What is the point?

[Lonnie]

To everyone (theists and atheists alike).

Why do you bother living on?

Why should(or do) you care if you dead or alive?

Why should(or do) you care if you are happy, or sad?

Why enjoy life?

Just wondering what your replys might be.

Thanks

 

[Alecto]

As an ex-Athiest, I wonder if I might reply. Life for the sake of life. Life and its experiences. You dont need to believe in a god to enjoy life.

I must say Im a little perturbed at the rather....scathing atitude towards Athiests your post conveys

 

[Lonnie]

As an ex-Athiest, I wonder if I might reply. Life for the sake of life. Life and its experiences. You dont need to believe in a god to enjoy life.

I must say Im a little perturbed at the rather....scathing atitude towards Athiests your post conveys

Sorry, I did not mean to have any scathing attitude towards atheists. So I fixxed my post.

 

[Alecto]

Sorry, I did not mean to have any scathing attitude towards atheists. So I fixxed my post.

Thank you.

 

[marblehead]

I'm not going to waste away my life just because I don't have a religion. There's a very good chance that this is the only try at life we get so I want to experience, learn and enjoy as much as I can. The meaning of life is life.

 

[psychedelicist]

I keep living because in my opinion, death sounds so much more boring. Why care if I live or die? Because I still have certain things I want to accomplish/experience before I go. On the other hand, death might not be so bad. I'm simply returning to the universe I came out of.

 

[ChrisLockhart]

The amount of time we have after death, which I figure to be somewhere near infinity is a rather long time in comparison to the 72 (give or take) years that we have in this life. I don't see any need to rush it, especially when there are so many things, people, events and emotions, that one can experience here on Earth. I guess a lot of it has to do with being a part of society, for me.. as long as I'm here there's always something I CAN contribute in some way or another (good, bad or otherwise)

As for me personally, having a son is the most important reason I could ever need.. but even before I was a father, suicide seemed such a foolish move. Then again, I never give up. If always figure, no matter how bad things may seem, there's always some combination that can get me out of it in some way. And besides, life is worth living, just cuz.

 

[Eudaimonist]

Why do you bother living on?

Because I'm not being tortured in a concentration camp. Only in that sort of circumstance would I even consider suicide. I'm a very non-suicidal person, and was non-suicidal even when I was a teenager.

Generally speaking, I see my life as worthwhile. My brief time alive is precious. My life is sacred to me.

Why should(or do) you care if you dead or alive?

My life is my very existence. It matters to me in a fundamental way. Why wouldn't I care about the issue?

Why should(or do) you care if you are happy, or sad?

I have to live with that happiness or sadness, don't I? Also, I care for the same reason I care if I take vitamins or not -- because I want what's good for me. Why? Because what is good nourishes my life. Why care about that? See above.

Why enjoy life?

Because life can be enjoyable. Why enjoy chocolate? Why enjoy a personal achievement? Why enjoy the smile of a loved one? Because these are enjoyable.

 

[Madcoil]

I am going to live forever.

 

[The Seeker]

To everyone (theists and atheists alike).

Why do you bother living on?

Why should(or do) you care if you dead or alive?

Why should(or do) you care if you are happy, or sad?

Why enjoy life?

Just wondering what your replys might be.

Thanks

Because life is all I have. We only get one chance at life and I may as well make the best of it.

 

[Green Man]

Why enjoy life?

Why shouldn't we??

 

[truthmonger89]

Do you remember what it was like before you were born? I don't know about you, but things were pretty boring for me back before I was alive, so I tend to view life like it's a vacation from death, and I want to enjoy my vacation as much as possible because I don't think I'll ever get another one.

 

[Lonnie]

Now here is a another question, why do we have these feelings?

Why do we have the desire to live, and enjoy life(Like the reasons you posted)?

Everyone seems to have these desires to live, and enjoy life.
Otherwise, you would probably would not care if you where in a consentration camp, being starved, and tortured.

 

[Spinrad]

To everyone (theists and atheists alike).

Why do you bother living on?

Why should(or do) you care if you dead or alive?

Why should(or do) you care if you are happy, or sad?

Why enjoy life?

Just wondering what your replys might be.

Thanks

I don't know.

 

[Illuminatus]

Why do you bother living on?

Why not?

Why should(or do) you care if you dead or alive?

It's somewhat odd, but in a way, I don't care all that much. My sense of self-preservation seems to be lower than the average. I'd have no problem throwing myself in front of a bullet to save someone else, for example.

Why should(or do) you care if you are happy, or sad?

Why do I not shove my hand into open flames?

Why enjoy life?

Why not?

 

[Eudaimonist]

Why do we have the desire to live, and enjoy life(Like the reasons you posted)?

The human species would have gone extinct long ago if we were naturally ambivalent about survival. One can expect that individuals with a strong natural desire to survive would pass on those genes to future generations.

 

[truthmonger89]

Now here is a another question, why do we have these feelings?

Why do we have the desire to live, and enjoy life(Like the reasons you posted)?

Everyone seems to have these desires to live, and enjoy life.
Otherwise, you would probably would not care if you where in a consentration camp, being starved, and tortured.

Let me guess, next you're going to tell us that happiness is a gift from the invisible man in the sky, and since people are happy, that proves there's an invisible man in the sky. Hmm... if the ancient Greeks enjoyed life, does that prove that Zeus, Poseidon, and Hera exist? If the ancient Aztecs enjoyed life, does that prove that Ometeotl and Quetzalcoatl exist? Since there are so many happy Hindus, does that prove that reincarnation is true? Reincarnation sounds great, I would love to have a few more vacations from death. Maybe I should convert. Does believing that reincarnation is true actually make it true? Does believing there's an invisible man in the sky make it true?

 

[nadroj1985]

I decided that nothing in life matters.

Quickly afterward, I realized that this statement itself didn't matter either.

So, I keep living for the hell of it, just to see what happens next.

 

[Lonnie]

So not one of us know why we have the urge to live(and everything we do in "Life"). Is this correct?

 

[truthmonger89]

So not one of us know why we have the urge to live(and everything we do in "Life"). Is this correct?

No.,I know why I have the urge to live. I have the urge to live simply because I am alive and do not want to be dead.