There are many purposes in life and individuals choose the particular one suitable to their nature , relevant to their times.
On Wednesday, January 23, 2013 5:36:29 PM UTC+5:30, Gabby wrote: > > I would suggest to leave the dog owners with their sentiments just as much > as the god-given with their purpose. How about saying the purpose of life > and survival is to create meaning/make sense of it all? Or would that be a > too counter-argumentative, unspecified, unobjectifiable, unproductive, > circular, non-sensical approach? > > > 2013/1/23 RP Singh <[email protected] <javascript:>> > >> 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] <javascript:>> >> 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 - >> > >> > -- >> > >> > >> > >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > --
