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The purpose of life is....
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RoaringSilence
Active Member
YEs and yes , the purpose for both individual or as a whole = evolve.
HonestJoe
Well-Known Member
If we do, nobody seems to have made it especially clear so I’m going to continue on the assumption that we don’t pending further information.
RoaringSilence
Active Member
Jumi
Well-Known Member
True. Many sell purpose, but none of those are things that are in our minds when we are born. To top it off, even our biological instincts became subdued because of our ability to use our minds. If we have a "designed purpose", none of that has been pre-programmed into us.
What we have instead are pathways leading to different outcomes. If the secular world view if we take our purpose to be helping homeless or working animal shelters it's clear that we will most likely do much for those. In searching for gods as purpose, we are likely to find something, but that something isn't equal to a gold standard. Each finds their own or adopts one from a religion or philosophy that they feel is relevant.
Desert Snake
Veteran Member
RoaringSilence
Active Member
did you evolve your thinking to this answer?No.
Humanity's collective purpose is to survive and evolve.
As the collective purpose requires a variety of different activities our individual purpose is determined by how we believe we can best help to achieve the collective purpose, with an emphasis on self.
Desert Snake
Veteran Member
I'm not really sure what you're asking.
No more than rain's collective purpose is to fall.
Yes to make life, the world, humanity culture a better place to bring peace and comfort to heal
The collective purpose of life-forms is pooping. If humanity has one for itself, it's, "Pooping on your neighbour."
Many individual purposes.
I would say no different than any other living species purpose.
People say all manner of things and 'purpose' is one of those slippery words that facilitate sloppy communication. Properly used, 'purpose' implies agency, i.e., intentionality, and any honest discussion of 'purpose' should make clear the implicit claim concerning its source.
Thief
Rogue Theologian
each body will develop a fresh spirit
such is being human
collectively.....we should not place a stone in the path of our fellowman
RoaringSilence
Active Member
if there is no purpose to life ... then what was the driving force that led you to the conclusion "no purpose". was it your own natural evolution , if yes then the automated purpose of life = evolve.
Mister Silver
Faith's Nightmare
The purpose of life is simply to live it.
All living species have the same collective purpose which is to survive as a species and evolve as a species. Darwins theory of evolution and reproduction would be the agencies used. Is that clear and implicit enough?