From a Christian Perspective: What is the point of life?
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To prepare for death.\n\nSad isn't it?
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Have you ever thought there must be something more to life than just living day to day?\n\nThere is much more. Your life has a divine purpose.\n\nGod, your Heavenly Father, has prepared a marvelous plan for your happiness. When you realize that God has a plan for you, it is easier to understand why you are on this earth. God wants all of His children to progress and become more like Him. This time on Earth provides opportunities for you to grow and progress. Coming here allows you to Receive a physical body, Exercise agency and learn to choose between good and evil, & Learn and gain experience that will help you become more like your Heavenly Father.\n\nBy following our Heavenly Father’s plan, you—like all of His children—can someday return to live with Him and with your loved ones. You can have greater peace in this life and eternal joy in the life to come.
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for me, life is happy!!! b coz god gave me this kind of life!!!!! & you also must enjoy it coz life is too short, you dont know when your going to die, or you dont know when wou;d you die!!!!
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I agree about that.Christian life is the life of Christ in man and man in Christ..why i say there,because Christian it's mean where Christ live in man and man live in Christ,those believe the Christ....GOD IS GOOD,FOR ALL THE TIMES.........
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everyone and their dog asks this question. except most of the time, it's worded as "what's the meaning of life?". this is just my opinion, but I believe it's for everypne to figure out for themselves. everyone views life differently, and no one would agree on the same exact thing. for some, it's to get rich, and others, to raise a family. there's more than a million different things one could come up with that they think is the purpose of life. just experience it for yourself and you decide what the purpose of YOUR life is. that's all I can suggest.
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The purpose of life is a life of purpose.
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This question, "What is the meaning and purpose of life?" has the same answer that I am now giving you.\n\nThe meaning and purpose of life is to be happy by also making others happy in the best way possible, but that means by doing the right thing. Sometimes people are not happy because of what is going on in their families and what is going on around them, but just by giving love to the people that surround us and seeing them be happy is enough for me. Sure I am sad at many times and there are a lot of times when I think people don't love me, but I just want to see a better world someday. I think everyone has a purpose in life, for example a teacher's purpose is to teach, Mother Theresa's purpose was to help the poor, it really depends on what you find makes you and others happy. Everyone has a purpose in life, it's just that sometimes it may take longer for some people to find what their purpose is. If you have not found your purpose, keep looking, don't give up, there's a purpose out there for you. ;0)
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If you know Jesus and have a relationship with Him, life is an adventure filled with joy, meaning, and purpose.\n\nIf you do not know Jesus and you live life just to live it then you have to face the fact that your life is completely meaningless.  Some may say that they will leave a "legacy" or live for their family and friends, but what about 8,000 years from now? Will your life still have mattered? Nobody will know or care what you did...I'm not trying to sound offensive or anything like it, I'm telling the truth...think about it...8,000 years from now...will your knowledge matter then?
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To follow God and try to follow his instructions (the bible) to get to heaven. Thats what I know. The point of living on earth is to bring others to Christ so they can come to heaven with you! :)
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I wasn't a Christian before I knew God. \n\nLife then was miserable. This is how it was back then.....\n\nWell, even though not knowing God, life goes on as usual. The only thing is that the way I look at things.\n\nMy Perspective:\n1. I trust no one. Everyone is suspicious and could be up to no good.\n2. I love no one but only myself. Because why should I love others or give to others? What good does that benefit me?\n3. I hate and I really hate. Hatred lingers all around. For each time I am being hurt, it is burst out and it lingers for a long as I can remember.\n4. I seek for revenge and destruction. For it is my only means of protection. It is the only way I know how to defend myself for nobody loves me, nobody cares for me and I only have myself to rely on.\n5. Justice and fairness does not exist. There is no honesty and trust. Only I myself can win in all things. For only I can steal and take things away from others but others cannot take away things from me.\n6. Fun means cruelty and at the expense of other's pain.\n7. Peace and love? What's that? Never heard of and I believe it never exist. Only to the imagination of others.\n8. Money and material things reign! If you have money, you are everything. You can even be like God.\n\nAnswers to your questions:\n1. What will happen to self esteem, self worth, self perception?\nNothing happened. Self remain the highest place of existence.\n\n2. Is life worth living?\nYes, life is worth living at the expense of others. I mean life is to make money and to become powerful. So, each time you feel sad, just get somebody to be bullied, to be hurt, to be insulted. Next, get something to numb the senses or the bitterness such as (e.g drugs, alcohol, excessive behaviour like gambling, racing...etc.)\n\n3. will you be depressed and confused?\nYou see, there are those who can actually live life without God. There are religions out there that doesn't have the element of God. Therefore, they deny their senses, deny their pain, deny anything and everything. So, there are those who can actually cope with their without being confused and depressed. There are those who place wealth and wordly achievement as their "god".\n\nBut now that I know about Christianity, I believe that religion is the only means to keep a crazy world sane.
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Life is being or existing in a constant state of mind and body.  The purpose of life varies based upon beliefs.  To some it is to be judged, to others it is to become one with the world, and for others life has no purpose, they exist and do the best they can.
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Here it is folks today's version of "what is the purpose of Life"... I just knew we would get through the day without one.. \nSorry about the tirade...\nOk, The meaning of life is... Drum roll....\n\nEnough being silly..  There is nothing anywhere more important than love. So the meaning of life is to Love and to be loved...   Jim
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Life is a test. God puts us on this earth to see how we will stand up to trials and testing. God wants to see how we develop our character, and He wants to see how we develop in Christ. God has a purpose for each and every one of us, and it differs from person to person. It depends on the strengths and giftings that He has given us. It is important to note that our purpose here will never be boring! God knows our interests, He created them! And He will use them to accomplish His purpose! He has something fun and exciting stored up for each and every one of us! So, our main purpose  is to obtain Christ like character, that is, become like Jesus. However, in terms of your individual purpose, think about the thing that you are most passionate about. My passion is working with children, and I know that my purpose in life is to teach the little ones about the love of Christ. I told you this as an example, so you can begin to think about yours. Pray about it, get into the Word, meditate on it. The answer will come to you in due time. Remember, this will be God's timing, not yours. God's timing is not always in line with ours, so be patient and wait for Him. Trust Him, He will reveal it to you. God bless!\n\nHere is a book that I recommend you read: The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. It will give you a sense of where you need to go. Great book!
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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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we each have our own purposes for being on earth.  for instance if you were to kill your self and please dont,  but hypothetically it will throw of the balance that god intented.  that is why you go staight to hell without passing go and without collecting 2 hundred dollars.  your purpose for being here could just to be a parent or influence someone to create the cure for cancer or to help lead some people to god.  if you arent there for that what would happen would change.  think about scrooge he saw what his life could have been,  who he effected i belive we all have our purpose,  and we propably wont figure it out until we are gone. ps. geznaks purpose of being here is to be a nusence
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I have been a Christian for 18 years, I'm 51 years old. #1 That I could be loved (after years of abuse).#2 That God will be there when you need him. When my vary abusive parents were dying I went home and forgave them and reconciled with them. Believe Me the strength to do that ,came only from GOD. Praise Jesus. I think the purpose in life is to praise God both in spirit and with our lives. Remember the fight is Gods we serve no purpose telling people they are goimg to hell. When the time comes when God wants you to answer questions He will give you the answers. Until then treat every one with love.
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I find it very depressing.  Without a God, there is no absolute moral standard.  The only morals are what people and society "feel" is right or wrong, which change with every generation.  Also, if there were no God, and after we die there is nothing...then what is the point of life?  Why not just run out and murder and rape and do whatever you feel like?  Very good question.  I'm glad I am assured that I have eternal life thanks to my Savior Jesus Christ, and that I have an absolute moral standard to live by...the Bible.