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uriel1972

(4,261 posts)

12. No intrinsic purpose...

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Mon Oct 29, 2018, 01:03 AM

Oct 2018

Just biological imperatives and the overlays of intelligence that are put upon them.

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What is our purpose? [View all] Soph0571 Oct 2018 OP

I went to seminary... handmade34 Oct 2018 #1

The purpose of life is to survive and reproduce. MineralMan Oct 2018 #2

Live, think, act rightly? Who TF gets to define Croney Oct 2018 #3

Our purpose in life is science.... LakeArenal Oct 2018 #4

From Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth..."The true or primary purpose of your life cannot be found c-rational Oct 2018 #5

Why do we assume there is a purpose? Voltaire2 Oct 2018 #6

I agree with you DavidDvorkin Oct 2018 #7

We go out in the world and take our chances. Pope George Ringo II Oct 2018 #11

The Biological Imperative: Eat And Screw. Iggo Oct 2018 #8

We are the most intelligent conscious species that we know of in the universe. Jim__ Oct 2018 #9

"To crush your enemies -- edhopper Oct 2018 #10

lul Act_of_Reparation Oct 2018 #13

No intrinsic purpose... uriel1972 Oct 2018 #12

Life's what you make it Lordquinton Oct 2018 #14

For me: Leave it better than you found it. NeoGreen Oct 2018 #15

Physically, it is to live and reproduce. guillaumeb Oct 2018 #16

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