What is the purpose of life?

[DrvFrShow]

Wow, 13 pages. What is the purpose of life has devolved into a discussion of religion.

Well scientists have all but confirmed that this entire mess started with the Big Bang. Now, what made the Big Bang start is an entirely different matter. Some people will say that a supreme being or God created it. Others will say "then who or what made God?" We have a chicken or the egg dilemma.

Now I have an idea of what really happened . See God was in heaven and her son Biff had a chemistry set and he was playing around with it. She'd been yelling at him to be careful with the adamatium blocks and to keep them away from the octanitrocubane. Adamantium was the densest element ever and had infinite mass. Well Biff was kind of a klutz, and while being real careful, he set the adamantium on the floor so it wouldn't drop off the lab bench, but he put the octanitrocubane on the edge of the bench. He was doing an experiment with the latter and had detonators wired up to it when Mom called him to dinner where they were having sacrificial lamb carved up by seraphim. It was then that Biff knocked the explosive off the lab bench and it fell on top of the adamantium and in the process of stumbling to catch it he knocked the detonator off the bench and it landed on the floor, button side down setting off the explosion at the exact moment that the octanitrocubane came in contact with the adamantium, thus creating the Big Bang and the mess we have today.

The explosion tore a hole in the space-time continuum and created the universe, and there was no cleaning up the mess. There was matter, dark matter, and dark energy, and light energy, and all of the subatomic particles one could imagine. The dark matter and dark energy made things really hard because no one could see it. God was left pondering whether to let it burn itself out, or to eventually turn on the vacuum and suck it all back through the original hole. But then they discovered that there were little tiny creatures living on some of the little tiny specks in this mess. Did this mess actually have consciousness? That was the dilemma, and if it did it would be unethical for them to interfere with it in any manner.

This was eventually confirmed, and it was determined that the consciousness was doing a good enough job interfering with itself that interfering with it would be redundant. Therefore it was decided to let the entire mess burn itself out and make the decision of what to do with it at that point in time.

So the purpose of life: Life is short. Be excellent to one another.

Blasphemer! I covered about every religion on the Earth. I think I even blasphemed rational scientific thought.

[Mr. Desmond]

Gentlemen, it all comes down to love.

The problem is ignorance/fear ....  or evil.

So love while protecting yourself from evil.

[JonMA1]

  DrvFrShow said:

Now I have an idea of what really happened. See God was in heaven and her son Biff had a chemistry set and he was playing around with it. She'd been yelling at him to be careful with the adamatium blocks and to keep them away from the octanitrocubane. Adamantium was the densest element ever and had infinite mass....

Julia, you have your theories... errr, facts all messed up. It was unobtaimium not adamantium. Geesh!

[RGoosen]

  No Mulligans said:

To believe in God takes faith in something that can't be proved. To believe their isn't a God also takes faith in something that can't be proved.

+1 I tried that logic before, but no one really seemed to pay it much attention. I honestly believe atheist and Christians can have healthy discussions on religion, but this thread obviously isn't it. This thread went to hell early on. :)

[MyrtleBeachGolf]

  Ernest Jones said:

This thread needs more Yoga pants to lighten up the mood a little. You're welcome.

Given the decor of that room, I may question the age of the 'model' in that photo.

[Valleygolfer]

  MyrtleBeachGolf said:

Given the decor of that room, I may question the age of the 'model' in that photo.

I think you are thinking too much...

[Ernest Jones]

  MyrtleBeachGolf said:

Given the decor of that room, I may question the age of the 'model' in that photo.

[MyrtleBeachGolf]

  Ernest Jones said:

Lol. My bad.

[Golfingdad]

  DrvFrShow said:

So the purpose of life: Life is short. Be excellent to one another.

Could not agree more.  If all religion (and non religion) was wiped away and everybody subscribed to this one, we'd all be in a great place.  Amen.

  Mr. Desmond said:

Gentlemen, it all comes down to love.

Good sentiment but, ahem, there are ladies here too.  (At least one)

[boogielicious]

  Golfingdad said:

[QUOTE name="DrvFrShow" url="/t/84340/what-is-the-purpose-of-life/210_30#post_1199269"]   So the purpose of life: Life is short. Be excellent to one another. [/QUOTE] Could not agree more.  If all religion (and non religion) was wiped away and everybody subscribed to this one, we'd all be in a great place.  Amen. [QUOTE name="Mr. Desmond" url="/t/84340/what-is-the-purpose-of-life/210_30#post_1199277"]   Gentlemen, it all comes down to love. [/QUOTE] Good sentiment but, ahem, there are ladies here too.  (At least one) :-P

Bill and Ted would say, "Most excellent." "All you need is Love" - Lennon and McCartney

[Gator Hazard]

Exactly. I took more notice of the slight amount of perspiration on the pants. "Drink Bootie Sweat!!!!"

[Gator Hazard]

  Valleygolfer said:

I think you are thinking too much...

[Mr. Desmond]

  Golfingdad said:

Could not agree more.  If all religion (and non religion) was wiped away and everybody subscribed to this one, we'd all be in a great place.  Amen.

Good sentiment but, ahem, there are ladies here too.  (At least one)

I just noticed that ... and we've got yoga pants in here ... oy very.

But my post is not meant as a sentiment ... it boils down life to an essence. I think we have two forces in life ... love versus ignorance/fear .... good versus evil so to speak.

Make a choice....  of course, we fail in little things on a daily basis. But does one recognize, learn, and go forward in love?

To use a religious example, I think of Christ. Whether you believe he existed or not, the example is one of love.

[mmoan2]

You yourself have provided two examples of phenomena that could suppose a being of miraculous power created the universe as you know it. Continue to deconstruct the mechanics of both systems asking why they function that way and you will inevitably end up with "because that's just the way it is." You keep asking for proof of biblical parables where there is none. Only fundamentalists have fallen back on believing the miracles of the bible. Modern Christianity since 1900 has eschewed biblical scholarship for a more pantheistic, philosophical notion of God. How are they more miraculous than the digestive system of a cow or the optic nerve of a cat? We await proof of the talking snakes, dead men walking and virgin mothers. [/quote]

[rkim291968]

  Mr. Desmond said:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Golfingdad

Could not agree more.  If all religion (and non religion) was wiped away and everybody subscribed to this one, we'd all be in a great place.  Amen.

Good sentiment but, ahem, there are ladies here too.  (At least one)

I just noticed that ... and we've got yoga pants in here ... oy very.

But my post is not meant as a sentiment ... it boils down life to an essence. I think we have two forces in life ... love versus ignorance/fear .... good versus evil so to speak.

Make a choice....  of course, we fail in little things on a daily basis. But does one recognize, learn, and go forward in love?

To use a religious example, I think of Christ. Whether you believe he existed or not, the example is one of love.

Love is overrated.  Having the most fun before I die is my goal.   A bit hedonistic approach but I need to make up for the time lost.

[turtleback]

  RGoosen said:

Quote:

Originally Posted by No Mulligans

To believe in God takes faith in something that can't be proved.

To believe their isn't a God also takes faith in something that can't be proved.

+1

I tried that logic before, but no one really seemed to pay it much attention. I honestly believe atheist and Christians can have healthy discussions on religion, but this thread obviously isn't it.

This thread went to hell early on. :)

And it is pretty clear why.

[Duff McGee]

  turtleback said:

And it is pretty clear why.

This meme just about sums this entire thread up......well I guess half of it is about yoga pants so maybe not.

[Ernest Jones]

  Duff McGee said:

This meme just about sums this entire thread up......well I guess half of it is about yoga pants so maybe not.

I think this one is way better.