What is the purpose of our lives on earth?

[Darkwater]

Well in some parts of the UK you have a 1 in 4 chance of sleeping with a full cousin if you are from there & meet someone from the same area.

In some religious communities inbreeding is rife & causing even more acute problems.

Can we address the english language in another thread,I have many unresolved issues with it,many

 

[Halcyon]

Well it is the female dna which is splits,so male dna is either weak or strong.

Erm, no. We're all diploid, when we produce gametes both male and female split their diploid genome into haploid cells, either sperm or eggs. A deleterious gene could be on either parents strand.
If its on the X chromosome there is a chance that it will lack a corresponding gene on the Y in male offspring which can cause symptoms should the gene cause disease, but its not really a case of either persons DNA being "weak or strong".

Inbreeding is ultimately all that comes from having offspring to different women.

Nope.

Well in some parts of the UK you have a 1 in 4 chance of sleeping with a full cousin if you are from there & meet someone from the same area.

Which is ok because we have memories and will know if the men or women we sleep with are the children of our own aunts/uncles.

They only share 12.5% of your DNA anyway, so it wouldn't even be that big of a deal.

 

[Darkwater]

In history the best ideas & concepts came about through meetings of different cultures & beliefs,swapping all manner of things including dna.

This is cool,for those in this place or sphere.

In some area's of Newcastle one guy is reckoned to have fathered many children,so much so that any young person from that area has a 25% chance of dating a full cousin without even knowing it.This is the famous one.

I will not name the Scottish community who has similar if not more acute problems arising in the children.

Do what you like with your own dna,cousins is not the answer & unfair on the children.

I am happy to know my children will have no such difficulties.

If you wish to rely upon statistics,this is your look out(or your childrens)

 

[Lux rationis]

Our purpose is what we decide it is. Purpose is a very human concept, it's meaning is what we make it.

Yes, I think that is the definitive answer. One must draw a distinction between that which really exists and that which we have legislated into being through conceptualization. Humans are inexorably drawn to story. We desire a conflict-filled narrative with protagonists and antagonists that has a beginning, a middle and an end. So compelling is this paradigm that the subconscious yearns to insert it wherever it can, even into the chaos of random memories and sensory residue that our brains discard while we are asleep...our dreams.

 

[Heneni]

You get to choose your own.

Only if other creatures get to decide their purpose.

Our purpose is what we decide it is. Purpose is a very human concept, it's meaning is what we make it.

A flower cant decide to be a bee

our fysiology indicates that our purpose is to reproduce,
but i hope thats not the only purpose in life since that would be boring

Sure will!

Love God, love others, be thankful.

That's cool.

The purpose of our lives here on earth, is not an individual purpose but rather a purpose for humanity as a whole. This purpose was given to us by god right in the beginning. He said ' rule and dominate'.

We have ruled and dominated. Fair enough.

The spiritual purpose is to be life to others. And of course to return to heaven.

 

[gnomon]

I'm interested to hear people's opinions on this.

There is no purpose.

 

[Lux rationis]

A flower cant decide to be a bee

I think that you're confusing entity and purpose.

Physical entity is that which exists as a particular and discrete unit. Purpose is the intended outcome that guides one's actions. Both flowers and bees can function for a number of different purposes depending on which agent of purpose we are looking at. When given from one human to another, the purpose of a flower may be to say "I love you." For the plant that produced the bloom, though, the purpose of the flower is to attract pollinators and subsequently produce seeds.

 

[Darkwater]

If you wake up on a flower stem as a tiny piece of pollen,shout out you are here as loud as your tiny voice can,tell everyone around how great you are,so beautiful,lovely & tastey so as to attract bee to you,so as to be absorbed by it & become a smaller part of something greater.

Just if.lulz.

 

[Darkwater]

HUBBLE IMAGES and GOD

YouTube - HUBBLE IMAGES and GOD

& Some nice tunes for all you Jesus Freaks

Don't forget the Deep Field for greater perspective(p3)

 

[autonomous1one1]

The purpose of life is to realize the purpose and then live it.

 

[Luminous]

Only if other creatures get to decide their purpose.



A flower cant decide to be a bee



Sure will!



That's cool.

The purpose of our lives here on earth, is not an individual purpose but rather a purpose for humanity as a whole. This purpose was given to us by god right in the beginning. He said ' rule and dominate'.

We have ruled and dominated. Fair enough.

The spiritual purpose is to be life to others. And of course to return to heaven.

I got out of my house to see if my father would let me in?

 

[Luminous]

The purpose of life is most likely to live life...anything else is speculation.

 

[Germ]

The purpose of life is subjective,every culture comes up with its own reasoning and most people dont stray far from it.

 

[Green Gaia]

"Grandfather what is the purpose of life?"

After a long time in thought, the old man looked up and said, "Grandson, children are the purpose of life. We were once children and someone cared for us, and now it is our time to care."

-Eddie Belleroe, a Cree elder from Alberta, Canada

 

[Germ]

i can understand that view,but children arent the sole purpose in life.many would argue we could do without another boom of children...

 

[Sunstone]

The purpose of life is to realize the purpose and then live it.

I suspect the purpose of life is for each of us to discover our own purpose and then live it.

 

[Sententia]

I suspect the purpose of life is for each of us to discover our own purpose and then live it.

Or accept that there is no purpose?

As a species we could unite and define purpose...

 

[Germ]

that could be true,but really deep thoughts on this only come about when the the things neccessary for survival are in excess.our most basic purpose is to survive.sorry if this isnt very romantic.

 

[Green Gaia]

i can understand that view,but children arent the sole purpose in life.many would argue we could do without another boom of children...

And yet we won't survive without our children. Why not nurture them instead of letting them flounder in the same mistakes we made?

 

[zenzero]

Friend Leahrachelle,

What is the purpose of our lives on earth?

Life was there before we came and will be there after we leave.

Life has no purpose and we keep missing as and when we try and put meaning to it.

Love & rgds