Gambit
Well-Known Member
The subject matter of this thread is whether there is a purpose, not whether we can achieve that purpose.
-
Welcome to Religious Forums, a friendly forum to discuss all religions in a friendly surrounding.
Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to the following site features:- Reply to discussions and create your own threads.
- Our modern chat room. No add-ons or extensions required, just login and start chatting!
- Access to private conversations with other members.
We hope to see you as a part of our community soon!
What is the meaning of life? What is the purpose of existence?
- Thread starter Gambit
- Start date
The subject matter of this thread is whether there is a purpose, not whether we can achieve that purpose.
Yes, and I am addressing exactly that. Is there one? How do you know?
Seeking it does not entail its existence.
Ciao
- viole
Gambit
Well-Known Member
What are you addressing? Whether or not there's a purpose?
Gambit
Well-Known Member
To reiterate: We have direct evidence accorded to us by our first-person perspective that we are seeking "the good as our end."
I am not arguing about the evidence that we are seeking something. I am arguing about the actual existence of what we are seeking.
Maybe you want to define what it is, what we are seeking, so that we can evaluate its plausibility. Just saying it is good does not mean anything.
Ciao
- viole
Gambit
Well-Known Member
Good. Then we agree that we have a purpose.
That's not the subject matter of this thread.
Good has meaning to me. That's the basis on how I judge whether I want to pursue something or not. If I believe it is good, then I will pursue it. If not, then I will not pursue it.
Well, by believing that something is X, you need a definition of X.
What is good for you?
Ciao
- viole
Gambit
Well-Known Member
In pursuing any particular or finite good, I am presupposing a universal or infinite good. The universal or infinite good is God.
Last edited:
I don't presume to know the meaning of all life everywhere. For example, the meaning of life for me is different from the meaning of life for a jellyfish, not that they care about such things. There's a diversity of meanings and purposes rather than one to rule them all.
Aquitaine
Well-Known Member
Hello Gambit, and sorry for the late reply.
My position is that I believe there isn't much "objective" purpose for life. Now, that doesn't mean I'm saying that life is meaningless, instead what I am saying is that I believe it is up to the individual to determine his/her subject "purpose".
I hope that clears things up for you regarding my views.
Thief
Rogue Theologian
Do you believe in anything Greater than yourself?
Blackmarch
W'rkncacntr
49- adjusted for inflation.
but in seriousness.
to gain a physical experience (and body), to gain knowledge, and then to help other achieve that as well.
Thief
Rogue Theologian
and then crumble into dust and fail altogether?
Blackmarch
W'rkncacntr
only for a time.
Thief
Rogue Theologian
I believe the last hour and the last breath to be critical.
It is then that your mind and emotion gel and take form to what is then your spirit.
If anything would stress your thought and feeling....it would that effort to live.....though you no longer breathe.
Blackmarch
W'rkncacntr
interesting.
Mines more along the lines that each part or phase of spirit's existence adds to it (from long before this life to long after). and that each step is critical to it, among those steps would be death which is the separation of spirit and body.
Last edited:
Thief
Rogue Theologian
Reincarnation?.....I cannot count it out.
There are events in my life that point to skill acquired...but how?
I do things that others can't.
Still, the scheme seems to include a lack of person.... as in name.
The accumulated know how might persist.
but not proof....no affirmation.