Is the purpose of life to spread your DNA far and wide.

[Autumnleaf]

To have as many babies with as many desirable men or women as possible? Or is it something else?

 

[platzapS]

There is no official One True Purpose. You make your own. Some of those "purposes" may be immoral, however, because they might hurt other people. Your example might cause suffering if it encourages cheating on your spouse or rape, so it probably wouldn't be a good one to choose.

 

[Everlasting33]

That is not my purpose. I do not wish to have children. My purpose is simply to live my life the best I can, to positively impact others, and to die knowing I lived my life to the fullest.

 

[Gishin]

That is actually the sole purpose of a virus.

 

[Autumnleaf]

That is actually the sole purpose of a virus.

Are we so different or do we lie to ourselves?

 

[aotn]

To have as many babies with as many desirable men or women as possible?

Are you advocating polygamy? 'Cause that's illegal.

 

[ReverendDG]

To have as many babies with as many desirable men or women as possible? Or is it something else?

life is what you make of it. if this is your goal then go for it.
i don't consider this my goal in life though

 

[stan1980]

Are you advocating polygamy? 'Cause that's illegal.

I didn't hear anyone mention marriage, so no, what he was describing isn't illegal.

 

[quatona]

To have as many babies with as many desirable men or women as possible? Or is it something else?

It´s not one of the purposes I have given to my life.

 

[Khameo]

To have as many babies with as many desirable men or women as possible? Or is it something else?

Is the purpose of your life to make as many insipid threads as possible?

 

[God-free]

To have as many babies with as many desirable men or women as possible? Or is it something else?

Are you defining 'purpose' as the reason that life forms replicate/reproduce? If so, that's easy. It's a genetic survival trait. Life forms must replicate in order for species to continue. Our genes drive us to do this. Some species will mate indiscriminately while others will be selective.

 

[Spherical Time]

To ask if something specific is the purpose of life presupposes that there is only one universal purpose to all life.

The nice point, even ceded by your Christianity as I understand it, is that humanity has reached a point where we have the ability to choose our own meaning of life.

As such, the purpose of my own life has absolutely nothing to do with spreading my DNA far and wide.

 

[karisma]

Biologically yes, that is the purpose.

 

[HannahBanana]

It sure isn't the purpose of my life. The purpose of my life is to overcome my many various psychological disorders. Thanks for assuming that I was nothing but a broodmare, though. It really means a lot to me that you see me as nothing but a walking uterus.

 

[God-free]

Autumnleaf,

Your OP, as I understand it, asks specifically if "the purpose of life" is reproduction. Others here seem to think you're asking about the purpose that individuals have given to their own lives. Would you clear this up for us, please?

~Barb

 

[Spherical Time]

Autumnleaf,

Your OP, as I understand it, asks specifically if "the purpose of life" is reproduction. Others here seem to think you're asking about the purpose that individuals have given to their own lives. Would you clear this up for us, please?

~Barb

Regardless of which he intended, both have already been answered.

 

[God-free]

Regardless of which he intended, both have already been answered.

True. But one is on topic and the other off topic. Why should anyone answer a question that wasn't asked?

 

[Verv]

Everyone ascribes purpose to their lives -- even those who do not believe in God generally go above the view of hedonism. I am not sure why, exactly, as I would see a certainly frivolous nature to our effort and our struggle if there was nothing at the end of the tunnel but a dead end.

If I did not believe in religion I think hedonism would be one of the only ways to go, really.

 

[quatona]

Everyone ascribes purpose to their lives -- even those who do not believe in God generally go above the view of hedonism.

Hedonists ascribe purpose to their lives, too.
(And, to get back on topic, this purpose is typically not to spread their DNA as widely as possible.)

 

[God-free]

Everyone ascribes purpose to their lives -- even those who do not believe in God generally go above the view of hedonism. I am not sure why, exactly, as I would see a certainly frivolous nature to our effort and our struggle if there was nothing at the end of the tunnel but a dead end.

If I did not believe in religion I think hedonism would be one of the only ways to go, really.

(emphasis mine)

Just as I am now, I would be happy to have you living in whatever way you like as long as you harmed no-one else in doing so.