Why we exist 56 Articles

by Victoria Walker

Determining the purpose of human life on earth is the eternal quest that has engaged the attention of humanity for thousands of years. It is not enough to simply acknowledge that we exist, we strive to know why we exist. ...read more

by Donald Z Smith

Why we exist. We only exist because of the arrangement of events over millions of years. We, the physical body, exist due to biological, cell, DNA and other stuff glumped together over time and reproduce according to c...read more

by Bruce Griffin

There is a longing in us, a desire to believe we are not randomly here. I don't believe any one of us, hasn't asked themselves, "Why do I exist?", at least once. It's a slippery question to ponder, especially so, if we ha...read more

by Bhavasindhu Dasa

Soren Kierkegaard once said, "Life is understood backward; it is lived forward". To acquire a meaning from life is to have lived a life full of meaning, a life in which the agency of time serves to fulfill the purposes whi...read more

by Eilat Adar

THE IDEA OF THE WORLD The world is a metaphor. It's a projection of our own mind. It is not different from the mind, just as a ray of sunlight is not different from the light of the sun in the sky. Not knowing this, we en...read more

by Natasha Levy

Usually I would not impose my personal opinion on such an important issue; especially such a highly subjective issue. Can there really be one single purpose to life? Can our existence have but one meaning? There can be no ...read more

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by David Bain

Why We Exist: Selfishness (Hedonism, Narcissism)? Altruism? Balance? Perfection? Love? Work? Art? God? Nature? All Of The Above? Do we pursue pleasure, hedonism, selfishness (narcissism)? Part of this is attractive p...read more

by Sagebomb

The question of existence seems a relatively simple one when you confide in the biological view. If you can believe in evolution the reason were here is due to simple adaptive change and speciation over a million years. Wh...read more

by Alpesh Pandya

The Hindu philosophy mentions four purposes of life. These purposes of life were laid down some three millenniums back. But still in this age, one can observe them being relevant and present. Also they are useful to pursue...read more

by Tami Roxanne Barker Norman

Why are we here? Why are we here? This may be an elementary question to us as Christians. We all agree that we are here for a purpose. However, it may be difficult to fulfIll our purpose. Have you recently asked yoursel...read more

by Beau Smith

Why do we exist? Further, just what is existence? Does it extend beyond life on earth? And how important is the question? Existence is the "I" feeling. The ego experiences the "I" feeling one way. The self experiences ...read more

by Ruth D. Hochman

Searching I sit on the green grass searching for life's answers What is the meaning of it all? How are flowers assigned their color? What gives birds the voice to sing? What is love between a man and a woman? Why m...read more

by Steven Pell

Greetings, The answer to this ever-present inquiring cliche is a generalized submission of subjectivity with regard to individuality. That is to say we are here because a series of events occured resulting in our existe...read more

by Zachary Heil

Why not? :p As of right now, after looking at available evidence, considering how rare life is, etc, I think it's just another branch of the evolutionary tree. We exist because and for pro-creation and survivability of o...read more

by Peter H. Rosen

Computer graphics is changing our world (and our world view) faster than at any time on the planet. Heck, our planet's people are changing too - molded in not such a nice way by the conditioning power of television! Compu...read more

by Dj Sellarole

There is a dear friend of mine, Andrew Chen, who is, in my eyes, the spark to a revolution, whether it becomes a widespread revolution or local revolution, it will be a revolution. It already is, he has already ignited the...read more

by Crisselda Enriquez

to look for the answer of why we exist is to look for something that cant be told to you. sure religions can provide some idealogical answers, but there are alot of religions out there and how can you know which one is ...read more

by Laura Leigh Fields

There are many theories about the creation. People have their own ideas about our existence, the creation, or even evolution. I could ramble on about what I believe and how our civilazation came to be, but the truth is it...read more

by D. James

Wide Eyed Wonder I have been plagued by this question since last Friday. Whenever a pause-in-life happens, at least for me, I wind up getting all existential. I sprained my ankle on Friday last and that stopped ever...read more

by Lostash

The eternal question, and unfortunately, one that will never be answered correctly to anyones satisfaction. Why we exist? Why are we even asking in the first place? Does it matter? Will it change anything if you had the an...read more