What is it all for?

[Ghostvirus]

Over the last few years I have unfortunetely had to stop kidding myself, & realize that there is no after life.

Now my main question is. What is the point then? I mean if you live to be 100 gain all this experience, & memory just to have it wiped away in an instant because some person decided to drive drunk, or didn't like that his girlfriend broke up with him, so he shoots up a shool.

Seriously if there is no after life. Then everything we do to put meaning into our lives is meaningless. The only thing that makes any sense is sex, & that is just to populate the planet, which you could make a strong case that we are over populating.

I don't like this feeling. I don't like feeling that we are just running to know where, but I can't deny that an after life seems very improbable. I am just so depressed about this whole realization.

 

[Spider-Bite]

Over the last few years I have unfortunetely had to stop kidding myself, & realize that there is no after life.

Now my main question is. What is the point then? I mean if you live to be 100 gain all this experience, & memory just to have it wiped away in an instant because some person decided to drive drunk, or didn't like that his girlfriend broke up with him, so he shoots up a shool.

Seriously if there is no after life. Then everything we do to put meaning into our lives is meaningless. The only thing that makes any sense is sex, & that is just to populate the planet, which you could make a strong case that we are over populating.

I don't like this feeling. I don't like feeling that we are just running to know where, but I can't deny that an after life seems very improbable. I am just so depressed about this whole realization.

first relax.

I used to be very religous. I read the Bible daily, and attended church weekly with my friend. I was a teenager at the time. and nobody was forcing me to attend church or read the bible.

I went through a very similair phase, so I know what your going through.

When I first had doubts I tried to push them out of my mind. I was scared of my doubts.

And I was very depressed when I realized I had been misled. I think it was a temporary feeling of emtiness.

But now I believe the point to life, or the goal of life should be so that when you die, assuming you had a minute to think knowing you are about to die, you feel like your life was worth it. Like you didn't waste it. In some ways, I think my atheism has strenghted my value of human life, because this is it right here. This is our life. Our one and only. This life means more to me now, because it's not just some insignifigant step on the way to an eternity of excstasy.

This is your chance to have a career and start a family. I know it says in the Bible that if you and your son die together, and your son is headed for hell, and your headed for heaven. You dont look back at your son in pain. You don't even care. Your automatically in exctasy.

I value this life, where you have a chance to do something good and appreciate it, becuase you did good, and not because some outside force, be it God, or drugs is making you feel good.

This is my chance to have a family, and do things that mean something.

It would all be kind of pointless if you got a trillion years to do it all in heaven.

You will laugh, you will cry, but you have life here. You have real tangible life with substance. Be grateful that you have realized what exactly it is that you have, so you can value it. Some people live their whole life, without appreciating it, because they think it's insignifigant in the scheme of their eternal after life. They never got to live for themselves, because they lived for God. You have an opportunity.

 

[C. Lee]

You could try to make other people's lives better.

Instead of feeling depressed because you don't believe there is an afterlife.....do what you can to make someone elses life better today. You will find that making others feel good....makes you feel good.

Voulunteer somewhere.....help feed the needy.....habitat for humanity always needs people to help build houses.....hospitals can always use some help.....old people in retirement homes would love for someone to come in and just talk to them.....

There are millions of things that you can do.....instead of just looking gloomily at the future.

 

[ang_hulk]

i dont think heaven exsists but i do think are bodies energy is realsed into the world.It be nice if heaven exsists though.the point of life is to do all you can and before you die have that feeling you get after a hard,fun day at work.

 

[Mike_D202]

I dont think ANY of us will ever know if there IS an afterlife until we die.

So in the meantime, get your fill of life in while you can.

 

[Ghostvirus]

You could try to make other people's lives better.

Instead of feeling depressed because you don't believe there is an afterlife.....do what you can to make someone elses life better today. You will find that making others feel good....makes you feel good.

Voulunteer somewhere.....help feed the needy.....habitat for humanity always needs people to help build houses.....hospitals can always use some help.....old people in retirement homes would love for someone to come in and just talk to them.....

There are millions of things that you can do.....instead of just looking gloomily at the future.

I had a scare with Cancer a few months ago, & I started thinking about Volunteering at a terminal ward at the hospital.

I just feel so not in control of my life now. It confortaded me to know that if some maniac shot me for money that it was all in the scheme of things. Now it is horrifying to realize that it is just Chaos.

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

Reincarnation.

This was me in my last life.

I was the wombat. I dunno who that kid was

 

[Majmun]

I have to say that I believe there is something for us after death....let me explain my experience without trying to get too religious.

I was raised in a Christian family under faithful Christian parents. I always believed the way they believed because that's how I was raised. Now-a-days though, I've been waivering from the path that they follow which started when my brother died. During his time in the hospital on life support, I did a lot of praying as did my parents and other church members. People came in there and told us that God told them that my brother would be ok. He was there because of a brain aneurism at age 22. During the week, we had a church service at the hospital in the chapel instead of at our regular church building. While we were in the worship part of the service, something strange happened to me. I'm pretty sure you won't believe me when I tell you this, but I saw my brother. I don't really know how to explain how it happened, but I was looking straight ahead and it was like I was peering into another dimension or something. I don't really know how to describe it. He was standing there smiling with his arms crossed and his left leg crossed over in front of his right. At that moment I leaned over to his wife and told her that he was ok. I thought that when he recovered I would ask him about that, but as you already know, he never recovered. Well, I might not believe that that really happened to me, except that my grandmother saw the same thing. She started talking about it after the service and I told her that I saw the same thing. I don't understand how or why it happened and it's never happened to me again since then, but I wish it would.

But still, my faith has really gone down because of my brother's death and other things that just don't make sense to me. I wish I really knew the truth about life and God and everything else.

 

[Kyalesyin]

Over the last few years I have unfortunetely had to stop kidding myself, & realize that there is no after life.

Now my main question is. What is the point then? I mean if you live to be 100 gain all this experience, & memory just to have it wiped away in an instant because some person decided to drive drunk, or didn't like that his girlfriend broke up with him, so he shoots up a shool.

Seriously if there is no after life. Then everything we do to put meaning into our lives is meaningless. The only thing that makes any sense is sex, & that is just to populate the planet, which you could make a strong case that we are over populating.

I don't like this feeling. I don't like feeling that we are just running to know where, but I can't deny that an after life seems very improbable. I am just so depressed about this whole realization.

So, don't think about it. Just roll with today. Today, I need to eat. Gotta therefore have job and buy food. Ok.

Simple as that. Look at this whole thing like one giant game of The Sims. Just keep all them little bars in the green and you'll be happy. Works for me. Don't push yourself if it ain't gonna make you happy. Sure, you could run for that promotion, but the stress is gonna outweigh the benefits? Don't bother. Sure, I could study a few more subjects, but I'd have no 'me' time. So, I don't bother.

 

[black_dust]

No afterlife, just here to reproduce then die. and while we are at it, leave the world in a decent state for the furture

 

[Kyalesyin]

And eat. Don't forget eating. I'd have let go a lot sooner were it not for curiosity about food.

 

[Fried Gold]

Over the last few years I have unfortunetely had to stop kidding myself, & realize that there is no after life.

Now my main question is. What is the point then? I mean if you live to be 100 gain all this experience, & memory just to have it wiped away in an instant because some person decided to drive drunk, or didn't like that his girlfriend broke up with him, so he shoots up a shool.

Seriously if there is no after life. Then everything we do to put meaning into our lives is meaningless. The only thing that makes any sense is sex, & that is just to populate the planet, which you could make a strong case that we are over populating.

I don't like this feeling. I don't like feeling that we are just running to know where, but I can't deny that an after life seems very improbable. I am just so depressed about this whole realization.

Kill yourself, or get over it.

 

[FRUITY]

Over the last few years I have unfortunetely had to stop kidding myself, & realize that there is no after life.

Now my main question is. What is the point then? I mean if you live to be 100 gain all this experience, & memory just to have it wiped away in an instant because some person decided to drive drunk, or didn't like that his girlfriend broke up with him, so he shoots up a shool.

Seriously if there is no after life. Then everything we do to put meaning into our lives is meaningless. The only thing that makes any sense is sex, & that is just to populate the planet, which you could make a strong case that we are over populating.

I don't like this feeling. I don't like feeling that we are just running to know where, but I can't deny that an after life seems very improbable. I am just so depressed about this whole realization.

Uh….So what if there’s no real purpose in life? Even so, you’re still capable of leading a somewhat pleasant life. You’ll never know what lies ahead and it’s never a comforting thought, but would you rather hide yourself in a corner consumed by uncertainty? Or enjoy yourself even if it is impermanent?
What is it all for? It’s your bloody damn life. No one can answer what your life is for but you.
If you need help, get help.
It’s silly to throw whatever control you have because you don’t have full control over it.

♥

 

[Ongie]

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[terry78]

Not to get all Freudian with it, but it's that type of thinking that inspires shootings. Life has no meaning, so why should I value it?