Does there have to be a point to life?
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You'd be surprised how good it feels when you realize that life has absolutely no point whatsoever, except to make the most of it.
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Does it have to be the truth?
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THERE IS NO POINT IN LIVING. That's right, there is no meaning, no aim, and it doesn't end with death. When you die, you won't go to heaven, nor to hell, but you will be born again, instantly. And not to a different life, but to this self-same life, equally aim- and meaningless. There is no escape. The only thing that can justify your life is JOY (the feeling of power).\n\nEDIT:\n\nWhen I wrote the above, I did not know that you were only 12. I was a bit irritated by your question, but perhaps this was by something I read into it. The thing is that I am fed up with people who use the implications of an idea - for instance, that it berefts life of meaning, or that it undermines morality - against the idea itself, e.g., "it must be false, because otherwise life would have no meaning", or "because otherwise there would be no responsibility". These are emotional arguments - arguments that apply to one's "humaneness". But I have repudiated humaneness. - Man is something that must be overcome.\n\nEDIT 2:\n\nAs for the procreation question, I tend to symbolise this with the Indian reincarnation theory. Procreation is reincarnation in the literal sense, as the parents' genes "become flesh again" (this is the literal meaning of "reincarnation") in their child(ren). This is rebirth in the literal sense. In India, however, the goal of such rebirths is to eventually produce a child who does not need to procreate because it is self-realised: "What is the point of offspring to him whose soul is the world?" This child, who is the goal of the reincarnation process, does not, like his ancestors, posit the goal of his life *beyond* himself; his goal is the joyful affirmation of himself, and thereby, of existence itself. He is the link that justifies the whole chain. I believe that Jesus - the real, historical Jesus, who I believe was Julius Caesar - was such a justification of existence. This is, I believe, the psychological reason why he was posited as a *goal* for other people to strive for: so that they could, eventually, in the course of many generations, produce a child who would likewise justify existence.
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What if you found out what the point is?  What if you found out the meaning of life? Wuuld you be satisfied?  nope.  You wouldn't.  We are never satisfied.\n\nWe deal with those things because as living creatures is our nature to stay alive.  The the thought of losing a life is usually a lot worse than anything else.
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There is no "reason" for living.  The reason that you live is for whatever you choose it to be.
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There isn't a true meaning of life, any more than there is a true meaning of rocks, or a true meaning of gravity.\n\nThis is not the same thing as saying life is pointless or worthless. It's what you aim for that counts - as the saying goes, shoot for the moon, and even if you miss you reach the stars. You have to agree with yourself which aims make sense, where you want to go - nobody can do this for you, they won't be the right ones. For me, coming to terms with the fact I can't do everything was the first step towards realising I can do something. \n\nMay you work out what your own personal something is, and exceed it!
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I live to experience life..not to have fun, or work, or love, just to experience the wonders of it...\nAre you still here? If not...sorry you misunderstood your purpose for living...it is/was just an adventure, nothing more, nothing less...
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to live life itself...
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Why is not the point....you must do something to remedy the situation.\n\nAction is the antidote to despair.--Joan Baez
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There is no meaning to life. Accepting this is very liberating.\nThen you can adopt a pragmatic view of life -- set goals based on your own criteria and realize that thought and behaviour is social convention. If this is true, then the meaning one creates in one's life would be very different from one individual to another.
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Why does there have to be a purpose? Just live your life the best way you can, try to be happy and not hurt other people, abide by the law of the land. Don't over analyse.
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I think we have first the abiity to choose. What good would it do to have options if we didn't know what to do with them? And yes, I think things need a "reference point" so to speak in order to "exist." Yet when God created the world He created everything else before he created man. Maybe this question is not as simple as it seemed when I first read it. Oh dear.
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Life is not pointless. You werent born and put here for no reason. Ending your life would only be taking the easy route, instead of striving to find that something that adds to the world around you. \n\nEven if you were without a loving family, or without a living relative, without a friend or love, even if you were without those things it doesnt mean that you wont at some point touch the life of another person, and change their world.\n\nThere are hundreds of thousands of children and people who die everyday, people who never got the chance to live, or people who desired to life a full life. They die because they dont have anyone to protect them, to love them, to feed/clothe, or care for them. Theres a whole world beyond your window waiting for your two hands to make a difference.\n\nEven if you dislike people there is always nature, there are animals in similar circumstances, plants that need planting, gardens that need tending, bugs that need... collecting.\n\nThere must be something that you enjoy, or else you would not be miserable. You can only be miserable if you are deprived of the thing(s) that make you happy. SO ask yourself what you enjoy, and find a way to help other people either enjoy it with you, or help them find something they enjoy. thats always a start.
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Yes\nL if e\nWithout if, there is no life.
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I think that's like a "what's the meaning of life" question - it really can't be answered so just worry about how to live your life before you die, what's going to happen afterwards is a mystery and I think should be looked upon as an adventure that you never know where it's going to end up.
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None at all.  When you're dead, you're dead.  It's best to make the most of your life, because it's all you get.
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Each person's life is their own. What your life is about is an adventure only you can explore. Each of us must seek this answer in our own way. There is a purpose for everyone whether it be grand or mundane, there is an answer to this question. Search for it, find it and live it!