The Meaning of Life

[Muiä]

I have had this thought, that from the beginning of time, things from the tiniest molecules have combined into more complex substances which in turn created things that became the building blocks of life under the right conditions. Then life continued to evolve into more complex things which then brought about us humans with consciousness. The meaning of life is the passing of time, which is also the same as things becoming more complex. So the meaning of life is for things to grow more complex over time. We just happen to be aware of this process and because we have evolved to only see certain things (such as only being able to see into the visible light spectrum) we try to give meanings but we can only see so much. We created meaning. There is no beginning or end because we are limited to what we can see, so we may never know in our understanding of the world around us. Just experience growth whilst time passes by.

[BotanicalMedley]

(Continued from my first post)

And the meaning of life, also, is to feel the Singularity, and to understand that there is only love in it.

[Human No More]

Many (I would contest the 'most') were at least publicly so because it is only in the last century that freethinking has been considered socially acceptable.

[Ashen Key]

Originally Posted by Human No More

Many (I would contest the 'most') were at least publicly so because it is only in the last century that freethinking has been considered socially acceptable.

*long. blink* I'm a student of history, thank you very much, I KNOW that it could be fatal to publish certain ideas in certain times. Having faith in a deity by no means hinders scientific thought as a matter of course. Some people are just inclined to go 'this is too big, we can't understand this', scientists and laypeople both. Take a look at reactions to where quantum physics is headed - there are a lot of the physicists involved going 'we can't understand this'.

Also look at all the times where science and knowledge has been wedded with religion - all those monuments aligned with stars. Religion can be used to hinder, to celebrate ignorance - and this only increases when the religion itself is feeling stressed, like during the Reformation. But I wouldn't say that it's going to follow on that religion and a belief in a deity = shunning knowledge.

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

i am still trying to answer this question, after 33 years on this planet. i spent 4 years in the service, and am now in my third job of a longer-than-6 months duration, and all i do is wage-slave to pay taxes, eat, fix my car, buy clothes and stuff, and pretty much wash, rinse, and repeat. isn't there some deeper purpose to this existence?!

there are literally countless trillions of stars, planets, constellations, moons, asteroid belts, black holes, nebulas, comets, galaxies, and here i sit, slaving away at my crappy job for a few paper scraps, and i...we...will never see this universe. at least not with these carbon-based eyes.