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The meaning of lifeSince the dawn of time, the ultimate question has been asked in a number of ways. Why do we exist? What is the meaning of life? Does God exist? What is the origin of the universe? How does the world exist, and what is its origin or source of creation? Why is there something rather than nothing?This site offers you the possibility to discuss this fundamental metaphysical question with others. It also allows you to share your opinion and react to other people's points of view. What do you believe in? What do you think is the meaning of life?
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Yeesh. I use this cite to help in my search. not get bullshit answers that waste space.
Why don't you go ahead and try to prove that we really do exist and arent a dream within a dream like Edgar Allen Poe said?
Kids are enlightened to innocence, adults to experience.
Perfection? Where something has no flaws. Nothing's wrong with it, at all, not even fake complaints.
Perfection is NONEXISTENT in what we know as nature. Why? because nature makes it imperfect. This whole concept of "Utopia" and "perfection" is from my 8th grade class. I'm in 10th now, but this is what caused me to really, truly believe that there is no God.
A test. Who's the examiner?
A race. Who are we competing against? Who's watching the race?
A game. Who plays? Watches? Coaches? Keeps score? When LIFE is a game.
A theory. What if it is proven? Proven false? Applied? Accepted?
A state of being. What are the rest? What's reality? Is there no overall reality?
You see, every single question regarding life's purpose leads to interpretation, misinterpretation, ideas, arguments, refutes, speculation, and, most of all, more questions. So we never get the answer.
Here's a thought: scientists are trying to create a formula to explain EVERY SINGLE PHENOMENON. Just one formula. One equation, for hurricanes, nuclear explosions, bugs walking around, star supernovas, ocean waves, the Big Bang, atomic reactions, human emotion, wind, the damn world economy, politics, religion.
What is this formula the scientists are trying to make, or find?
The Theory of Everything.
Science, suffice to say, has never looked more foolish.
How do you know that indeed EVERYTHING is in your formula? what if our everything is only a fraction of a true everything? How could bugs relate to the Big Bang in mathematical terms.
Here's the best theory of everything: I think, therefore I am, I am, therefore I do.
First part is obviously not me, it's Descartes. Second part is me though.
So, think, think again, question forever, and think some more.
If you'd know more about the way of science, then you'd know that science KNOWS that they DON'T KNOW if the formula will explain everything or not. They use the method of experience to figure this out. They take the already known things and put them into this formula. If it explains the thing then the formula is working. And they know that the formula may be unable to fill it's purpose, but until they don't find something what the formula cannot explain, they accept it.
How do you know that energy-persistence exists? You can't know it, you've never faced all the energy-processes in the universe. And you never will. You just accept it as true, because we haven't seen it false yet. (Actually we did, on quantum-physical levels this theory is sometimes corrupted for a very short time.)
You think, therefore you are? OK. But what are you? Are you that which you think you are? Is reality what you think it is? Did you ever make a mistake in your thinking? If you did (I'm sure you did), then these are questions for you to consider. Just before you get angry because you don't get from this site what you falsely expected. Maybe this site's purpose is not to fill your needs...