What do you think the purpose in life is? |
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 May 19 2004, 09:38 PM
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wut do u guys think? wuts ure purpose in life? if ure a christian, its living life for God. if ure not, wut is? just so u can eat, drink, and be merry? then die? im a christian, and im intrested what non christians think their purpose in life is...
PS... i love a good debate 
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May 19 2004, 09:40 PM
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To find a place where I belong, find someone that truly cares, to find my place in the world, and to make a difference, I may be one person, but one person can make all the difference..
I'm not realli sure what my purpose is, but the aforementioned are my goals.. and besides one's purpose changes with time.. so for now, i'll say that my purpose in life is to find a reason to live my life |
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May 19 2004, 09:40 PM
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 Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
To live.
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May 19 2004, 10:53 PM
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 Master Debater Group: Member Posts: 1,066 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 15,719 |
Find love and make life easier for others, hopeing they do the same.
QUOTE its living life for God What exactly does that mean? |
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May 19 2004, 11:14 PM
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te quiero Group: Banned Posts: 2,586 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 14,678 |
our main purpose in life is to keep the species going, but that's on a scientific term only.
I'm Christian... so its the whole living to serve God, and living for him. but that's hard to do.. especially recently for me. |
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| *NatiMarie* |
May 19 2004, 11:17 PM
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Well I don't know. My purpose in life is to be the best person I could be, and just respect others, and hopefully keep our generation going (if you know what I mean...*wink* j/k...yeah right, child birth is painful!). Anywhoo, I'm really not sure, but I don't know...I will have to think about that. You know I've been noticing that I say that a lot lately for like every debate thingie. I'm such a bad debater...*sigh*.
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May 19 2004, 11:38 PM
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 The Return of Sathington Willoughby. Group: Member Posts: 313 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 14,724 |
philistines like me want money, power, sex, all that insignificant stuff thats fun.
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| *Kathleen* |
May 20 2004, 04:17 PM
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I'm sorry, but what are we debating here? The question is open to interpretation, and each person "lives" for something different.
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May 20 2004, 04:21 PM
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Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
QUOTE(Kathleen @ May 20 2004, 4:17 PM) I'm sorry, but what are we debating here? The question is open to interpretation, and each person "lives" for something different. YES! Living is a purpose in itself... Anyway, I think she wanted to debate whether or not our reasons for living are as meaningful as hers... or as other religious people. Their purpose is to serve God, I don't think they think our lives are very meaningful if we don't serve God. |
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May 20 2004, 07:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 2,412 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,012 |
QUOTE YES! Living is a purpose in itself... Anyway, I think she wanted to debate whether or not our reasons for living are as meaningful as hers... or as other religious people. Their purpose is to serve God, I don't think they think our lives are very meaningful if we don't serve God. yea  i just wanted to knoe what ppl who dont believe in God think their purpose in life is... and wut will happen to em once they die. i mean, if u dont believe that u will go to heaven or hell, whats the purpose of even living then? y dont u just 'eat, drink, and be merry?' cause after u die, ure nothing. u decompose... evaporate..? hmm...
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May 20 2004, 07:49 PM
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Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
It's so simple in your eyes.. but really it isn't.
Living is an endeavor. It's a journey to discover who you are, where you belong, what you will do. While you live you experience emotions, feelings, nature... etc. There's more to life than just eat, sleep as you say, and there's certainly more to life than serving a diety. |
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May 20 2004, 10:40 PM
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 teach me korean... i'm serious Group: Member Posts: 918 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,427 |
my purpose of living is to find out why i'm living... but in the end i find out im going to die
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May 20 2004, 11:09 PM
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QUOTE(uninspiredfae @ May 20 2004, 7:49 PM) It's so simple in your eyes.. but really it isn't. Living is an endeavor. It's a journey to discover who you are, where you belong, what you will do. While you live you experience emotions, feelings, nature... etc. There's more to life than just eat, sleep as you say, and there's certainly more to life than serving a diety. i think this is the first thing i can agree with you about. totally true... if God really did put us on this earth, why would he put us here just to worship him? i think my purpose in life is to just go through trials and tribulations, and try to be the best person possible. just be an overall good person. and i think that there is no heaven and hell. i mean, maybe. but if you weren't christian, but were a GREAT person, giving your heart to people, making them feel loved, why wouldn't you go to heaven? just because you didn't live your life serving god? adolf hitler went to mass every sunday, so that in your eyes is "serving god." do you think he's in heaven? |
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May 20 2004, 11:11 PM
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Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
QUOTE(TBoltzbabe @ May 20 2004, 11:09 PM) i think this is the first thing i can agree with you about. totally true... if God really did put us on this earth, why would he put us here just to worship him? i think my purpose in life is to just go through trials and tribulations, and try to be the best person possible. just be an overall good person. and i think that there is no heaven and hell. i mean, maybe. but if you weren't christian, but were a GREAT person, giving your heart to people, making them feel loved, why wouldn't you go to heaven? just because you didn't live your life serving god? adolf hitler went to mass every sunday, so that in your eyes is "serving god." do you think he's in heaven? And I happen to agree with you completely as well what a rare chance!I especially liked the Hitler example. |
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May 20 2004, 11:14 PM
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Wow it's been a long time!! Group: Member Posts: 1,672 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,954 |
QUOTE(uninspiredfae @ May 20 2004, 11:11 PM) And I happen to agree with you completely as well what a rare chance!I especially liked the Hitler example. yeah!! and there are so many opinions on this, amazing but mmmhmm, this doesnt seem too debateable, because i think it'd wrong to argue with other people about their purpose of life. actually oops, that's what i'm doing haha.. but still i feel bad |
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May 20 2004, 11:24 PM
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 We are the cure. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,936 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,456 |
to breathe and carry out other major bodily functions.
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May 20 2004, 11:26 PM
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 wanderlust personified. Group: Official Designer Posts: 7,515 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 797 |
To raise a family and be the best wife and mother I can be. To affect other peoples' lives in a positive way as others have done for me.
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| *CEP* |
May 21 2004, 02:31 AM
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Procreate.
I think that's very much your purpose also. I wan't my surname to just go on. I'd wanna meet an Olegario about 5000 years from now. Wouldn't you? Yeah, I think that's my purpose. I mean, what kind of life would I have if I live it for someone else? Damn. That's having no life at all. - Chinkieeyedpnoi |
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May 21 2004, 05:39 AM
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From a strictly scientific view, all we live for is to produce offspring and carry on our genes for the survival of the species.
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May 21 2004, 05:57 AM
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 Mr.Politicly Incorrect Group: Member Posts: 579 Joined: Sep 2005 Member No: 8,405 |
Live your life how ever you want with out having to worry that some super being is watchin everything u do...to reproduce and raise your offspring and enjoy watching them grow up.....y would someone give there life to someone that you cant even see.....i dunno ...but i aint
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May 21 2004, 01:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,795 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 16,421 |
I notice a lot of ppl are answering this scientifically, and I agree.. thats what nature ordained us to do.. but what do you all want to DO with your life?
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May 21 2004, 06:53 PM
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QUOTE From a strictly scientific view, all we live for is to produce offspring and carry on our genes for the survival of the species hmmmm... do u think this world is gonna last forever with ure offspring's offspring's offspring's etc....?  errr-- dont u think that this world will end sumtime?
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May 22 2004, 07:04 AM
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 i'm susan Group: Official Member Posts: 13,875 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 5,029 |
have any read the PDL (purpose driven life) ?? heh i kinda did...
without purpose, we wouldnt be living in this earth in the first place. God give everyone a purpose... some ppls will take time to believe in God... some will knoe God faster. he made it like that and there is no complain and that he wont get mad cus ur not believing him fast...he can wait. i mean he made that purpose for u...why does he need to get mad? God gives us the challenges in our lives... we get pain and we complain to God.. we get pain so we can get closer to God. without pain...we wouldnt get closer to God... everyone has a problem in their lives...everyone has pain problems in their lives...but maybe one ppl or 2 ppl might not have it... it's jus the purpose that God has given us. I have not cleary knoe my purpose... we all dont knoe our purpose... we can tell it from the future...we have to go through it to knoe our purpose by each step. so far my purpose is to have a stomache pain...and alwais fight with my mom and get bad grades these days... im not saying God is controlling ur life...he is jus give u that purpose...it's like an order..telling someone to tell them wat to do in their lives and jus keep it and try to work on it. it's like that.. we have to work our lives together. we will never knoe our purpose until we think bot it and go through it... we cant tell the future remember that!! God knows everything... it's like God is writing a future diary for us... lols. |
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May 22 2004, 03:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 2,412 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,012 |
QUOTE have any read the PDL (purpose driven life) ?? heh i kinda did... without purpose, we wouldnt be living in this earth in the first place. God give everyone a purpose... some ppls will take time to believe in God... some will knoe God faster. he made it like that and there is no complain and that he wont get mad cus ur not believing him fast...he can wait. i mean he made that purpose for u...why does he need to get mad? God gives us the challenges in our lives... we get pain and we complain to God.. we get pain so we can get closer to God. without pain...we wouldnt get closer to God... everyone has a problem in their lives...everyone has pain problems in their lives...but maybe one ppl or 2 ppl might not have it... it's jus the purpose that God has given us. I have not cleary knoe my purpose... we all dont knoe our purpose... we can tell it from the future...we have to go through it to knoe our purpose by each step. so far my purpose is to have a stomache pain...and alwais fight with my mom and get bad grades these days... im not saying God is controlling ur life...he is jus give u that purpose...it's like an order..telling someone to tell them wat to do in their lives and jus keep it and try to work on it. it's like that.. we have to work our lives together. we will never knoe our purpose until we think bot it and go through it... we cant tell the future remember that!! God knows everything... it's like God is writing a future diary for us... lols. hmm.. intresting! exactly wut im thinking  nice!~
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May 22 2004, 05:04 PM
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Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
QUOTE without purpose, we wouldnt be living in this earth in the first place. True. QUOTE why does he need to get mad? What if there are those who do not believe, not even on their deathbeds? QUOTE God gives us the challenges in our lives... we get pain and we complain to God.. we get pain so we can get closer to God. I don't complain to God. I look in myself for the strength to get by, and it has never failed me, nor has it failed my Mom in her years of hardship. We get ourselves through the day. QUOTE I have not cleary knoe my purpose... we all dont knoe our purpose... I know mine: to live. Remember that living is a great endeavor of exploration, not just a something so simple like eating and sleeping. QUOTE we will never knoe our purpose until we think bot it and go through it... we cant tell the future remember that!! God knows everything... it's like God is writing a future diary for us... lols. Lets say that God did write something for each of us, that means that we were destined to be who we are today? Is there no changing God's will? |
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