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i have solved a question which has been going on for a long time now. what is the meaning of life? well the meaning of life is simple. just ask urself what is the meaning of anything which is not an action? well there is no meaning for something which is not an action so there for on that basis there is no meaning of life

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Originally posted by bobbobbland
i have solved a question which has been going on for a long time now. what is the meaning of life? well the meaning of life is simple. just ask urself what is the meaning of anything which is not an action? well there is no meaning for something which is not an action so there for on that basis there is no meaning of life
Oh noooo!!! Grab your dictionary my friend.


Stasis is a thing. By definition, and meaning, it is the very opposite of action.

But, you just made an assumption that life is not an action, or at least inaction or the lack of action.

What's your case for that? It would seem apparent to me that death would most certainly fit that description much better than life.

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well think about it an action which has a meaning is done by a living thing where as we have no evidance to suggest that there was a living thing which created life in the first place so there for there cant be a meaning because for a meaning to be there there has to be a brain of somesort

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Originally posted by bobbobbland
well think about it an action which has a meaning is done by a living thing where as we have no evidance to suggest that there was a living thing which created life in the first place so there for there cant be a meaning because for a meaning to be there there has to be a brain of somesort
So you assumed that:

1] Meaningful actions are only done by living things
2] There is no evidence that a living thing created life
3] Therefore, the only thing that could create life did it without any meaning.

But living things are the only ones assigning meaning to this life. If we are meaningless, then the meaning of life is meaningless whatever that meaning happens to be.

So if we say life means nothing, that’s a meaningless definition of life. Therefore, if we are to have a valid definition of life, we must also have a meaning.

But we are life itself, so… are we the meaning of life?


More importantly, can you feel the room spin?

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Originally posted by bobbobbland
i have solved a question which has been going on for a long time now. what is the meaning of life? well the meaning of life is simple. just ask urself what is the meaning of anything which is not an action? well there is no meaning for something which is not an action so there for on that basis there is no meaning of life
So far this thread isnt making much sense to me. Maybe it would make more sense if you talked about the 'purpose of life' ?

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Originally posted by bobbobbland
i have solved a question which has been going on for a long time now. what is the meaning of life?
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Originally posted by bobbobbland
i have solved a question which has been going on for a long time now. what is the meaning of life? well the meaning of life is simple. just ask urself what is the meaning of anything which is not an action? well there is no meaning for something which is not an action so there for on that basis there is no meaning of life
http://shavixmir.blogspot.com/2005/12/happiness-is-warm-gun.html

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Originally posted by Chakan
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Yes, but then, what's the real question?

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Originally posted by bobbobbland
i have solved a question which has been going on for a long time now. what is the meaning of life? well the meaning of life is simple. just ask urself what is the meaning of anything which is not an action? well there is no meaning for something which is not an action so there for on that basis there is no meaning of life
I think your point is that a waste of life has no meaning. 😉

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