Why Exist?

[Jayhawker Soule]

I said: It appears that people have purpose

Forgive me then ...

It appears that your thinking is very sloppy.​

 

[atanu]

My parents wanted kids. The first one died. The second one was me.

:sarcastic

Your parents wanted kids and they got that. But is that the answer for "Why you are here"?

 

[atanu]

Forgive me then ...

It appears that your thinking is very sloppy.
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Very good. That is apparently correct. That may be really correct too.

 

[PolyHedral]

Ah, you're taking it out of context.

Think of it as: people have purpose, so why don't you?

Do they? Lots of individuals have individual purposes, but does the group as a whole have a purpose?

 

[atanu]

Do they? Lots of individuals have individual purposes, but does the group as a whole have a purpose?

Sorry for any confusion. I am asking about individual.

 

[Twig pentagram]

Why does one exist?

It is what it is, or basically what I'm trying to say is one exist because one exist.

Does any individual know the reason for his/her coming into being?

My mother and my father did the nasty.

Does the individual know his/her purpose of being?

I think my purpose is to make my own purpose.

 

[Rhizomatic]

I think that it's a misunderstanding of purpose to assume that I could have an objective or inherent purpose for being, and within the realm of my own subjective values and meaning I don't assign a singular or overarching reason/ goal/ purpose to my existence.

 

[atanu]

I think that it's a misunderstanding of purpose to assume that I could have an objective or inherent purpose for being, and within the realm of my own subjective values and meaning I don't assign a singular or overarching reason/ goal/ purpose to my existence.

But coming to experience/know with certainty the understanding that you explain in your post can be the purpose?

 

[Dirty Penguin]

Why does one exist? Does any individual know the reason for his/her coming into being? Does the individual know his/her purpose of being?

Ahh, yes..The age old question..."What is the meaning of life?"

I think we make the assumption that there must be purpose for our lives...

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Why does one exist? Does any individual know the reason for his/her coming into being? Does the individual know his/her purpose of being?

The answer is up to each imagination.

 

[Willamena]

This is a beautiful answer, Willamena.

But I request you to write a few lines as to why it was a profound moment?

It broadened my way of thinking, opened up a new perspective.

 

[The Sum of Awe]

Random motions between human organisms created me.

 

[Willamena]

Do they? Lots of individuals have individual purposes, but does the group as a whole have a purpose?

Questioning that it appears that people have purpose is a valid move... but it appears none-the-less.

 

[McBell]

Why does one exist?

Because they mommy and daddy had sex and one of their daddy's sperm fertilized their mommy's egg.

Does any individual know the reason for his/her coming into being?

You seem to be making the assumption that there is a "reason".

Does the individual know his/her purpose of being?

You seem to be making the assumption that there is a "purpose".

 

[Gjallarhorn]

Random motions between human organisms created me.

Unless they were drunk, it probably wasn't random.

 

[Quagmire]

Why does one exist? Does any individual know the reason for his/her coming into being? Does the individual know his/her purpose of being?

I just want to see what happens next.

 

[Willamena]

You seem to be making the assumption that there is a "reason".


You seem to be making the assumption that there is a "purpose".

It's kinda necessary to assume them in order to pose the question.

 

[Awoon]

Thank you Awoon. But can the 'non being' ever change its nature and come to being?

non being being? Being appears and disappears, being then is still being.

 

[McBell]

It's kinda necessary to assume them in order to pose the question.

I see.
So have you stopped beating your children?

 

[The Sum of Awe]

Unless they were drunk, it probably wasn't random.

I thought you were the one who told me that things didn't make decisions when we were discussing Ayn Rand?