Doesn't it all seem so... pointless?

[Sword Breaker]

[FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=DarkRed]Ok, this is somthing I've been thinking about lately. I know everyone goes through a stage like this, but I've been contemplating life lately, and I've simply found it... completly pointless. Well, I posed the question to myself a few times, and came up with one, solid answere. In the form of a nifty lil' qoute! "Why do those destined to die strive so hard to achive?". So, ultimantly, I was wondering, what answeres can you come up with? Is there anyone who can pose a suitable response to a question such as this! Thoughts on this, comments, anything is welcomed.[/COLOR][/FONT]

[Adahn]

[quote name='Sword Breaker][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=DarkRed]Ok, this is somthing I've been thinking about lately. I know everyone goes through a stage like this, but I've been contemplating life lately, and I've simply found it... completly pointless. Well, I posed the question to myself a few times, and came up with one, solid answere. In the form of a nifty lil' qoute! "Why do those destined to die strive so hard to achive?". So, ultimantly, I was wondering, what answeres can you come up with? Is there anyone who can pose a suitable response to a question such as this! Thoughts on this, comments, anything is welcomed.[/COLOR'][/FONT][/quote]

You have a choice. You can say, "Life is completely pointless." or you can try to find a point. If you don't have the will to find meaning in life, then you should probably just die. So, I guess, all I can say to you is better luck next time. The truth will be known to us all in the end, and there's no use wasting time in this life if you don't care to look for it. If, however, you were asking for the meaning of life, I could tell you that. If that's what you want, ask for it. Otherwise, you should probably just die. It won't ask your questions, but it will make them go away :D

[Godelsensei]

[COLOR=Gray][FONT=Courier New]Ultimately, nothing has a purpose.

I don't believe in Judgement Day or any kind of afterlife; the only meaning life has is that which you give it.

Humanity has its own purpose, and that's been good enough for us, so far.

Here's a suggestion for purpose: let's band together and make sure that, if there isn't gonna be any hockey, the Globe wont try and replace it with baseball. *rage*

That front page makes me angry.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[wrist cutter]

"Live to the point of tears."

Read a few works by Albert Camus if you're feeling a bit disenchanted.

[Delta]

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Lovely.

As Adahn said, you have a choice. Maybe you think it's pointless because when we pass away, we won't be able to reap whatever we've sown in our lifetime.

"Why do those destined to die strive so hard to achieve?"
The fact that we are doomed to die makes us do so. I think we all want to be rid of this curse (or gift) and transcend Death. Even though the quest seems endless, at least we can lengthen our existence in this universe. That's why we create medicine, fight wars, try to discover our nature. Perhaps when everything about nature is known, our race (and basically every living thing on the planet) can live forever.

Just friggin' live and contribute something useful to mankind.

Love and Peace!
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[TheShinje]

Life does have a purpose, but it's ultimately what you make of it.

Those who are destined to die strive to achieve a better life, or recognition. Sure they may die, but at least they had a good life.
For me, belief in an afterlife and reward for good things done here on Earth keeps me going In a world that isn't very fair.

[Epitome]

[size=1]I believe there is a meaning of life, its what you want it to be. Some people think of life is just a waiting room for you before you go to Heaven, Hell, or any type of afterlife.

I think life isnt pointless... If life was pointless, then we wouldnt be here. We were put here for a reason, you just need to find out what yours is.[/size]

[Cyriel]

Sometimes the answers to these questions also depend on what kind of faith you believe in...

As for me, I kind of went through the same phase, and then just thought that maybe our purpose here is to find a purpose. Either that, or realize that we are able to live without a purpose, but it's not really living.

But after a while, I kind of found different answers. I found that if I try to find a purpose about me living, there really isn't one. But if I try to base the purpose of my life on others, then there's something that I'm willing to strive for. Someone told me that the way to achieve the things we most want in life: love, comfort, happiness, is to give them to others.

[Baron Samedi]

[size=1]Sure, after you die, it doesn't matter what you did when you were alive.

But don't you want to have the best life when you are alive? And maybe leave some sort of legacy behind?[/size]

[Guest ScirosDarkblade]

Well, I live to worship Batman. That's my purpose in life. I found him, and I am saved.

[Pinewoodpine]

My purpose? I still find it a bit of cloudy.
Perhaps this is what making us growing up?

I don't really care if I die or not.
All I want is to enjoy life as best as I can now.
You might not get another chance, you know.

[Afire]

The whole point of living is LOVE. If you refuse to love yourself or others, there would be no point to living. I'm not talking about tolerance. Tolerance isn't love. Love isn't just going to come to you. Love comes from within and is all in all and in each one of us. Love does know and recognize love. It attracts more love.

[Lady Asphyxia]

[size=1]A friend sent me this not long ago, and I personally really love this quote. It's lovely and seems to answer -- sort of -- what you were saying.

[i]"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "...holy ****...what a ride...""[/i]

I guess the point to life is living, in my opinion. You can go on and think about all the pointless things you do each day, but if you don't do them, what [i]do[/i] you do. How would you live your life? Wouldn't be very interesting, in my opinion, heh.

So, that's my two cents.[/size]

[Guest lavalamp]

[quote name='Lady Asphyxia][size=1][i]"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "...holy ****...what a ride...""[/i'][/size][/quote]

It really is a great quote.

I don't think life is pointless. Every now and then I read an amazing biography or see an eye-opening documentary, and the feeling I get is enough to tell me I don't need to be questioning my purpose or direction in life.The fact that someone's life can be interesting to me is inspiring. I love the possibility of being able to affect someone in a similar fashion, and living for that as opposed to a deity or possible Utopian afterlife just seems so natural to me.

[Guest Midnight Rush]

[quote name='Sword Breaker][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=DarkRed] "Why do those destined to die strive so hard to achive?"..[/COLOR'][/FONT][/quote]

There's not much else to do. SO what if death is inevitable? There is no reason to be fatalistic, enjoy life! Work hard! If for nothing else than personal satisfaction.

[Guest Kitaro]

Hmmm....Great question.......In my opinion, the purpose in life is that we are supposed to live it to make it a life...I mean,imagine this world where everyone is depressed and wondering about why we live....We're gonna die someday...So quit wasting your time and live life!

[Ezekiel]

[SIZE=1][COLOR=SeaGreen]How do we know what happens after you've died? I know Cyriel pointed out that it depends on faith, and that's true.
I wouldn't say that I follow any religion, but I do believe in reincarnation and in ghosts. So, where does that leave me when I die?
Will I continue to live as a memory, or a spirit? Or will I simply come back and live another life and repeat the cycle.

Life is not pointless. If it were pointless people wouldn't put up with it. I'm sure you aren't the only one who's thought about that and it is a good point, I've even thought about it before.

I just think that everyone has some purpose in life, whether it be to help someone else or to find some amazing cure to a disease, it doesn't matter. Even a person who feels useless has probably done something to save another's life or help them through something.

I think you should maybe think about that, most of us here are only young and probably haven't found any purpose to life yet, but eventually, something will happen in your life and you'll realise why you were put here in the first place.

For some reason this thread has made me think of the [B]Chaos Theory[/B]:

[I]"The flapping of a single butterfly's wing today produces a tiny change in the state of the atmosphere. Over a period of time, what the atmosphere actually does diverges from what it would have done. So, in a month's time, a tornado that would have devastated the Indonesian coast doesn't happen. Or maybe one that wasn't going to happen, does."[/I]

Everything has an effect, no matter how small it seems.[/COLOR][/SIZE]

[Guest Midnight Rush]

[QUOTE=Cyriel]Sometimes the answers to these questions also depend on what kind of faith you believe in...

As for me, I kind of went through the same phase, and then just thought that maybe our purpose here is to find a purpose. Either that, or realize that we are able to live without a purpose, but it's not really living.

But after a while, I kind of found different answers. I found that if I try to find a purpose about me living, there really isn't one. But if I try to base the purpose of my life on others, then there's something that I'm willing to strive for. Someone told me that the way to achieve the things we most want in life: love, comfort, happiness, is to give them to others.[/QUOTE]


I missed this when I last skimmed the topic... nothing could be more true. I only wish I lived up to that more consistently.

[Tigervx]

[FONT=Arial][COLOR=Teal] All men, whether they do it on purpoe or on instinct want to leave their mark. According to a study, the only animal that is aware of their own death is ourselves. All people know they'll die, because of this, they want to leave their imprint on society forever.

People don't want to be forgotten after they died, Alexander the Great was not conquering for the sake of Conquering but to leave his image on the world as one of the great heros alongside Hercules and Achilles. People do not achieve to have a good life, they achieve to leave their imprint on the future generations.
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[Erika]

[size=1][color=purple]Eh...I'm too laid back to care, lol. Just because I have an idea about what our purpose of living is, doesn't mean I have to care, lol.

I choose to simply pop my back, stretch out, stand up, and do what needs to be done. I leave all the great achievements to the, well, great achievers. Doesn't mean I don't wanna do something koo myself. >:3

Once love, gaming, hand-drawn graphics, classical music, manga, art, and wholesome, nutritional food become obsolete, only then will I have realized life isn't worth living, lol. :3

I believe that only you yourself can truly know if your life is/has been worth living--no one can tell you, "You have a meaningless life," just because they don't like what you do, or think it's, well, not worth doing. Ach, I don't see why they would. I'd never find myself saying that to another; about as pointless as asking a dog why he pees on fire hydrants. I dunno if that's relevant. Bah, who cares...X3[/color][/size]