Tuesday, November 29, 2005
What is the Meaning of life? - Wikipedia can tell you...
Have you ever done a search for things that can't be explained? And yet, they are... Well, I did a recent search for "the meaning of life" in Google's Q&A tool & Wikiopedia came up first...and for good reason. You see, Wikiopedia can be edited by anyone. So, much of the information comes from many sources. To me, this is a great way of finding your own answer to life's impossible (or so it seems) questions.
Included are some popular beliefs. Do you agree?
Popular beliefs
Many people believe that the meaning of life is:
...to accumulate wealth
...to advance natural human evolution, or to contribute to the gene pool of the human race
...to advance technological evolution, or to actively develop the future human
...to become God, or God-like
...to compete or co-operate with others
...to destroy others who harm you, or to practice nonviolence and nonresistance
...to express compassion
...to gain and exercise power
...to give and receive love
...to learn and find enlightenment
...to leave a legacy, such as a work of art or a book
...to live in peace with each other, and in harmony with our natural environment
...to produce offspring through sexual reproduction
...to pursue a dream, vision, or destiny
...to relate, connect, or achieve unity with others
...to search for truth, knowledge, understanding, or wisdom
...to seek and acquire virtue, to live a virtuous life
...to seek and find beauty
...to seek freedom, either physically, mentally, financially, or spiritually
...to seek happiness and flourish, experience pleasure or celebrate
...to serve others or do good deeds
...to simply live until one dies (there is no universal or celestial purpose, existence has no meaning beyond which one chooses to give it)
...to survive, including the pursuit of immortality through scientific means (see life extension)
...to work for justice and democracy
...to worship, serve, or achieve union with God
...or some combination of the above
So, do you agree? Or do you have any others you would add?
Have you ever done a search for things that can't be explained? And yet, they are... Well, I did a recent search for "the meaning of life" in Google's Q&A tool & Wikiopedia came up first...and for good reason. You see, Wikiopedia can be edited by anyone. So, much of the information comes from many sources. To me, this is a great way of finding your own answer to life's impossible (or so it seems) questions.
Included are some popular beliefs. Do you agree?
Popular beliefs
Many people believe that the meaning of life is:
...to accumulate wealth
...to advance natural human evolution, or to contribute to the gene pool of the human race
...to advance technological evolution, or to actively develop the future human
...to become God, or God-like
...to compete or co-operate with others
...to destroy others who harm you, or to practice nonviolence and nonresistance
...to express compassion
...to gain and exercise power
...to give and receive love
...to learn and find enlightenment
...to leave a legacy, such as a work of art or a book
...to live in peace with each other, and in harmony with our natural environment
...to produce offspring through sexual reproduction
...to pursue a dream, vision, or destiny
...to relate, connect, or achieve unity with others
...to search for truth, knowledge, understanding, or wisdom
...to seek and acquire virtue, to live a virtuous life
...to seek and find beauty
...to seek freedom, either physically, mentally, financially, or spiritually
...to seek happiness and flourish, experience pleasure or celebrate
...to serve others or do good deeds
...to simply live until one dies (there is no universal or celestial purpose, existence has no meaning beyond which one chooses to give it)
...to survive, including the pursuit of immortality through scientific means (see life extension)
...to work for justice and democracy
...to worship, serve, or achieve union with God
...or some combination of the above
So, do you agree? Or do you have any others you would add?
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