 13:16

I came into this world with nothing.





I've still got most of it!

Steve1953



Joined: 04/12/2008
Posts: 298

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 13:18

Hi Firecracker,totally agree,



we all "boldly go where no one has gone before",and "may you're God go with you" philoshophy.



Sorry about the cliches,but they seem to sum up this thread.

kind regards,Steve

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 17:28

Firestarter

I kinda agree with your grandmother. I began to have doubts at twelve

(though brought up strictly Christian) when my mother died

She had asked us to pray for her, and quoted out of the bible. Of course

we did, to no avail. Personal, I know, but my doubts have grown more

when you see what's happening all over the world.

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 17:47

All together now....We,ll Never Walk Alone..

















spider.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
03/03/2009 18:07

i hope none of us ever have to spider. I hope to God that we will always have a hand to help us when we need it. That song gets me every time.

frontalman



Joined: 28/02/2008
Posts: 499

Message Posted:
04/03/2009 11:05

Look at children playing in a nursery to find the true purpose of life!

Magbs


Joined: 26/02/2009
Posts: 278

Message Posted:
04/03/2009 16:05

Albert Camus said, we humans are creatures who spend our lives trying to convince ourselves that our existence is not absurd.



From my experience, these questions arise from dissatisfaction with life or some aspect of it. That's ok, nothing wrong with you. They call it midlle age crisis

joseph


Joined: 17/04/2008
Posts: 709

Message Posted:
04/03/2009 16:30

Hi LondonCypriot



It depends on your beliefs as cotrrectly described by those above.

I think the search to find an answer is a good thing... so good look to you.



The Atheist will tell you... it is, in the main,nothing but chance.

You live, you do your honest best, you die and you rot. Thats it...then nothing.



While the believer...he will offer you rationale and hope.



I love Frontalman's post re the children...

There is a collection of sonnets that tells the story of a man who is searching for the very answers you have asked about and questions why he cannot find his God... he searches everywhere his whole life from the earth to the heavens and eventually finds his quest in the eyes of a little child. It ends...



"For though all clay is finite bound

He left His mark that it be found

For He does glory in the child

His gentle image meek and mild"



Regards Joseph