If survival were the purpose for an individual , morality and patriotism would make no sense. In my opinion man is born without a god-given purpose , and it is society which builds , develops and inculcates a purpose in the individual. That would explain the self-sacrificing deeds of great valor exhibited by many people.
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 6:48 PM, rigs <[email protected]> wrote: > We do not always know what impact lives have upon one another but I > stand by my opinion that our primary purpose is to live/survive. As > you know, Jesus made use of sinners- Romans fell on their swords in > shame- early Christians earned sainthood- Islam distorts martyrdom as > a war tactic. > > On Jan 21, 10:25 am, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> " To live. " As everyone , saint and sinner , lives that makes life >> purposeless at least spiritually. If mere existing is the purpose then >> howsoever you live is important and there is no use for martyrdom. >> >> >> >> On Monday, January 21, 2013 9:00:28 PM UTC+5:30, rigs wrote: >> >> > To live. How do we know the condition of their souls? Death teaches >> > the rest of us that life is precious and brief. >> >> > On Jan 21, 8:03 am, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > What you are saying , Andrew , is the spiritual lesson we take from >> > > the experience of others , but what is the spiritual purpose for that >> > > child or for the old man ? >> >> > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 7:11 PM, andrew vecsey <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > > > In suppose the spiritual purpose for the old man is to experience the >> > > > experience and to give the opportunity for others to react to this >> > > > experience. The spiritual purpose of the 1 year old is to experience a >> > very >> > > > short life. The purpose of any life is to experience, learn and teach. >> > From >> > > > the old man we can learn to be thankful of our own lives and learn how >> > to >> > > > live it right to try to avoid having a stroke. From the 1 year old we >> > cam >> > > > learn to be sympathetic and to ask questions that make us ponder about >> > the >> > > > purpose of it all. >> >> > > > On Monday, January 21, 2013 1:31:34 PM UTC+1, RP Singh wrote: >> >> > > >> An old man suffers a stroke and becomes a vegetable for the rest of >> > his >> > > >> life , a one year old child becomes sick and dies. What is the >> > purpose , the >> > > >> spiritual purpose for the old man or the child ? >> >> > > > --- Hide quoted text - >> >> > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > -- > > > --
