We're just here, like a 6th toe. No purpose, but no real reason to get rid of it.

 

 

 

 

- touching and concise pragmatism. Where do you come up with these things ?

 

All natural, my good sir. All natural.

I think I am a nihilist also.

In my opinion, there is no purpose to life.

 

 

 

The way I see it, I'm here and I choose to live.

 

 

 

That's really all there is to it. Forget all this "life is to find happiness" bs. It sounds nice, but its just arbitrary. So far I have seen no evidence of any sort of "higher truth" or some other vague phrase, but I have an open mind. I can't really justify not blowing my brains out, because after all nothing really means anything, I just simply choose not to. I prefer to live.

Well, of course the happiness stuff is arbitary. It's just a rational, independant, objective judge of human action, and without any higher purpose or truth, it's the only way to judge anything. The fact is that everything we do is to seek happiness, not because of any higher truth, but because we can't do anything else.

 

 

 

You may not realise it, but whatever you do in life you do because it makes you happy--even if indirectly, i.e. believing certain actions will get you eternal life or are just "right".

I say that its to expand the human race, there is no other point.

Well, of course the happiness stuff is arbitary. It's just a rational, independant, objective judge of human action, and without any higher purpose or truth, it's the only way to judge anything. The fact is that everything we do is to seek happiness, not because of any higher truth, but because we can't do anything else.

 

 

 

You may not realise it, but whatever you do in life you do because it makes you happy--even if indirectly, i.e. believing certain actions will get you eternal life or are just "right".

 

 

 

Or, in other words, we are selfish creatures.

Well, of course the happiness stuff is arbitary. It's just a rational, independant, objective judge of human action, and without any higher purpose or truth, it's the only way to judge anything. The fact is that everything we do is to seek happiness, not because of any higher truth, but because we can't do anything else.

 

 

 

You may not realise it, but whatever you do in life you do because it makes you happy--even if indirectly, i.e. believing certain actions will get you eternal life or are just "right".

 

 

 

Or, in other words, we are selfish creatures.

 

 

 

Many times, it makes us feel happy to help others and better our society. In fact, many of us bend our lives around trying to capture that form of happiness.

 

 

 

So yes, we are selfish in our selflessness.

 

And selfless in our selfishness.

Well, of course the happiness stuff is arbitary. It's just a rational, independant, objective judge of human action, and without any higher purpose or truth, it's the only way to judge anything. The fact is that everything we do is to seek happiness, not because of any higher truth, but because we can't do anything else.

 

 

 

You may not realise it, but whatever you do in life you do because it makes you happy--even if indirectly, i.e. believing certain actions will get you eternal life or are just "right".

 

 

 

Or, in other words, we are selfish creatures.

 

 

 

Many times, it makes us feel happy to help others and better our society. In fact, many of us bend our lives around trying to capture that form of happiness.

 

 

 

So yes, we are selfish in our selflessness.

 

And selfless in our selfishness.

 

 

 

All you're basically saying is that simply because we help others, even if we do it for selfish reasons, that doesn't matter because we're helping others.

 

 

 

Or, we are never truly capable of selflessness, and as a species we will forever be plagued by selfishness, at the core of every aspect of our reasoning and of our morality.

 

 

 

Anyone can spin it to sound positive or negative. This still doesn't demonstrate how happiness is the "point" to life.

When 'selfishness' includes acts done to help others in order to feel good, it ceases to have negative connotations.

 

 

 

In fact, if I was to state with certainty that my acts of selfishness are helping others, I'd be quite proud. It'd mean I'm hardwired to help other people.

 

 

 

Edit: Deja vu. Have I said this before?

Happiness isn't the point of life, but it is the thing we're all geared towards seeking which can be described as the next best thing. I never liked that answer though. Wouldn't that mean eating is also the point of life?

Everyone has the God-given right to choose what to do in life, in other words, free will. (Doesn't mean that you should go on a killing spree just because you can, though.)

Fair enough, doesn't mean you can't create your own purpose though :)

I think everything alive knows it is alive and wants to live and therefore choosing that as their first priority in life. We have done this by erecting societies to protect us from us and mostly eachother. This also means that people and animals alike want to adapt to this society and be accepted in it which is another thing to keep you busy.

 

 

 

I don't think anyone on this whole world wakes up every day with 1 goal in mind like 'herding the earth' or whatever. We just do what we need to survive and overcome the obstacles thrown at us each day.

 

 

 

Life is life.

Well, of course the happiness stuff is arbitary. It's just a rational, independant, objective judge of human action, and without any higher purpose or truth, it's the only way to judge anything. The fact is that everything we do is to seek happiness, not because of any higher truth, but because we can't do anything else.

 

 

 

You may not realise it, but whatever you do in life you do because it makes you happy--even if indirectly, i.e. believing certain actions will get you eternal life or are just "right".

 

 

 

Or, in other words, we are selfish creatures.

 

 

 

Many times, it makes us feel happy to help others and better our society. In fact, many of us bend our lives around trying to capture that form of happiness.

 

 

 

So yes, we are selfish in our selflessness.

 

And selfless in our selfishness.

 

 

 

All you're basically saying is that simply because we help others, even if we do it for selfish reasons, that doesn't matter because we're helping others.

 

 

 

Or, we are never truly capable of selflessness, and as a species we will forever be plagued by selfishness, at the core of every aspect of our reasoning and of our morality.

 

 

 

Anyone can spin it to sound positive or negative. This still doesn't demonstrate how happiness is the "point" to life.

 

 

 

It makes it the only fundamental motive for any human action. That's about as close to a point as there can possibly be.

life has no set purpose. except people may make their purpose themselves, for something like...have fun, do this, do that...but life itself never was created to have meaning

I'm gonna laugh when this is all just some game where our goal was to figure out the big question, and once we did we'd win. What would we win though, you ask? I'd assume it would have to be a meteor shower that spells out "CONGRATULATIONS!" right before it comes crashing into earth killing us all. :P

The purpose of life? The purpose of life is to create a purpose for yourself.

We're born, we live, and then we die. That's about it.

Happiness isn't the point of life, but it is the thing we're all geared towards seeking which can be described as the next best thing. I never liked that answer though. Wouldn't that mean eating is also the point of life?

 

The thing is, there's no "point" to life so we might as well be the most happiest we can while alive.

The point of life is to ask yourself why you are wasting time thinking of something which isn't really unanimous.

 

 

 

AKA: Life is what you make of it.

 

 

 

By our instinctual mind, our purpose is the continuity of mankind.