If nothing happens after we die, what's the point of it all?
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Try playing disco elysium
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"We're all going to die someday. Might as well do what you love doing" - Alex Honnald. Free Solo (or something like that)
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Existentialism is the branch of philosophy that deals with these problems, I think you would have an interest in it. I struggled with these kind of questions a lot when I was in my 20s (what is the point? Does anything even matter?). I read a lot and hitchhikers guide to the galaxy was the first book that really eased this anxiety for me. There probably is no point in living, it’s fine. Everyone decides on what they are going to do based on their circumstances in life. In the end the universe may not exist again, so what, we were all perfectly fine before it existed and who knows, maybe everything that made your conscious possible will be able to exist again in another universe, you won’t have memories of your past life, at least you shouldn’t have anyway.
I write a little and one of the first stories I wrote was about a being that created the universe from nothing because it was bored, I made a character narrate later on and his thought process was along the lines of “if you existed in this universe, who’s to say you won’t again in another? Whatever random events lead to life being self aware could happen again. The universe could expand until there is no energy left and then retract until the next big bang does it all again. It may not happen for the next trillion cycles but eventually something could happen again like it is now. Maybe it’s all happened before and we just don’t remember it.”
So, even if you don’t find a purpose. You are not alone in your journey. It’s part of being human, to have awareness of your own existence but powerless to know as to why you exist. Some people just can’t handle those kind of truths, it scares them stupid and that’s why you get things like hedonism, flip it the other way and you get nihilism. Despair can come from both.
My own personal thoughts on it are:
You are alive and you are able to do as you please. You always have a choice. If you make your life a journey of accumulating a larger number than others then so be it, I am happier without playing any number games. I want to see things and meet people and interact with them. I love petting cats and dogs, I love ducks. I enjoy the fact that my tongue evolved enough so that I can enjoy the taste of good food and tasty bourbon. I like to know that I am helping someone or something else not be scared of existing, like if my cat is worried because of a noise, I can soothe her nerves and she doesn’t have to feel fear anymore. I am still able to see the good in humanity even if I don’t have much faith in the world currently. There are problems with society as it currently stands in the west but if everyone can find it in themselves to be honest with each other and help one another out then the world will be somewhere worth living in, no matter how short that time is in the grand scheme of things. One day the sun will explode, will the universe care about some billionaire’s wealth? No. Nor should anyone now, if that’s what they choose then so be it. What really matters is not what you do for yourself but what you do for everything else.
/schizo rant
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Cults are for simpler people that are tired of asking "why" and just want to be spoon-fed some light "answers".
Islam is for those of them who also fear threatened by women and girls or just simply despise them. Or both. -
Do you know the core foundations of Islaam?
Oh wait! You don't.
You come from Western so-called civilisation which has been ravaging the world for the last 400-500 years. -
I just don't care for your opinion, you don't have your own anyway.
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There is no point. This life is what you get. It's up to you to make something of it.
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What's the point? Nothing. Congrats.
Yet (...) people still manage to catch a glimpse of happiness. Why? Fuck if we know. Chemical shenanigans on living organisms.
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Life is the point, this one
Why do you need reward in a second life for the first one to matter?
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But you are here now, so live a good life and enjoy it while you can. Maybe try to help others do the same. This is all we get, so use it to the fullest.
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There is no inherent goal or point in life. You get to decide. You get to give your life meaning.
It can be hard. Sometimes, material conditions like poverty, working conditions or social pressure make it hard to find meaning.
Sometimes, you can loose the meaning, like when you loose a loved one.
A good society should help empower all people to give themselves meaning. Sadly this is not the direction many countries are taking nowadays.But despite everything: You are ultimately empowered to create meaning for yourself. Nobody can truly take that away from you.
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"Study" and "Islaam" doesn't mean what you think it means.
Anyone studying what islam is, or for that matter any other authoritarian religion is unlikely to "join" it.
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Pedophile marriages IIRC. So modern.
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How dare you! It's a super-awesome cult for weak men! Gives them a purpose and control over something at least. Also every cult needs docile and obedient masses that "study" and spread their shit. Like cancer, just with more steps.
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Wait, there is nothing after second life? What is the point of second life without third life to give it meaning? /s
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Yeah.
That's why you are so afraid of the spread of Islaam. -
So, you are just an ignorant idiot who forms opinions on things without studying it?
Good for you. -
Friedrich Nietzsche had a lot to say about this.
Suffering is part of what gives life meaning. If you don't know how hard it can get, you don't know how good it can get as well. And there's good suffering out there. Physical exercise, challenging yourself, testing your potential to see what you can actualize are all sufficient things to do in this life. You don't know what you can do until you try to do it.
Then you have to consider things like morality and knowledge.
We humans (and specifically old, white humans) tend to subject others to a certain kind of suffering through the patriarchy. That's not right. Every human should have a chance to live a good life in contrast to suffering. And the ethical pursuit of morality doesn't have to stop with our specific species of life. Humans also subject hundreds of other biological species to a life of slavery, torture, and death. It is a noble cause to bring freedom to those species, just as it is to bring freedom to Palestinians or Ukrainians or Hong Kongers. Their potential is limited by human made constructs which can just as easily be deconstructed.
Also, the universe is infinite (as far as we can tell). There are many machinations ongoing that cause certain events to happen. Why? Why was my local village destroyed by a rock flying in from space? Why is my town in Texas experiencing freezing temperatures when that's never occurred before? How long do I have to get to higher ground until the tsunami that earthquake caused reaches the coast? It's in our interest to learn about the natural world due to the hazards it brings to our lives, and which it could end prematurely. Humans are also curious. Why is our universe the way it is? Why can't we live in a 4D reality? Can we even grasp reality? How do I know something caused something else? How confident can we be in those judgements?
The human condition since The Enlightenment has meant we've shifted our epistemological focus away from us towards the greater world around us. If we no longer have an Almighty God which has all the answers and tells us what's good and ill, who does that now? We do!
God is dead. But morality, knowledge, and the good life of flourishing are not.
