The purpose of life. What is your quest?.

[Art Mann]

I'm here to help Baz.

Thank you very much Art. You can start by taking out the garbage and removing the snow from the back deck. I live in the beaches area, let me know when you could start.

Take out the garbage? Shovel the deck?

Quit deluding yourself, Baz.

Time to stop looking at the world through those special glasses.

I'm just here to help when you want to know
which sexy ladies would be happy to fuck your brains out.

 

[Maurice Boscorelli]

Religions wrap the truth up in a complicated message but in reality: We are here for each other. We are here to help, to love and to learn. We are not here for ourselves. We are not here to be an island. We are here for each other. We are all born naked and all will face death alone. It is what we do for one and other in between that makes the difference.

Very well said. Brilliant, really.

This makes a lot of sense to me. I find that I'm no longer so concerned with my career or business. I get far more satisfaction being a good friend, giving back to my community and being there for those I love. It sounds corny, but I really want to make a difference.

Answers like these reaffirm my faith in the human race and make me personally reflect my role as well.

 

[Dammit_]

Answers like these reaffirm my faith in the human race and make me personally reflect my role as well.

I hear ya.

 

[Robintheboywonder]

Thank you very much Art. You can start by taking out the garbage and removing the snow from the back deck. I live in the beaches area, let me know when you could start.

Art, you got owned by Baz!!:clapping2::biggrin2:

Baz, there's still hope for you, now go get laid dammit!

 

[Blank_Dave]

Religions wrap the truth up in a complicated message but in reality: We are here for each other. We are here to help, to love and to learn. We are not here for ourselves. We are not here to be an island. We are here for each other. We are all born naked and all will face death alone. It is what we do for one and other in between that makes the difference.

Nah, that doesn't sound right. Not right at all.

More like to pretend to be a bastion against the storm that is life, only to truly be used up and then thrown away by those that you helped and thought you could trust/love. Finally, when you're dead and gone, they might say a few good words about you, and fight over your scraps.

Who we were and what we did are ultimately pointless and forgettable.

That, or I haven't found my porpoise yet.

 

[papasmerf]

Look at it this way...................if you need a grave stone to let people know who you were..............you failed

 

[Blank_Dave]

Look at it this way...................if you need a grave stone to let people know who you were..............you failed

Need a gravestone? Hell, I don't want one of those...Or a funeral to be blunt.

During a session with my counselor, I told him I didn't want anyone to miss me when I'm gone. Like a shadow, I'm there and then I'm not there, no one really notices it or cares.

Said similar about relationships (any not just romantic). I wanted them to be like bumping shoulders in a crowd. Accidental, momentary, forgettable and lacking intimacy. In part because that's all I can handle.

 

[User-E]

Need a gravestone? Hell, I don't want one of those...Or a funeral to be blunt.

During a session with my counselor, I told him I didn't want anyone to miss me when I'm gone. Like a shadow, I'm there and then I'm not there, no one really notices it or cares.

Said similar about relationships (any not just romantic). I wanted them to be like bumping shoulders in a crowd. Accidental, momentary, forgettable and lacking intimacy. In part because that's all I can handle.

You can't make me stop liking you Dave! :na:


:wink2:

 

[oldguyzer]

Everyone wants a legacy. To be remembered for something they did, or the contributions they made to another life. In the end, we get buried or cremated, and, ten years from then, no one remembers you at all unless you're that one in ten million that did something others notice, whether that's writing great music, being a famous author, or murdering 12 people!

We strive our whole life for meaning and value, almost always to fail. That, unfortunately, is the reality. That's also why religion is there. (The belief in the happy afterlife gave some meaning to a boring life.) One of the truly great failings of the human species is trying to justify their existence. Do bees worry about it? Do ants? Are we really any different? Philosophy and religion are the attempts to validate life...and both fail.

We now return you to your normal programming...

 

[Madman]

Everyone wants a legacy. To be remembered for something they did, or the contributions they made to another life. In the end, we get buried or cremated, and, ten years from then, no one remembers you at all unless you're that one in ten million that did something others notice, whether that's writing great music, being a famous author, or murdering 12 people!

We strive our whole life for meaning and value, almost always to fail. That, unfortunately, is the reality. That's also why religion is there. (The belief in the happy afterlife gave some meaning to a boring life.) One of the truly great failings of the human species is trying to justify their existence. Do bees worry about it? Do ants? Are we really any different? Philosophy and religion are the attempts to validate life...and both fail.

We now return you to your normal programming...

Wow:Crying2: , depressing:no:, i need a hug:Crying2:

 

[papasmerf]

Wow:Crying2: , depressing:no:, i need a hug:Crying2:

OK

 

[Madman]

OK

Who's the bow legged creature?

 

[papasmerf]

Who's the bow legged creature?

Peace Jr.

 

[Madman]

Peace Jr.

That's fine! Can someone please get Baz in here to reassure us about the pearly white gates of Heaven.

Oldguyzer has me depressed! I feel like buzzing around looking for honey or building sand castles! :Crying2:

 

[oldguyzer]

Oldguyzer has me depressed! I feel like buzzing around looking for honey :Crying2:

Suck it up, buttercup!

 

[Bridgette_xo]

Everyone wants a legacy. To be remembered for something they did, or the contributions they made to another life. In the end, we get buried or cremated, and, ten years from then, no one remembers you at all unless you're that one in ten million that did something others notice, whether that's writing great music, being a famous author, or murdering 12 people!

We strive our whole life for meaning and value, almost always to fail. That, unfortunately, is the reality. That's also why religion is there. (The belief in the happy afterlife gave some meaning to a boring life.) One of the truly great failings of the human species is trying to justify their existence. Do bees worry about it? Do ants? Are we really any different? Philosophy and religion are the attempts to validate life...and both fail.

We now return you to your normal programming...

One of my profs said religion was used to comfort those who got shit on (unpromising crops and land). More or less, "we're very sorry you and your family are starving to death BUT don't worry, there's a place for you in the afterlife".

This made perfect sense to me..

 

[User-E]

People need something to believe in, to give them hope and a vision for their future, whether here or in an afterlife.

It's the faith/belief that something better is ahead, or that a 'Supreme Caring Being' is watching over them, that inspires people to keep going.

Those with absolutely no hope are the ones who commit suicide.

 

[RAWD]

Everyone wants a legacy. To be remembered for something they did, or the contributions they made to another life. In the end, we get buried or cremated, and, ten years from then, no one remembers you at all unless you're that one in ten million that did something others notice, whether that's writing great music, being a famous author, or murdering 12 people!

We strive our whole life for meaning and value, almost always to fail. That, unfortunately, is the reality. That's also why religion is there. (The belief in the happy afterlife gave some meaning to a boring life.) One of the truly great failings of the human species is trying to justify their existence. Do bees worry about it? Do ants? Are we really any different? Philosophy and religion are the attempts to validate life...and both fail.

We now return you to your normal programming...

Wow, that's pessimistic

I don't accept that. I may not make the history books. But I know that I can make a difference. To me, it's all about choosing your sphere of influence. I can't change the direction of humanity or bring about world peace. But, in my own little world, I can make tangible differences people's lives.

I have a friend who recently discovered she has stage 3 cancer. She's undergoing very aggressive treatment, which has been hard on her and her family. I've made it a point of being there for her and her family. I'll take their daughter for playdates with my kids on evenings or weekends so they have a break. We'll stop by after dinner to help tidy up or joke and laugh. We'll cry together, all of us.

I won't cure cancer, but I'm pretty sure that I've forged a deep friendship with that family. My quest and purpose is fulfilled when their little girl runs to me and gives Uncle RAWD a great big hug.

 

[oldguyzer]

People need something to believe in, to give them hope and a vision for their future, whether here or in an afterlife.

It's the faith/belief that something better is ahead, or that a 'Supreme Caring Being' is watching over them, that inspires people to keep going.

Those with absolutely no hope are the ones who commit suicide.

I disagree. Those who embrace the fact there is no afterlife, great purpose, rainbow up the butt, enlightenment, 77 virgins, or whatever are the realists who don't commit suicide because they have accepted the fact there is no meaning to life, other than what we get. It's those who are promised all that stuff, realize it's crap, then get depressed at the reality and commit suicide.

The simple fact is most people can't accept it, so they choose not to. They believe in a god, an afterlife, a higher purpose, or whatever SIMPLY to make their own lives have meaning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPOzQzk9Qo&feature=player_detailpage

 

[Art Mann]

. . . It's those who are promised all that stuff, realize it's crap, then get depressed at the reality and commit suicide. . .

And sometimes life just isn't fair: