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Soph0571

(9,685 posts) Sun Feb 17, 2019, 07:55 AM Feb 2019

Why are we here? [View all]

A philosophical question for a Sunday afternoon! Why are we here? What is our purpose?
Collectively as mankind and as individuals what it the meaning behind us being on Planet Earth? What compels us to do what we do? What gives us hope to continue when all around us awful things are happening? What is the point? Why do we struggle so hard to stay here?
What does being alive mean to you?

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Why are we here? [View all] Soph0571 Feb 2019 OP

Someone knows. akraven Feb 2019 #1

Sad but compelling image. democratisphere Feb 2019 #7

God does exist. The thing, though, is that God is not an... TreasonousBastard Feb 2019 #2

See for example The Iliad. Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #11

okay... handmade34 Feb 2019 #3

No hurry safeinOhio Feb 2019 #4

No reason Cartoonist Feb 2019 #5

42. marylandblue Feb 2019 #15

Why are we here? Great question. democratisphere Feb 2019 #6

Reproductive Biology. That's why I'm here. MineralMan Feb 2019 #8

Agreed. I find it interesting how hard some folks (not a knock!) find the concept of there being NO mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #12

Well, it's simpler to just believe that we are here for a reason than MineralMan Feb 2019 #13

... Major Nikon Feb 2019 #17

LOL! MineralMan Feb 2019 #20

We decide why we are here... NeoGreen Feb 2019 #9

Why do you think there has to be a purpose? Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #10

No purpose except that we give ourselves... uriel1972 Feb 2019 #14

... Major Nikon Feb 2019 #16

Where are you? guillaumeb Feb 2019 #18

Somewhere with an internet connection. MineralMan Feb 2019 #19

You are not the "you" to whom I addressed the question. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #23

So? I replied to the question anyhow. MineralMan Feb 2019 #24

Are you the same person who wrote "this software has reached an unexpected error?" marylandblue Feb 2019 #25

Speaking for myself, I just haven't figured out how to be somewhere else struggle4progress Feb 2019 #21

why is it edhopper Feb 2019 #22

The inner purpose of all human beings is to awaken. Awaakening being the shift in c-rational Feb 2019 #26