What is the meaning of life?
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the meaning of life is all about communication and accepting people for who and what they are. life should be connected and fun, not always serious..it should be meaningful and with substance!  the meaning of life is not about how much money we make. we are all stars and we should not be put down to a lower grade from the movie stars and musicians! we are all the same and we all live under this dixie cup we call the world!
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There is NO meaning of life. \n\nThis is a tipycal 'human' question, with a religious, metaphysical or morale sign. \n\nlet's take, for example, the answers given until now: \n\n- "The meaning of life is to be able to say at the end that the world is better off for your having been part of it."\nHow do define "better"??? Do you think some presidents don't think they are doing all they can to make this world a better (safer) place? Even when these people are destroying the planet, they believe, based on their values, they are doing something good (well, it is definitely good for their vice-presidents, but that's another story). Also, who do you think you are to determine if the world is a better place just because you passed by it? Our lives (average 75 years) are less than a second if put into perspective with the Earth's age... we are less relevant than a mosquito (individually, because as a group, humans are going to destroy the planet, which is also irrelevant, because there's no 'superior' being that would care about humans disappearing --as nobody cared when the dodos (a bird) disappeared).\n\n- "Well with most species it is to live to reproduce and continue your species... But I don't think that's what God has in mind." \nOf course this answer is ironical (good) when mentioning god, but also establishes that the meaning of life is to reproduce... While you can find a lot of pleasure in the process, defining it as the "meaning" shows you have the intention of finding a "plan" or a "mission"... and I think this is a metaphysical approach. But I tend to find the fight for food and reproduction as the main motors of everything that is alive (not the meaning of life, though).\n\n- "in a religious way, to pray for God..."\nNo comments. Obviously a human/intellectual/metaphysical approach to the question. God is an intellectual invention of men. \n\nsince men are conscious animals, they have the magical thinking that there must be a reason to be here. There is no 'reason'. If you think there is one, you would be accepting that there is a 'meaning', and then you would be having a religious position.\n\n- best answer for me: 42. This was Monty Python, right? hillarious!\n\nwhat do I know?
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The purpose of life is to help the less fortunate and raise children, and to behave in a truthful and ethical manner.\n\nTherefore the meaning of life is to understand how to enhance the quality of life of others, and to do so.
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you mean what is the meaning of life on earth?  what is our purpose? who knows, and why does it matter anyway?  \n\nIt's nice to ponder on such things, but we don't actually NEED all the answers in life to live a fulfilling happy existence anyway.
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I just figured this one out a few months ago.  There is NO meaning of life.  It simply IS.
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life. To give life. I think thats the meaning of life or whatever is most important to you thats the meaning of life to you.
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For the Monty Python film see The Meaning of Life\nThe philosophical question "What is the meaning of life?" means different things to different people. The vagueness of the query is inherent in the word "meaning", which opens the question to many interpretations, such as: "What is the origin of life?", "What is the nature of life (and of the universe in which we live)?", "What is the significance of life?", "What is valuable in life?", and "What is the purpose of, or in, (one's) life?". These questions have resulted in a wide range of competing answers and arguments, from scientific theories, to philosophical, theological, and spiritual explanations.\n\nBottom line for me is that we are here and we should do the best that we can with whatever choices we make, the roads we travel and the experiences we are given.  While I believe in God, NO ONE REALLY KNOWS what any of this means, until they pass on.  There hasn't been any one who has died and come back to tell us all about it, so we won't know until we go there ourselves.
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The meaning of life is to fufill your purpose. It could be encouraging people, or finding a cure that could save millions of lives. But the ultimate goal is to tell the world about Jesus Christ, and that all who call upon His name will be saved. Find a cool church/youth group and speak with a hard-core Bible believin' Jesus freak (like myself) if you wanna know more about it... OR feel free to talk to me! Take Care!
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the meaning of life....\nthe reason we live....\nis only to die
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the meaning of life ...thats u must believe in ONE GOD/ALLAH\nand be close to him .\n\nand do all the good things for ur self and others and the life ... and sure show RESPECT FOR ALL what ever their believes .\n\nGod/Allah bless you
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and what is the meaning of life
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What is the meaning of life?\n\nOR\n\nWould you like fries with that? (ha ha)
305473
I think the meaning of life is enjoying everyday.  Humans do not have all the answers, and there are some things we wouldn't be able to wrap our minds around if we tried.
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The meaning of life is to create meaning!  The answer is in the question.  Life has no meaning unless you make something out of it.  Otherwise you are just a speck, on a speck, on a speck.  It all means nothing, unless you value it.  One mans garbage is another man's treasure.  \n\nAnd the great thing is, the more you value it, the more your life becomes meaningful, and valuable to others as well!  \n\nIt all begins by asking these simple yet profound abstract questions.  They all have answers.  But once you have one answer three more questions pop up.  Ask those too!\n\nMy destiny is to answer this question!
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The meaning of life is to always wonder about what might be the meaning of life. Its like a rat in one of those spinning circles..you just keep wondering and wondering but you never get anywhere
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http://www.answers.com/meaning%20of%20life\n\n\nWhat is the meaning of life?" is a question many people ask themselves at some point during their lives. Some people believe that the meaning of life is one or more of the following:\n\nSurvival and temporal success\n\n    * ...to accumulate wealth and increase social status\n    * ...to compete or co-operate with others\n    * ...to destroy others who harm you, or to practice nonviolence and nonresistance\n    * ...to protect one's family, no matter the cost\n    * ...to gain and exercise power\n    * ...to leave a legacy, such as a work of art or a book\n    * ...to produce offspring through sexual reproduction\n    * ...to seek freedom, either physically, mentally or financially\n    * ...to seek happiness and flourish, experience pleasure or celebrate\n    * ...to survive, including the pursuit of immortality through scientific means (see life extension)\n\nWisdom and knowledge\n\n    * ...to be without question, or to keep asking questions\n    * ...to explore, to expand beyond our frontiers\n    * ...to learn from one's own and others' mistakes\n    * ...to seek truth, knowledge, understanding, or wisdom\n    * ...to try to discover and understand the meaning of life\n    * ...to experience anything if not something in this world\n\nEthical\n\n    * ...to express compassion\n    * ...to live in peace with each other, and in harmony with our natural environment (see utopia)\n    * ...to give and receive love\n    * ...to seek and acquire virtue, to live a virtuous life\n    * ...to serve others, or do good deeds\n    * ...to work for justice and democracy\n\nReligious, spiritual and esoteric\n\n    * ...to achieve a supernatural connection within the natural context\n    * ...to achieve enlightenment and inner peace\n    * ...to become God, or God-like\n    * ...to experience existence from an infinite number of perspectives in order to expand the consciousness of all there is (i.e. God)\n    * ...to follow the "Golden Rule"\n    * ...to produce useful structure in the universe over and above consumption (see net creativity)\n    * ...to reach Heaven in the afterlife\n    * ...to understand and follow the "Word of God"\n    * ...to worship, serve, or achieve union with God\n\nOther\n\n    * ...to advance natural human evolution, or to contribute to the gene pool of the human race\n    * ...to advance technological evolution, or to actively develop the future human\n    * ...to contribute to collective meaning ("we" or "us") without having individual meaning ("I" or "me")\n    * ...to die, or become a martyr\n    * ...to find a purpose, a "reason" for living that hopefully raises the quality of one's experience of life, or even life in general\n    * ...to live, and enjoy the passage of time\n    * ...to protect humanity, or more generally the environment\n    * ...to pursue a dream, vision, or destiny\n    * ...to relate, connect, or achieve unity with others\n    * ...to seek and find beauty\n    * ...to simply live until one dies (there is no universal or celestial purpose)\n    * ...still some do not even think there is any purpose whatsoever
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Wow what a question!  well for myself the meaning of life is ----life is a learning experince, i believe we have many lifes and each one is to learn more. of course i believe in silvia browns teachings