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After all the books I assume the regulars of this board have read, what have you determined the purpose of life to be?

>> No.13558653

To find other people you resonate with and increase the number of those people in your life.

:3

>> No.13558658

>>13558644
me on the left

>> No.13558659

I am in fucking hell, trapped within newtonian cartesian linguistic voyeurism from which there is no escape

>> No.13558662
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>>13558644
Pursuing Truth and the Good.

>> No.13558664

indeterminable

>> No.13558685

>>13558644
I've only read like 19 in my life.But I think that life is either
A; Absolutely unexplainable in any way, it makes no sense and nothing should exist and the fact it does blows my mind, it really should not happen, nothing should, logically.
or
B. The result of there being an infinite number of realities, universes, timelines, each with their own physical laws. This would imply an infinite number of omni-potent deities, however it would also imply a singular unification of the holiest and purest and goodest ones, as these just tend to work more effectively then evil does
These are just guesses.

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Jesus Christ

“I will tell you that I am a child of this century, a child of disbelief and doubt. I am that today and will remain so until the grave. How much terrible torture this thirst for faith has cost me and costs me even now, which is all the stronger in my soul the more arguments I can find against it. And yet, God sends me sometimes instants when I am completely calm; at those instants I love and feel loved by others, and it is at those instances that I have shaped for myself a Credo where everything is clear and sacred for me. This Credo is very simple, here it is: to believe that nothing is more beautiful, profound, sympathetic, reasonable, manly and more powerful than Christ.”

>> No.13558692

>>13558662
And the Good is God, who is also the Logos, who was incarnate as Jesus of Nazareth AKA God the Son.

>> No.13558693

>>13558644
To acquire peace of mind

>> No.13558707

>anybody on /lit/ reads
also the purpose of life is shitposting. shitpost your ideas anywhere and everywhere, satirize and mock others, and out of all the world's shitposting comes truth as we know it.

>> No.13558727

>>13558659
in english, doc

>> No.13558782

To just bee yourself and die if it gets too shitty

>> No.13559092

>>13558644
Unironically to have sex.

>> No.13559134

>>13558692
No.

>> No.13559196

to have as many kids as possible then die

>> No.13559206

There is nothing I’m finally coming to terms with that and it’s fucking me not even that there is nothing just that there can’t be anything. I can’t even fucking create anything to serve as a meaning. It’s over I’m done

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>>13559206
don the mask

>> No.13559217

>>13558644
42*


*Variable. Up to you. You are now free to move about the cabin.

>> No.13559225

>>13559217
meaning =/= purpose

>> No.13559250

>>13559225
42*

There is no inherent meaning. The manifest meaning of human life has been to act as the Earth’s diarrhetic. But we can choose to not do that anymore

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>>13559250
>42*
is a reference to HHGTTG, which asked for the meaning. OP asked for the purpose.

why do you act as /lit/'s diarrhetic? can you choose to not do that anymore? :^)

>> No.13559283

>>13559265
There are an obvious array of purposes to choose from. The answer still stands.

Deep Thought was asked to answer the question of life the universe and everything, its implied.

Have I really driven the shit out of this board? Big if true!

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>>13559134
Oh shit lads theology has been debunked

>> No.13559300

All existence is for nothing but the precious moments of human relations.

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>>13559283
idk do you report any posts?
you garner a lot of (un?)wanted? attention

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13559321

To live and die with dignity. In the concept of "dignity", absolutely everything important about life unfolds. If you have to ask for a perfect definition of "dignity" it means you are not even close to the truth.

>> No.13559357

To talk to trees and frogs and stuff

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>>13559308
I do report.

>> No.13559373

>>13559284
It has.
Can I get the un-shitted version of that picture?

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>>13559358
>aw the tiny white pussy is afraid of the BigBlackCanine
so I guess I was right

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>>13559379
Pissy is tough though

>> No.13559385

>>13559284
Theology is cope. It's inherently debunked.

>> No.13559414

>>13559384
based boomer humor Betty

>> No.13559420

>>13559384
Fuck spellcheck

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>>13559420
is it oppressing you?

>> No.13559465

>>13558644
To live authentically

>> No.13559473

>>13559420
I hope all IP's who have every tripfagged are banned one day.

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>>13558644
To not waste it

>> No.13559585

>>13558644
That you can do whatever you want so you might as well be radical

>> No.13559591

>>13559473
Explode already

>> No.13559605

>>13558662
unironically this

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>>13558644
posting various cartoon frogs and toads on 4channel

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>>13560335
WHAT THE FRICK I CLICKED ON THIS PICTURE

>> No.13560339

>>13558653
Peak f*male

>> No.13560345

>>13558644
It's really up to you but realistically you should be cultivating virtue

>> No.13560346

>>13558692
>take perfectly good pythagorean and platonic ideas
>staple jewish fairy tales on top
>it becomes incomprehensible
>kill anyone who doesn't play the mental gymnastics just right
what did the church mean by this?

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>>13559373
There

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>>13558644
>After all the books I assume the regulars of this board have read, what have you determined the purpose of life to be?
To die, of course.

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>life having meaning
lol

>> No.13560439

so even after going through all the complex works in the end the message is "just be yourself bro and do whatever you want"?

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>>13560439
No, the message is that you should kill yourself.

>> No.13561241

>>13558644
To have faith in our Lord Jesus Christ

>> No.13561260

>>13561241
>>13558644
*correction* (more complete description of our purpose in life)

The purpose of life on Earth is to fear God and keep His commandments.

John 3:16

16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

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>>13558644
To suffer as much as possible and find meaning in that in itself

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>>13559217
>Redditor's Guide to the Galaxy reference
More like 43%

>> No.13561456

>>13558644
> I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams.

>> No.13561464

>>13560346
based

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>>13561430
>/a/tard eternally jealous he didn’t write a popular scifi comedy series

Stay mad, weeb.

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>>13561495
>tranny mad because ugly and mentally ill
unironically dilate

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13561541

Purpose is a spook, a linguistic construct in a universe indifferent to our language, any idea of one's 'purpose' in life cannot be called valid or invalid, only meaningless.
Even you redditors giving the pseudoscientific 'have sex/procreate' argument - remember that evolution itself has no purpose, it's not taking anything anywhere that is any 'better' than where it came from. It's just going.

>> No.13561546

>>13561541
gigapseud

>> No.13561640

>>13561546
I implore you to prove me wrong, i've been trying to for years

>> No.13562096

The purpose of life is finding a way to not put a bullet in your head for 10,20,30 or even 40 or 50 years.

>> No.13562194

heh https://youtu.be/3KTNmhiEkhA

>> No.13562218

Jordan Peterson said something (not about the meaning of life) along the lines of "Something good for you and good for the community" and I've always liked that

>> No.13562221

literally do whatever you want

>> No.13562225

>>13558644
Carving the world into the image of what you believe is the Ideal

>> No.13562228

to acquire wealth

>> No.13562411

>>13558644
Embody the ideal I have faith in.

Basically try to be good at being a person. Don’t do stupid shit that I hate about other people.

Excercise and martial arts to be healthy, for fun, confidence and to prove to myself that I don’t have to be a scared weakling.

Meditate and control my thinking to avoid unnecessary suffering and take advantage of opportunities to be happier.

Work hard and study because it’s fun and interesting and it allows me not to be a burden on people I care about and to be dependable when they are in need.

Make my relationships good.

That’s basically it. I don’t try to figure out capital T Truth anymore. I don’t think it’s possible for a meat monkey like myself. But it’s fine. Maybe our future AI overlords or
transhumanism will make it possible.
I just try to be pragmatic, lessen unnecessary suffering where I can, bear what suffering I can’t avoid well and derive joy from daily improvements and little pleasures.