What Is The Purpose of Life?

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  • Опубліковано 29 лис 2017
  • Former Evangelical Preacher Dan Barker answers a question that theists often ask atheists, "If there is no God, what is the purpose of life?"
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  • @Yeiyn343
    @Yeiyn343 6 років тому +15

    I once heard: The purpose of life is to give life a purpose. :-)

    • @konyvnyelv.
      @konyvnyelv. 2 роки тому

      I'll note it down

    • @chadrasmussen6127
      @chadrasmussen6127 2 роки тому +1

      My purpose is to make people happy and be a good person and help others

  • @rokaghtv591
    @rokaghtv591 Рік тому +2

    Our purpose is to be in existence to experience life whiles we sail our life to the endless journey of life .

  • @arthura5695
    @arthura5695 4 роки тому +9

    I just do good things and these good actions made me happy,

  • @arasul
    @arasul 2 роки тому +3

    Beautiful talk, Annie and Dan. I loved it.

  • @dominickbundy6429
    @dominickbundy6429 4 роки тому +6

    The purpose of life to me is to seek happiness and find happiness. Plai n and simple.

  • @richardwilliams473
    @richardwilliams473 2 роки тому +2

    Perhaps it would better to say : Does my very existence have meaning? All I know is that Loving each other Unconditionally is of the most utmost importance! Being a musician like Dan ,I am happy that my musical performance brings joy to my audience.

  • @azimkhan9341
    @azimkhan9341 2 роки тому +2

    2:05 Yes , this is purpose of our life 💯

  • @hg60justice
    @hg60justice 2 роки тому +4

    the purpose of life is to survive and reproduce.
    but being an intelligent species capable of caring to ask that question, the purpose is now to help your species and hopefully add to the knowledge pool.
    and try and keep life viable on this rock for as long as possible.
    there's no good present options around us.

  • @LouisGedo
    @LouisGedo 6 років тому +8

    Great commentary; for me, what brought me out of Christianity was the realization that Christian doctrine and teaching expected me to not create my own purpose but rather to fulfill the purposes of that alleged god I was being told exists and demands my submission to it's whims. It was then that the concept of 'celestial dictator' came to mind even though I didn't hear that notion expressed until Hitchens said what I'd understood for many years.

  • @monus782
    @monus782 2 роки тому +1

    I was a devout Catholic and after leaving two years ago I had a severe episode of existential depression in part because I didn't know who I was and what I was here for anymore, for years I thought my purpose was to become a priest and follow God's will and my only regret is that I didn't leave this religion earlier than I did.
    The version of Catholicism I followed was definitely obsessed with the afterlife and for some going to heaven was the only thing that mattered, all of this reminds me of Marx's remark on religion.

  • @destresschiropractic
    @destresschiropractic 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you!

  • @DeezNutz-np9pr
    @DeezNutz-np9pr 2 роки тому +1

    “To get pleasure is male dominated”. The meaning of life is happiness or pleasure. It comes in many forms, like staying away from miserable people.

  • @andrewedis9907
    @andrewedis9907 6 років тому +15

    I tend to laugh at people who ask this question. I just can't help myself, it's as if they're devoid of purpose unless someone else tells them what to do! 😂😂

    • @West3720
      @West3720 2 роки тому +2

      That is literal slavery

  • @proximusarcturian7496
    @proximusarcturian7496 6 років тому +8

    I really like these guys😊

  • @jasoncarpp7742
    @jasoncarpp7742 6 років тому +11

    Comedian and social commentator, George Carlin was an atheist.

  • @jasoncarpp7742
    @jasoncarpp7742 6 років тому +7

    Sir Elton John is an Atheist.

  • @gregjones2217
    @gregjones2217 Рік тому +1

    Biologically, the purpose of life is continuance of the species. Beyond that it is to better your life and that of others.

  • @grahamash-porter7795
    @grahamash-porter7795 6 років тому +4

    Good on, you two... Please, please put 'born again skeptics guide' in EBook form

  • @redblaze8700
    @redblaze8700 6 років тому +5

    To get the answer to that question, watch Monty Python The Meaning of Life
    #EverySpermIsSacred

  • @aivelu2737
    @aivelu2737 3 роки тому +2

    The intro music 😂😂😂😂

  • @Ploskkky
    @Ploskkky 4 роки тому +4

    Even a god could not answer the question of purpose. If a god existed then no doubt it would realize that its life could have no ultimate purpose.
    There is only relative purpose: The purpose you assign to life yourself. Beyond that there is only emptiness, utter pointlessness.

  • @lundbergbv
    @lundbergbv 2 роки тому +1

    "There are no problems, only solutions." John Lennon.

  • @xtradelite903
    @xtradelite903 Рік тому

    The purpose of my life is to obtain rest while alive, not dead.