Samhain

One word: Existence

Some may think it redundant, but I fail to see why.

Answerer

Trust me guys, death is the ultimate goal of life or maybe to put it in another way, death holds more meaning than life itself. Some people had prepared themselves for their entire lives just for this single moment, therefore, it is hard to ignore its importance.

Viti

Meaning? Huh? I am here, might as well make the best of it.

Samhain

I disagree, while death may be an inevitable fact of life, it is not, in any sense, an actual goal. Those who exist or wish to exist do not strive their whole lives for death, many of us hardly even prepare ourselves beyond legal wills, etc. The theist, will of course, make atonement with their "creator" but very few actually "prepare" themselves for this one moment beyond that. In a sense, they may have "prepared" themselves in the sense that they have tried to fulfill all of their life-goals before this moment, but I fail to see how this meets the criteria of "goal" in any way based upon that alone.

Further, I object to the idea that death holds any "importance" at all, I'd be willing to contest that it is the negation of importance rather than holding any importance in itself. It holds no meaning, as it is the complete absence of life, and many struggle their whole lives to overcome and attempt to defeat death. While it may be a common existential view that life is absurd and meaningless, this does not mean that it cannot hold some personal meaning, therefore the negation of even what meaning we can hold to (death) is even more absurd than existence. Existence can hold some personal meaning, death holds no meaning at all and negates any previous meaning formed by existence.

"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it by not dying!"
-Woody Allen

Feather

There is no meaning to life.

It is a series of never ending disappointments and cruelties ended only by the sweet pains of death.

Lord Asriel

Maybe so, but at least you get to eat chocolate and have sex.

seanie

At the same time?

Who does your laundry?

Lord Asriel

Hey, if its good enough for Marianne Faithful, it's good enough for me.

seanie

Mars Bar anyone?

Mr. Sammi

I am tempted to say nothing about the meaning of life except to postulate IT might involve some "sort of search".

If "Life is a Search" is postulated then the first search I would suggest would be to find the common tie, the common thread which groups us as "Humans on Earth".

The commonality which may be found in the existentialism of "Humans on Earth" AND itz possible source OR even sources(if the imagination can be stretched that far ahead)(say many hands made Earth work).

Is this full and complete disclosure? If the original postulate is true then the final consequent would be full and complete disclosure of all concerning "Humans on Earth".

Note how philosophy can be the guide and still be applicable to an individual, in disregard of solipsism.

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