Life!!

[Master Chief]

I see what you're saying. With regards to 'caring and love' being 'chump change', every penny counts when you have practically nothing. Not much but worth something.

Truuue true. But I look at the big picture and it's nothing. 100 years from now I won't be here, 200 years from now I probably won't even be remembered. lol. Billions of people around and [oh no, contradiction time ] every life is priceless. Sure you have people with problems, people who are beyooond messed up in the head and make bad choices and do sick things, but it's still a life. There's no such thing as a worthless human being. There's scum no doubt, but you know, whatev, they're still a person.

 

[Kyalesyin]

I think if I put my life on the market, very few people would want it, especially if it meant they wound up with my body, but equally I wouldn't swap it for anything. My life has great sentimental value.

 

[Angry Sentinel]

hello, the 'it's Friday' serious thread huh.

Measuring the value of life is, as with most measurements, all about the definitions of the words themselves. Define measurement and value first, then allow yourself to dertermine how they relate to life.

For me, the thing that makes life so wonderful is that I CAN'T measure it. I am not omniscient, and therefore I have no way of determing just how incredible my life, or any other, can or could be.

that's just plain awesome.

 

[fangrl06]

I think anyone emo enough to think that their life is worthless should think of all the people with aids and cancer who would give anything for the time you have.

 

[Gonking]

Actually, I hear more often "Life is s**" than "Life is beautiful"

 

[Halcohol]

Life... don't talk to me about life.

 

[fangrl06]

Actually, I hear more often "Life is s**" than "Life is beautiful"

It's both, and better then nothing.

 

[enterthemadness]

You know how we often hear this:
"Life is precious". Is it really? (Anyone who posts here and say this is an "emo" thread, I'm gonna kick your arse!! ) Are all human life equal? Or is the value of one Life greater than another? Who puts value in our Life? Society or us, as individuals?

I'd like to know what do you think the value of your Life is and why do you put such a value to your Life. What are the criterias for your appraisal?

Thank you for your time.

~Bella

...I don;t know if this will answer your question...but all I care about is screenwriting. If I can't become one for a living......I'd make emo's look happy. Thta's how depressed and bitter I would be.

 

[Mr Sparkle]

...I don;t know if this will answer your question...but all I care about is screenwriting. If I can't become one for a living......I'd make emo's look happy. Thta's how depressed and bitter I would be.

seriously?
there's like....no alternate plane here?

 

[Asteroid-Man]

all lives are priceless

 

[Canadian Rider]

My life is worth nothing ... without me in it!

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

screw it.

 

[enterthemadness]

seriously?
there's like....no alternate plane here?

What? Shouldn't that be no alternate plan there? Either way, you fail at english

 

[Mr Sparkle]

What? Shouldn't that be no alternate plan there? Either way, you fail at english

you failed to capitalize "English"
Ironic I know .

 

[tzarinna]

Very precious and I'm content.

I've done and seen a lot. There are only a few things left in life that I want to do before I die and I'm pretty sure I'll be around to accomplish them.

I remember when I was 20 or younger. I was going to school and working,still skateboarded. As I was leaving the house my youngest sister was like "Wow,what a women or something" I know many of my married female friends are envious of my life,they've told me so. Well, the traveling part anyway and the ability to just go off and do as a please,freedom. Some of my single friends that want to travel and do some of the stuff I've done but have so many hang ups about doing stuff alone,they just miss out on life.


So I guess I can honestly say I could die today and not feel as if I truly lived.

 

[LouFerignoDemon]

Not that I've bothered to read this thread past the point where I'm saying it's emo just to say it.


However, life really is equal to the next. And I'm sure people have touched upon it. My reasoning is, is that no life contributes more than anything ever will. If Albert Einstein never survived his third year of life, that doesn't mean someone else wouldn't have come up with his exact ideas and laws. People progress regardless of individuals. Humanity will assume it's course regardless.

Cold, but true. Humans are really no important to one another as they are to the other.

 

[Addendum]

so is the rareness of our strange planet in our galaxy.

Only if we arrogantly think that life exists only through the process that happened on our planet.

For all we know, life could exist in other ways on other planets. Perhaps not in the Sol system but in other areas

 

[Spider-Bite]

You know how we often hear this:
"Life is precious". Is it really? (Anyone who posts here and say this is an "emo" thread, I'm gonna kick your arse!! ) Are all human life equal? Or is the value of one Life greater than another? Who puts value in our Life? Society or us, as individuals?

I'd like to know what do you think the value of your Life is and why do you put such a value to your Life. What are the criterias for your appraisal?

Thank you for your time.

~Bella

I think in certain instances one life is more valuable than another. If you had to choose who becomes a vegetable or dead, and the choices are George Bush or Stephen Hawking, who are you going to pick? One will contribute to humanity by helping advance physics and possibly space travel, and the other one will contribute to giving Jay Leno and David Letterman something to make fun of.

 

[Addendum]

If you had to choose who becomes a vegetable or dead, and the choices are George Bush or Stephen Hawking, who are you going to pick?

Neither

 

[DBella]

I think in certain instances one life is more valuable than another. If you had to choose who becomes a vegetable or dead, and the choices are George Bush or Stephen Hawking, who are you going to pick? One will contribute to humanity by helping advance physics and possibly space travel, and the other one will contribute to giving Jay Leno and David Letterman something to make fun of.

Hey, that's valuable! I get plenty of laugh out of him being made fun of.

Speaking of Leno, who is that guy who impersonates Bush? He's awesome!

 

[enterthemadness]

you failed to capitalize "English"
Ironic I know .

You do need to cap it, eh? Sounds silly. Oh well, thanks for the tip.

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

It..has its perks.I am not going to say my life is great and hold my own,over anyone else.

 

[Abaddon]

Your life is prescious to you because ultinmately it is all you have and will ever have. For others it is only as important as your relationship with them.

You are wise like potato chips.

 

[Zephyr Alexian]

Are all human life equal?

That's the general accepted truth, but I doubt most people actually believe this. Take Nationalism for example. At some point, doesn't that intercede with the notion of equality for all? Equality for every person who is my ally or equality for every person barring no parameter or guideline?

Or is the value of one Life greater than another?

I think that every life is equal, but why is the President surrounded by more layers of defense than the average American who is a citizen? Their lives are equal but their impact is a bit different, so I feel that their input may determine their worth at a societal level.

No person would ever publicly say that an elected official or a prestigious individual was better than a hobo or a homeless individual, but many people might think that according to achievement or some other reason.

Who puts value in our Life?

Every living being who can formulate a reason. A nation puts value on human life by the way it rules. A court of law determines the value depending on the action of an individual or the circumstance. Your friends place a value on your life by way of the nature of the relationship. Family, the same. Enemies, the same. It all comes down to who or whom is/are formulating the opinion.

I believe that life is precious. . .to a certain extent in the modern world from a mass multi-societal point of view.

Society or us, as individuals?

Society is comprised of many different viewpoints, but each one has merit according to the situation an individual or society is in. Both do.

What are the criterias for your appraisal?

My criteria? Every living being should be treated with the respect and value they deserve by way of existing.

 

[Moviefan2k4]

You know how we often hear this:
"Life is precious". Is it really?

Absolutely.

Are all human lives equal?

Abraham Lincoln said it best: "all men are created equal".

Or is the value of one Life greater than another?

I personally believe that life itself has an inherent value, and that aspect never changes; we all have a purpose to serve. But each individual has a multitude of choices that can either benefit or destroy their life, on one level or another.

Who puts value in our Life? Society or us, as individuals?

If you're referring to the inherent value of all life, then my vote is "neither". We may choose how our lives are productive in different ways, but I believe that God is ultimately the one who creates that inherent value to begin with.

I'd like to know what do you think the value of your Life is...

At this point, I'm not completely sure, with regards to the grand scheme of things. I know my life (like everyone else's) has great potential, but the realization of that (or lack thereof) is often determined by individual choice, at least in part.

...and why do you put such a value to your Life. What are the criterias for your appraisal?

I believe that my own life's greatest value lies in its purpose where God is concerned, and that He has given everyone their own "piece of the puzzle", if you will. Whether anyone chooses to use their life responsibly (and ultimately for God's kingdom or not) is up to them.