Re: What is the purpose of life?

[GrinningYMIR]

The purpose of life is what you make of it

[SGOS]

Good Grief!  One sentence and one post, and you're already begging the question.  You need to study up on fallacies before you try to engage this forum.

[Hijiri Byakuren]

What is the purpose of life, atheists? do you have any answer?

This is a loaded question. It operates on the assumption that life needs a purpose.

[Plu]

What is the purpose of life, atheists? do you have any answer?

This is a loaded question. It operates on the assumption that life needs a purpose.

I'm with Hijiri Byakuren on this one.

[CloneKai]

To reproduce!   :roll:

[Youssuf Ramadan]

If you feel you need a purpose, then you need to create one for yourself.

We are survival-and-reproduction machines like other organisms.  Unlike other organisms, we are self-aware and have the ability to ponder our 'purpose' or lack thereof and to actively choose whether we reproduce or not.

Many religious people are so caught up in their own sense of self-importance that they demand that they be central to the plans of an all-powerful cosmic super-wizard.  Isn't hubris supposed to be a sin?   Another example of cognitive dissonance.

Never underestimate the power of the human ego.

[Plu]

cant you see that you as atheists dont know the real purpose of life, just look at you answers, every say different answer.

We're not a homogenous group. (That means we're not all the same.) Obviously, we're going to have different answers.

everything has some kind of purpose

Really now? Then I suppose you know all of them? Otherwise you can't claim this. Do you claim to know the purpose of everything?

[Poison Tree]

To reproduce!   :roll:

I'd quibble with you semantically and say "to propagate itself"

[CloneKai]

Car are made so people can break them.

What is your purpose of life? Kissing sky daddy ass all day.
 
Thats what !slamic people tell me.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

We're just livestock for zee alienz!  :shock:

[CloneKai]

To reproduce!   :roll:

I'd quibble with you semantically and say "to propagate itself"

For the record, I was not thinking with my head at the time.

[SGOS]

Many religious people are so caught up in their own sense of self-importance that they demand that they be central to the plans of an all-powerful cosmic super-wizard.  Isn't hubris supposed to be a sin?   Another example of cognitive dissonance.

Never underestimate the power of the human ego.

+1  

It seems the more egotistical a religious thinker is, the more likely he's going to bring up this "purpose" crap.  It seems they have a purpose, not just an ordinary purpose, mind you, but an "Oh so special" purpose.  

They never ponder the question, "Is there even a purpose?"  Nope, they don't even stop there.  That would waste too much time on prerequisite fundamental issues that would confound and delay them from bragging about their special purpose.

[Youssuf Ramadan]

you answer is not good, let say

And who gets to decide whether an answer is good or not? You?

that i make life criminal life, living like drugdealer, is that purpose of my life??? or that i professional bankrobber, is that purpose of human being?

In those examples, the purpose would be to make money, not the activity itself.  People can choose to work jobs or to be criminals.  That is a decision based on ethics and socioeconomic reasons, not purpose as you define it.

let me give you a clue, if you find an answer wich can be applied on everyone, then you have find purpose of life, i know the answer i just want to see how you atheist look upon purpose of life, and i can see that you dont agree on one purpose of life and you have different toughts on purpoe of life, so there is no agreement on purpose of life wich is evidence for me that you dont know the answer but only guess, maybe this maybe that...like you use to do :-D

Let me give YOU a clue.  Different people will have different answers.  That is one of the beauties of not subscribing to a bunch of bronze age dogma devised by uneducated goat-wranglers.  Individuality.  It's great.  You might want to try it some time - it's much better than living under the eternal fear of the wrath of a non-existent sky-daddy.   :-D

[AllPurposeAtheist]

If a god does exist then your purpose is that of an ant the god toys with torturing under his big invisible magnifying glass. If you can only get across the sidewalk to the safety of the underground colony.... :shock:

[leo]

The purpose of  life is eating , shitting , peeing , having sex , to most people having kids , to most people growing old and die.