What the purpose of life ???

[Eliot Wild]

Our purpose in this life is to recognize The Creator, to be grateful to Him, to worship Him, to surrender ourselves to Him and to obey the laws that He has determined for us. It means worship is our purpose in life. Whatever we do in the course of that worship, [i.e., the eating, the sleeping, the dressing, the working, the enjoying,] between birth and death is consequential and subject to His orders. But the main reason for our creation is worship. I don't think anyone who is analytical or scientific will have much of an argument with that purpose. They may have some other reason with themselves-but that is something they have to deal with between themselves and Almighty God.

Seriously, do you honestly believe the entire purpose of life is to 'worship' someone or something? Is that what you think Allah or God made you for, to be primarily a submissive worshiper?

I consider myself fairly 'analytical'. I mean, on occassion, I like to analyze things. So, that counts, right?

And I completely disagree with you about "that purpose". Why? Because as I analyze the matter, it seems fairly obvious that an omnipotent, omniscient creator doesn't need to be worshipped. If I am a perfect, divine Being, do you think I really need lowly, imperfect humans to tell me that, to worship me?

Let me 'analyze' what you are claiming ... The God you are describing, one that would create humans solely for the purpose of worshiping Him, would be a God with a severe psychological disorder. You are describing a god who sounds like He is suffering from Narcissistic Personality Disorder, maybe Dependant Personality Disorder, and certainly Histrionic Personality Disorder, or the need to be the center of everyone's attention all the time.

My analysis is that in finding a purpose for life, you have ascribed to God a personality that is more akin to a dysfunctional psychologically-maladjusted human, not a divine being. Only humans with flaws and the need to compensate for them require worship and constant attention. The characteristics of a being who requires others to worship Him would be needy, clingy, desperate, narcissistic, histrionic, over-compensational, etc., ... basically, such a personality would be flawed and in need of some serious counseling.

 

[crocusj]

Do you know what the square root of 69 is?

Took me a while...ate something!

 

[Erebus]

Personally when it comes to the purpose of life (rather than the meaning of life) I would have to go with the Setian concept of Xeper. It makes the most sense to me.

 

[chinu]

What is the goal and purpose of life ???
I would mean: the purpose of our existence . Why we are on Earth ??

To know what is the goal of our life, Is the purpose of our life, But to know what is the purpose of our life is not our goal.

Anyhow, We are here on this earth, or even on this forum, or even on this thread, To pay back the loan of deeds, or to create new deeds which are responsible for our our next existance.

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Chinu

 

[crocusj]

To know what is the goal of our life, Is the purpose of our life, But to know what is the purpose of our life is not our goal.

Anyhow, We are here on this earth, or even on this forum, or even on this thread, To pay back the loan of deeds, or to create new deeds which are responsible for our our next existance.

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Chinu

Chinu, for the first time, I think I can agree with you. Well, apart from the next existence bit. But I guess the same road can be travelled to a diffenrent destination.