I believe there is a purpose to most things that we do. But it is a good question why would we exist for what purpose I have thought about at a point in my life and this a few years back was this and I wonder if the first thought really counts I thought this when I was very young That there was a God and he created us so he could love us something of his image ..somewhat like when you have a child and look at that child and say to yourself, hey he or she looks like me. In the same sense as to hold that child and to love that child in the childs life. And the question has been asked well if he is God why would he need anything, easy to answer I would think because he wanted too. And Created life.
On Dec 2, 9:29 am, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > Why do I exist? Is it because some self-replicating chemical has > designed and created me as an instrument for the sole purpose of > improving its success rate for self-replication? Is it to express > some soul purpose? Or is the reason of my existence without purpose? > > Descartes’ phrase “I think, therefore I exist,” was meant to prove > that there is at least one fact in the universe that is beyond doubt. > I am, I exist is necessarily true each time that I pronounce it, or > that I mentally conceive it. But his exploration here doesn’t tell us > why we exist. > > Perhaps why we exist is defined by what Thomas Aquinas thought of as > salvation: “Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to > know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to > know what he ought to do.” Can our beliefs, desires and moral actions > answer the question why? > > Tolstoy believed that “The essence of any religion lies solely in the > answer to the question: why do I exist, and what is my relationship to > the infinite universe that surrounds me?” > > What do YOU think? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
