I Think These May Be the Two Meanings of Life...

the long awaited answer(s)...

from JoeUser Forums
Well...not everyone may agree but I've figured out at least 2 possible universal meanings to life that are non religious...

1. Survival-Just simply staying alive...nuff said.
2. Reproduction-One of the most primal forces and main goals in life in which people do several things for...both good and bad...

I might be wrong but at least it may get people thinkin'.
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Ahh yes, I see your writer's block is slowing you up a bit. I think your right on both points, but I also think there are more that aren't necessarily religious. Unfortunately, I can't think of any at the moment. Perhaps to create. Not procreate, but to invent and discover. For those of us who can't invent, we can always discover.

I do think you're on to something, but keep thinking my man!
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Heinlein's Starship Troopers (the book not that craptacular movie) actually uses these two things as the defining forces that shape *every* decision you make in your life. If you have never read it I highly recommend it. Trust me, the movie has nothing in common with it except the name.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top

On a related note, humans are becoming extinct:

http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040419-102758-5684r.htm

OTTAWA, ON, Apr. 19 (UPI) -- Statistics Canada said Monday that Canada's "crude birth rate," declined by slightly more than a quarter from 1992 to 2002.

The crude birth rate measures the number of live births per thousand Canadians.

In 2002, Canadian women gave birth to 328,802 babies, down 1.5 percent from 2001 -- the eleventh drop in 12 years, the Canadian Broadcast Corp. reported.

Statistics Canada also said it estimated the average number of children that Canadian women between the ages of 15 and 49 would have in their lifetime would be 1.50, placing it in the middle of industrialized nations.


Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Ah, yes. If we didn't reproduce then where would we be in life?? Well we probably wouldn't be here at all really. lol. Keep thinking man.

~carebear~
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
I don't think those are the meaning of life, more goals of life. I think the meaning would be an attempt to prosper. I'm not sure I spelled it right, but I think you got the messege.

How about if you just sit and wait until you think of something to say instead of just blogging about the first thing that comes to your mind? It usually works for me because that's the kind of person I am, maybe it will work for you too but I think you should come up with something and then think about what you're saying ahead of time. I don't know zoo, just a suggestion for a fellow blogger.

C.C. / Capt. over and out! / *something else* < < < < < < <

(go check out my article "what's in a name?" if you don't understand why I did that ^ )
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
it has got people thinking, which was what you wished for, zoologist ... it seems people are interested in hearing further expansion on your theories.

i liked it. one drives the other. basic, but not without merit. i am so logical. why wasn't i a man ? j/k ;)
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
Hey, i'm not logical (usually), you wanna trade genders for a day?

Capt. over and out!
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
SOLD !

ok, so let me try that ... mig. over and out ! ... ;) ... how'd i do ?
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
not bad, not bad at all!

brandon

(how did I do?)
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
42 (the undisputed meaning of life )
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
Ah, of course. 42 is the undisputed meaning of life. 6x7=42. If you don't get this little joke, ask the mice.

In reality, Zoo, I believe that you are not stating meanings of Life, just basic primal forces all people are driven to accomplish.
Instinct requires we copulate and that we perpetuate our lives. Meaning of life is a thing that a person sets to accomplish, sort of like a super-uber-longterm goal. A person creates their own meaning of life. That's my opinion, anyway.


Beebes
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
Umm... I'm gonna have to ask the mice. Where would I find these... "mice"?

Capt. over and out!
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top
I don't know who told me this but I remember someone telling me that the meaning of life was to love and to learn...needless to say it stuck with me.
Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top
The question isn't what is the meaning of life. Its does life have a meaning?

Read that in a philosophy book once, I think. Anyway, I agree with Death By Beebles (nice name!). I think these are more like things that people strive to accomplish. More like instincts. Don't people who don't reproduce still have a meaningful life? just something to think about.

~Molly;)