Purpose

I see no manipulation of any post. My first post in this thread concerned the belief by a certain monkey that is expressed in the quote at the top. I was answering that particular tennant alone
Let's hear it again shall we, just for the hard of thinking...

the purpose of life is to reproduce (at least if you want to have lived for a reason)
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My arguement was against the sweeping statement that those who do not choose to reproduce have no reason to live.

Maybe if your ideas were a little better thought out and displayed here not necessarily along the lines of
"pierceing holes in condoms" :confused: :confused: :confused:

since i told you what to do if you couldn't reproduce yourself in order to give evolutionary meaning to your life.
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A really well thought out piece of philosophy. I'm shamed by thinking anything otherwise and bow to your obvious talent for sorting out the lives of lesser mortals like myself. Where would we be without you?

Monkey... You're out your feckin tree!!

And Tyler you mention the "point to life" something having a point is not the same as having a reason I have many reasons to be alive and dragging a litter of shit machines around is far and away from any of them.

You heterosexuals are far better with that sort of clutter.
Just remember when they're screaming for food at 3am and it's your turn... That's the whole reason you're on this ball of rock

Quite sad:rolleyes:
 
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Does the universe have any special affection for evolution? What start with nothingness will return to nothingness. Right? Mabye? I Dunno?

Is it possible that you (yes YOu) are reading this message but it is really jsut a creation of your subconscious mind? :D
Right now are you in a mental institute interacting with a world inside your own head? Right now is it not possible for you to be banging your head against the wall? While the doctors are screaming "Come back to reality" (Thanx Notme)

How can we assign any meaning to life if the truth is not realized?
 
bbcboy...your just trying to argue for the sake of arguing...

i don't have to spell out everything for you since i assume that most people are intelligent. If i just put a statement there saying...the purpose of life is to reproduce, then you are actually allowed to think about this yourself. You might have come to the conclusion yourself that this statement was based upon philosophical extensions of the theory of evolution. If not then you could have asked why i said it. Instead you are just trying to make people argue with you.

+++You heterosexuals are far better with that sort of clutter. +++

these kind of statements kind of show the intention. You insinuate some kind of homophobic nature of my statement. I find this quite pittyful.
You may not agree with my opinion on the purpose of life, but don't assume you are intellectually superior just because you don't agree. Intelligence is highly overrated.

And if you are so desperate to hear a personal reason to live for some a complete stranger, maybe you should just live for the mere enjoyment that life brings us.
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not all monkeys and apes live in trees...most don't

read a book..although Francis Crick once said that reading rots he mind. He probably meant to say that people should think for themselves...maybe that should be the purpose for th remainder of your life

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I believe the purpose of life is to live and experience everything that it has to offer because its the only chance we have.
You have to form your own purpose I guess.

But own a deeper level,

Humans are blessed with intelligence, reason, self-awareness, and imagination. With these gifts, it would be natural for an intelligent being to wonder about the reason for its existance and origin of itself.

Are we divine in origin? or are we some random cosmic accident that occurs every blue moon in the universe?

its all a mystery. Maybe God or some cosmic entity is responsible.
 
+++its all a mystery. Maybe God or some cosmic entity is responsible.+++

not all mysteries have a supernatural cause at its roots. Doesn't make it less mysterious, doesn't make it less interesting.

the great 'mystery' of nature might therefore be a natural one. To assume that supernatural mysterious are somehow superior to the human intellect could be called pompous.

In fact if nature was not created by a supernatural being we might say that it makes it even more admirable and wondrous.

open your mind...bboy...tear down the barriers that prevent you to see the true beauty in nature...it is not too late...you can still become a monkey...join the great tree of life and see what we really are...

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I think my last statement was misunderstood. I say maybe as a possibility. And when I refer to God or some cosmic order, I dont believe its supernatural as far a spirit man.I believe it is a natural part of existence that is beyond our comprehension. In a way you can say SUPER-NATURAL. But thats wordplay.
 
I would say the purpouse of life is, as the agreement seems to be, to evolve. Now this isn't neccesarily limited to knocking up every girl you meet. But should be more about learning, gathering knowledge about the universe so that we may at some point understand it.
So the meaning of life could be to learn the meaning of life.
hmm, Ironic...

I wouldn't be surprized if i did infact wake up one day and find that I had spent all my life interacting with a padded wall.
 
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I don't think we have a purpose. All the conditions were right for life to form, so it did. Then we evolve and ponder these questions.
 
Monkey, you're a tit!"
you think srange thoughts and I want no more of you!
until we meet again yoou fool!!
 
Originally posted by bbcboy
Monkey, you're a tit!"
you think srange thoughts and I want no more of you!
until we meet again yoou fool!!
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oh my...i think strange thoughts...how odd...but since when is human culture and thought homogenous? You must come from a strange place not to have been exposed by the vast intellectual and social differences that come with human society.

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I assume it is natural for a self-aware, intelligent being to wonder
whether or not its life has some purpose for its existence and a part to play in creation. Maybe life is some rare, random act that occurs in different parts of the universe. But I dont believe it. This world is too complex and wonderful to be an accident. I think humanity has a purpose that is unknown. But one a personal level, I'm a firm believer in creating your own reason for living.
That's all that really matters. Because if you dont have a purpose in live, then all you're doing is just living and dying instead of truly living.
 
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Human life does have a purpose. It is a purpose shared by all life on earth. It is to pass desirable genetic code to its offspring.
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Rubbish.
As long as you have a developed consiousness you can take to the next level.

Think of the life as a start point of a plant in a pot. What you do is put a seed in a pot and let it grow for some time until it's ready to be planted outside. What happens is most people never get outside of this pot and simply die off.
If it helps you better think of us as of semen. You perform an intercourse and millions of little fellows are released. Only the fittest, smartest and the luckiest will accomplish the prilimenary goal.
Just like in the real life life.

The world is for the smart, Machaon.
 
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