First of all, let's consult the Pythons!

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Well, it's nothing very special. Uh, try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations. And, finally, here are some completely gratuitous pictures of penises to annoy the censors and to hopefully spark some sort of controversy, which, it seems, the only way, these days, to get the jaded, video-sated public off their fucking arses and back in the sodding cinema. Family entertainment, bollocks! What they want is filth! People doing things to each other with chainsaws during Tupperware parties. Babysitters being stabbed with knitting needles by gay presidential candidates. Vigilante groups strangling chickens, armed bands of theatre critics exterminating mutant goats… Where's the fun in pictures? Oh, well, there we are. Here's the theme music. Goodnight.

Or how about Deep Thought?

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"Forty-two," said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.

Well, at least we know there is no god!

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"I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."

"But," says Man, "the Babel fish is a dead giveaway isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves that you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. Q.E.D."

"Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't thought of that," and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic."

"Oh, that was easy," says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and white is black and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing. While most leading theologians believe this argument to be a load of dingo's kidneys, that didn't stop Oolon Colluphid from using it as the central theme of his best-selling book, Well That About Wraps It Up For God.

I like to quote Douglas Adams and Monty Python as you can guess - geniuses!

Before i write this, honestly i am not a depressive in anyway lol - i am actually a really happy person!
But i do think that life, school work marriage kids all that stuff is just a procrastination of death. Thats the meaning of life - so enjoy it!!!!

Hmm... That's quite a dozy to actually say. All one can do is really theorize on such a debate. That, or it could be quite simple depending upon how one views it. I would have to go on the assumption that life was created for the sole purpose for living. For some, it's just instinct in their respective cycle of life, for others[man], it could be a passion to explore the parallels of their origins, their planet, or have a overall better understanding of what lies beyond the borders of our world. For humanized society to achieve the pentacle of glory in the quest for enlightenment. Either way, we all live and die trying to obtain the same thing - to survive.

Theres a reason why we all die but human beings still have not come to accept it. From the Egyptians who build huge pyramids to Donald Trump who owns his own tv show. Every human wants to matter for eternity. Thinking about being lost in oblivion after our brief period of 70 yrs (or less depends on if you practice safe sex and other factors like how often you eat Mcdonalds and whether you are a candidate to become roadkill) on a less than perfect Earth is pretty scary. Of course there are ppl who want to die, suicidals, I know what its like, but I can only say it is a last resort. If given the choice I rather share my life with Josh Hartnett and grow chocolate berries in our garden.

So with an idea of eternity and perfection set in our hearts, we have to reconcile the imperfect world where things die and teens grow acne. Obviously we are able to see beyond our physical circumstances i.e. we are spiritual beings and the physical world is just a shell we happen to live in. Of course if you believe that we are just advanced monkeys and a cosmic accident theres no pt in talking about any of this anyway so you might as well be content being a sexually unsatisfied hairless primate. Cuz the fact that anyone would even ask what is the meaning of life shows that we care more about the physical experiences. And why would we evolve that capacity if survival is the main impetus for evolution and that we know hardly helps.

Since then we are spiritual beings, there must be a creator. The big question is then, who is he? Obviously if he created us, there is a way we can know who he is without making a random guess and banking your eternity on it. Some people think him to be the Giant Spaghetti Monster. If thats where you put your eternity and money on, go ahead. Pasta is great but I can hardly bring myself to worship it. Now, we are faced with the very touchy and unpopular issue of religion. There are so many variations each claiming to be the truth, where do we start?

First, accept that there can only be one truth. Truth is objective. Kinda like the color of your underwear. Unless God is confused or a trickster and thus would be unworthy of our worship anyway. My second advice is, be open to accept who God shall reveal himself to be, yes, even if your peas start glowing. Cuz the biggest problem I see is, most people have prejudices about certain things before even knowing enough about it. Like how in middle school we label someone a geek and never let him be our friend. The label 'geek' is a prejudice, and he can never prove that he is not a geek because we do not give him even the slightest bit of chance to prove that he can be the life of the party. I think thats how most ppl treat God or whatever you want to call your creator, but I'll use God for simplicity's sake.

So forget religion. Its either the truth or its a lie. Forget about your bad religious experiences where your priest stole some some peanut buttercups from you. The priest has nothign to do with who God is. God made you and he can reach you if your heart is open to him. Just cry out from the bottom of your heart. He will hear you, cuz he made your heart to beat for him.

oops double post<br /><br />Post edited by: durlington, at: 2007/06/11 19:03

There is no meaning. We're just bacteria who happen to have feelings and brains and can think and love. God was created by us because people couldn't explain things like the sunrise and the stars, but now we know that they're just huge balls of gas thousands of miles away.

Sorry for the downer post

Mark42 wrote:

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There is no meaning. We're just bacteria who happen to have feelings and brains and can think and love. God was created by us because people couldn't explain things like the sunrise and the stars, but now we know that they're just huge balls of gas thousands of miles away.

Sorry for the downer post:(

aww don't be so gloomy. though I can't think of a brighter outlook right now either =p

The meaning of life is a few things, first of all it's 42

On a slightly more serious note, there isn't much to say about the meaning of life other than that it is to live. Any further meaning that anyone wants to find in life is something they need to create for themselves. Find that which drives your life and folloe it as far as you can.

Personal fulfillment.... that's why we have free will

the term &quot;meaning of life&quot; is poorly worded. Obviously we are not looking for the definition of life. Rather, we seek the &quot;purpose of life&quot;. And the purpose of life is simply to reproduce. That's it. We evolve in ways that best suite our ability to reproduce. All of life revolves around reproduction. We evolved the ability to speak, use tools, etc. all so that we can live longer, and ultimately find a mate.