Is there a purpose to your existence?

[Jesus X]

not really this is why I'm a thrill junkie I do things for the moment and like to experience crazy things like helicopters,zip lines, race cars,sky diving,the ocean etc,I don't believe in planning for the future only living in the present.

 

[BearGrounds]

"Unless suffering is the direct and immediate object of life, our existence must entirely fail of its aim. It is absurd to look upon the enormous amount of pain that abounds everywhere in the world, and originates in needs and necessities inseparable from life itself, as serving no purpose at all and the result of mere chance. Each separate misfortune, as it comes, seems, no doubt, to be something exceptional; but misfortune in general is the rule."

We live in a world where horrendous shit like child trafficking/molestation exists. So I don't really give a shit what the meaning of it all is.

We're cogs in a machine at best, toiling away for an indifferent or sadistic creator. The idea of a loving one, if one exists, is pure retardation and denial.

Or life is meaningless. Either way, fuck it.

 

[Rusk]

"Unless suffering is the direct and immediate object of life, our existence must entirely fail of its aim. It is absurd to look upon the enormous amount of pain that abounds everywhere in the world, and originates in needs and necessities inseparable from life itself, as serving no purpose at all and the result of mere chance. Each separate misfortune, as it comes, seems, no doubt, to be something exceptional; but misfortune in general is the rule."

We live in a world where horrendous shit like child trafficking/molestation exists. So I don't really give a shit what the meaning of it all is.

We're cogs in a machine at best, toiling away for an indifferent or sadistic creator. The idea of a loving one, if one exists, is pure retardation and denial.

Or life is meaningless. Either way, fuck it.

you should look into Gnosticism

 

[DariusTheGreat]

No, no purpose. And all religions are made up bullshit, before you start in with that angle. My main purpose I guess would be to succeed just to spite the people that said I couldn't. Not much beyond that.

Success takes hard work and dedication bro and doing it just to spite some people is not really a good motivator in the long run

 

[Jack Reacheround]

I exist to post on sherdog.

 

[Phlog]

Yes, there is a purpose to our existence, God created us for his plan and purpose. Also, how do you know the Earth spinning at 1,000 mph?

"If you have a perfect pendulum, it will simply swing back-and-forth in a straight line forever, until something like air resistance slows it down to a full stop. For a very long, very heavy pendulum, this could take days.

But if you have a perfect pendulum that lives on, say, a rotating planet, something very, very interesting happens.

The pendulum, swinging back and forth, will be affected by the Earth’s rotation! The effect won’t be visible in just a few swings; in fact, if you were at 30 degrees North latitude (as the diagram above shows), it would take two full days for the pendulum to spin around once, or five minutes for it to rotate a mere one degree.

So what happens if you do this?




Well, the first time this was demonstrated was in 1851, by the Frenchman Leon Foucault, and the device is now known as the Foucault Pendulum. In fact, there are many of these all over the world, including the world’s heaviest one right by me in Portland, OR. The results are almost immediately striking.

The simplest way to do it is to build a long pendulum with a heavy mass, and tie it off at a small but significant (5-10 degree) angle. Leave it overnight. In the morning, come in and mark its position, and then burn the string you used to tie it off.

Why burn it? Because this way, you won’t accidentally introduce any angular momentum; the pendulum will simply swing back-and-forth in a straight line.




And then come back to it. Or, if you’ve got some time, just watch it go. Know what you’ll see?




The pendulum indeed rotates at the exact rate you’d expect if the Earth rotated once per day, regardless of your latitude! Not only that, but there are some pendula out there that are situated with a spike on their bottoms and a sand-pit beneath them to draw in."

You can easily calculate the rate of the pendulums progression to determine the speed of the earth rotation.

You, Scyther, can do this experiment at home.

 

[boingyman]

I think whatever your purpose may be, one should do no harm to others.

 

[Mr Mojo Lane]

It's all just a big nothing

 

[Phlog]

Through chance it is both to see my genes passed on and to a lesser extent for me to enjoy myself.

If it turns out I'm wrong, it'll be because my architecture and the information available lead me there. C'est last vie.

 

[Phlog]

I think whatever your purpose may be, one should do no harm to others.

Except when playing football. Then you harm your friends and loved ones by not harming others.

Extend this rule to everything.

 

[shockaholic12]

you see I would disagree that the science community is honestly interested in finding out how the world works.

They are seeking to find how the world works without the possibility of God- which is not taking all factors into consideration. In fact I would say they would go out of their way to try and disprove God at every and any chance they get and even belittle those who profess faith in Christ.

And believe it or not- Atheism is rare. It's natural for a man to look around and say we believe in God. It is far more UNNATURAL to come to the conclusion that this all by accident. Nevertheless- how can you discredit millions upon millions of Christians who profess to have a RELATIONSHIP with God? You can call them whacky or dismiss them as delusional I suppose- or perhaps there's more to it then you know about it.

This is not remotely true. Where are you getting this info? You should look into the history of science before taking a stand like this.

Throughout the history of science theories have been put forth that included the anthropic principle and intelligent design. Many, many others have been put forth that don't take a position, or in other words don't need a god to stand true but also don't claim to prove he doesn't exist.

 

[syct23]

Is this another one of those religion v. Science threads hidden within an alternate title...

 

[esum80]

 

[Tyrannosaurus rex]

I use to say the same thing. Bible is just a book. A man made book at that.

Who else could have put the words on the page?

But, when life gets you down, storms come and you hit rock bottom...and sooner or later we will all hit rock bottom- you tend to give things a chance for what else do you have to lose? And that's exactly what I did in my life and amazingly enough I found remarkable truth in the bible. In fact, the bible changed everything in my life from personal, financial and most importantly spiritual stance on life.

While there is nothing I can intellectually say to *prove* it to you- all I can say is, 'see for yourself.'

Sounds a bit like a placebo effect to be honest. You expect to feel better when you live your life for God, so you will feel better. People can probably say the same for Islam or other religions.

 

[Luminaire]

I disagree- because you do not know the bible. God is righteous and Holy. You don't understand that cause you don't know how wicked you are. So God showing His judgment poured it out on His son while simultaneously displaying His love for us.

Can't fathom it to be honest. You have been given a free pass through Jesus Christ.

Everything you believe is a lie.

Not that there's zero value in it... just that it's a complete fable.

If it makes you feel better that's ok... but if I wanted some convenient belief system to make me feel good I'd just create my own and base it around things I like.

Every slice of pizza makes god happy. Mmmm

Watching Football is the preferred way to worship. etc.

 

[mcveteran81]

Most don't.

In fact - most of us live in denial. As if we're going to live on forever. When in fact death has never been closer to us than it is right now at this very moment.

Wouldn't you want to find out before it's too late?

Exactly.

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[Bob Gray]

At the very least, there's purpose that you could give yourself. You'd just have to figure it out.

 

[45ACP]

I think everyone has a different purpose and one of the purposes of life is figuring out what your specific purpose is so you can fulfill it.

There's a good book I read a few years ago on this topic called "Cure for the Common Life" by Max Lucado. One of the chapters discusses how to identify your purpose, and that one of the clues to finding it is to look for things that you do so easily that you have a difficult time understanding why others struggle with them.

That thing for me is feeling deep and genuine empathy. I believe my purpose is to help people who are hurting emotionally/spiritually.

Also, as a Christian my purpose is to spread God's love and His Word.

 

[BearGrounds]

you should look into Gnosticism

I actually have read a bit into Gnosticism before. The creator God (Demiurge) is essentially a dumbass in their philosophy. The Schopenhauer quote I posted is certainly in-line with their idea of suffering being the fundamental mechanism of material life. They also believe in beings called Archons (parasites of a sort) created by this foolish God, that torment us endlessly - this being, more or less, their function/purpose. The creators are like indifferent scientists to them. But the one that created this world did so out of sheer stupidity, as it ventured outside of the realm they reside in at the center of the entire cosmos, and in doing so, fucked up and gave us this.

Another interesting school of thought is Catharism. Dualists that consider the material world to be a creation of evil, while the spiritual realm is that of good. Earth is Hell to them, and we are trapped in a reincarnation loop, subjected to this Hell over and over again, until we can learn to resist the sensual temptations this place provides. Our souls, to them, are divine sparks caught in the web of the material world. They also considered the Catholic church to be "the synagogue of Satan".

Whatever the case may be, life seems like a pretty raw deal to me, and this world we live in an exceptionally awful place.

 

[Mike]

Success takes hard work and dedication bro and doing it just to spite some people is not really a good motivator in the long run

Oh I know that. It's a long story but there's a reason I have that motivation, and it's better than nothing.