Comments on: Why Go On When Life Is Meaningless?

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:06:17 +0000

There is no meaning in life. To choose to continue living is an act of futility, or maybe because one hopes that there is some conclusion that can be drawn past this stage of realization. For instance, I started out Christian, lost god, found god, lost him, became spiritual, lost my spirituality, and found it all meaningless. Is there something beyond that? I can hope, but ironically, hope, just as every other feeling, is an illusion. There is no good, no evil, no love, no joy. There are only environments one grows up in, learning what responses are seen by the majority as proper, learning what it looks like to love someone, learning what it feels like to lose someone. All are attempts to give voice to the neutral silence that takes us all: truth.

By: Alvin Soon

Alvin Soon — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:08:56 +0000

Inflammatory comments will not be tolerated. Keep it respectful, people.

By: aTiredPerson

aTiredPerson — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:48:00 +0000

well then, would you rather life give you a meaning to live out? and what if you dont like it?

what if i told you life has has already given you a meaning, one that its given all of us? the only purpose of life is to die. and before that, you are supposed to procreate, so others can die later on. thats it. there is no supreme plan, no guideline for you to follow. just death. hooray!

to make our own purpose in life is what makes us human, what separates us from animals simply trying to live, have sex (and maybe make a half effort at being a parent), and die. Its what we do with our humanity, what we do with our choices in living, what we do with our thoughts, words, actions, and emotions that gives our lives purpose. and the only way to give our life meaning is to communicate our purpose to others, for it is only in the interpretation by a thinking mind that anything can be given meaning.

So to say i pursue life “because i choose to” is to say i pursue life of my own volition, with my own meaning, and with my own purpose. there really is no other way to go about it.

well, you can also let others tell you what to do. but that’s not really living.

By: AnonEmouse

AnonEmouse — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:04:34 +0000

Random Hacker is right. There is no purpose. That reply by Neo means nothing, it just distracts the questioner with wordplay. All this “you give it meaning” is complete shit — more distraction from the confusion and desperation for significance.

By: shel

shel — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:32:06 +0000

life is not meaningless we give it meaning every day by our choices and actions theres no illusion only truth bound with love everything up down inside or out is cased in love and light,but until we can awakin and truly see it and feel it and comprehend it we will continue to be miserable and be that drift wood that flows with what the majority says.we make the change the time is now today is the begginig of our brand new life.by the way there is alot of truth in the matrix.

By: zac

zac — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:06:24 +0000

Although that scene does pose a fitting answer to an atheistic question, it is ironic because the story of neo is a allegory to jesus christ.
interesting.