Why do you care about existing?

[Kimeru]

Now, I don't seem to find the answer for this, why do we all worry so much about existing?
I can think of many logical answers, such as "Because once we are alive, death is painful", "My loved ones" or anything to that extent.

Maybe we, at least in the inside, don’t really care, because we can keep on existing. Now, what if we couldn’t? What if we would be diagnosticated a terminal disease? That would be certainly shocking. At that time, we would normally start to appreciate the little things of life, and what for? In million of years we’ll be nothing, either way. Nothing at all.

So, if we would all stop existing right now, would there be anything regretful on it? I don’t think so.

People look for equality, all the time. Equality of chances, equality of treatment or status, but aren’t we all one and the same? We are the ones who decided to change, we are somehow the way we want. We form ourselves, not others, we make chances come, they don’t come to us. When fighting a problem a person can usually face it with a smiling face, an angry face or a crying face (metaphorically speaking, or not), and those are the things that goes by, molding our personalities. We would often blame others, or blame inequality, but none-of-us-can-be-equal, if we would it would all be chaotic. High class people would often need low class people, for example.

Here’s when “bad things” turn into everyday things, we are selfish (at least at times), as for if we don’t care about ourselves, why others would? We are superficial (again, at least at times and about ourselves), as for if others don’t have a good impression of us, we’ll achieve nothing. We are greedy, without greed you won’t aim for anything in your life.

So, why to evade life? Why to keep on living it? Why not to?

We are doing nothing but just trying to fill the void inside ourselves on our own ways, and to discover ourselves, and sometimes before we even do, we die. You get “pwnt” by life. Funny, in an ironical kind of way. Just in your search for life, it goes away.

Yes, dying is a part of life, but then what? What will become of us? We’ll be just bones, and then just dust. We won’t be remembered, as for we all will cease existing, someday.
So, why in the world should we care? Shouldn’ we think of death as a relief? Yes, for every bad thing there are good things also, but aren’t bad things a lot more? Say the truth, aren’t you just tired of everything? Obligations, worries, responsibilites, and all that, what the hell for? Why do we put so much efford in our lives? I can put life in a nutshell: We are born, we go to school, we get a job, we pro-create and we die. Just the way we come here, we leave. We are not even the ones responsibles of our existance, if you think of it. We didn’t choose to exist, and if we would have had the choice, what would we have done? Honestly. For every ten people that cares about you, there is a million who doesn’t.

“There is no illness that lasts 100 years”, yes, but with 99 years you already got seriously “pwnt”.

What’s this about? Nothing, you might have noticed I’m going around speaking about things that aren’t even connected, but still adds to this, somehow. Either way, this has been hitting me for a long time, now...

So, I get back the question into the debate itself, why do you care about existing? Discuss.

[Darksage]

Hmmm
We live, because we were given life.
I know it was not your intention but that post made it appear you wanted to commit suicide.
I live, because I am alive, and because God left us all work to do. We can choose the easy route, and do evil, and disobey God's will, and pay for it in eternity, or we can challenge ourselves, and live how God exoects us to, so we will be rewarded after our earthly life ends. We may find life on Earth worthless, pointless, etc., but eternity is a lot longer than the average human lifespan

[Kimeru]

I know it was not your intention but that post made it appear you wanted to commit suicide.

ROFL, you wish.

I live, because I am alive, and because God left us all work to do. We can choose the easy route, and do evil, and disobey God's will, and pay for it in eternity, or we can challenge ourselves, and live how God exoects us to, so we will be rewarded after our earthly life ends. We may find life on Earth worthless, pointless, etc., but eternity is a lot longer than the average human lifespan

Hm, yeah, gods, routes, eternity... I am not really guided by all that, but yeah, pretty much a good reason.

[Jester]

life is an adventure- roll with it. i don't have anything better to do.

[Obsideon]

since this is a philosophical debate I'll strike you with some of my own. Life is the most valuable thing in the universe. It is that which gives all else value, purpose, and reason. Life is resiliant, once started in a place it is nearly impossable to eliminate. Life has and in fact is potential. A meteor hurtelling through space can destroy a planet, the planet cannot fight back, but life can adapt, life can develope, life can destroy the meteor, the planet, or anything else it wants, life can exist in environments unwelcoming, and if the environement is too inhospitable life can change it. Gold has value because we want it, daimonds are precious because WE, the living want them to be. What sets the value of the dollar? the recipiant. Indeed all thing's value are determined by each indevidual. So what can be more valuable then that indevidual? What is my point? if your father gives you an antique, an ancient family heirloom, do you throw it away? or do you take care of it? How is life anything less?

[zabuza0]

life you say huh, well life is like a test, a test you r taking cus god is waching who is really loyal or not, those that r loyal, get eternal life and the ones that dont, dont get it, is an easy task to acomplish but we could still try after wards when you obtain eternal life then what you say... well thats all up to you to deside....

[Kimeru]

since this is a philosophical debate I'll strike you with some of my own. Life is the most valuable thing in the universe. It is that which gives all else value, purpose, and reason. Life is resiliant, once started in a place it is nearly impossable to eliminate. Life has and in fact is potential. A meteor hurtelling through space can destroy a planet, the planet cannot fight back, but life can adapt, life can develope, life can destroy the meteor, the planet, or anything else it wants, life can exist in environments unwelcoming, and if the environement is too inhospitable life can change it. Gold has value because we want it, daimonds are precious because WE, the living want them to be. What sets the value of the dollar? the recipiant. Indeed all thing's value are determined by each indevidual. So what can be more valuable then that indevidual? What is my point? if your father gives you an antique, an ancient family heirloom, do you throw it away? or do you take care of it? How is life anything less?

(I am happy to know that there's still intelligence on the forums. :D)

Valid. Valid and true. But how could you wish for life without having it in the first place?

life you say huh, well life is like a test, a test you r taking cus god is waching who is really loyal or not, those that r loyal, get eternal life and the ones that dont, dont get it, is an easy task to acomplish but we could still try after wards when you obtain eternal life then what you say... well thats all up to you to deside....

Sounds like budhism(sp?), but with god in it.
I see that as a circle, you die without doing your own life to "god's way" then you are re-born to try again, and again, and again. How is that different from eternal life?

(Funny enough, Jester's explanation is the one that left me satisfied the most. XD)

[Akira Raine]

Life is good. Unfortunatly for some life is not good, but for most of us, and all of us here it is good. It might not be the best but think of all the other people that have to suffer far worse then we do. At least we all have a home to live in. That right there shows us all how lucky we are. There is always something that can make us happy. That is why we exist, to live life and to be happy and to enjoy it. I'm grateful for life. And happiness and laughter is the key.

[Videogamefreak44]

i dont care about existing. . .

[Darksage]

"The purpose of life is a life of purpose."

[DyBre]

I didn't care about existing... untill I met my boyfriend... and now I really do see all life has meaning; there is no meaning in death.

[Videogamefreak44]

until you met your boyfriend o.O it says your a guy though!

[Kimeru]

until you met your boyfriend o.O it says your a guy though!
Eh, you do the math, then. XDDD

[Darksage]

Eh, you do the math, then. XDDD
XDDD Never mind that lol



Here's a question to retaliate: Why wouldn't you care about existing?

[Kimeru]

XDDD Never mind that lol



Here's a question to retaliate: Why wouldn't you care about existing?
The inverse won't work. And even if it would, the question is "Why do you care about existing", no "Why would you care about existing".

[Digispirit Virus]

hmmm...that question is more of a "Why do you want to die?", "Why do you wish you never existed?"

actually, i don't really know...there's something that drives me...dunno what, but somehow it drives me to keep living...like i said...dunno why...

[Mystic-Spirit]

We just live to experience life. That's mostly all there is to it. I'm too lazy to go into more detail.

[Darksage]

We just live to experience life. That's mostly all there is to it. I'm too lazy to go into more detail.
Then maybe "What is life's purpose?" would be a more fitting question?

http://forums.otakuworks.com/showthread.php?p=137163#post137163

[Digispirit Virus]

Random thing taken from a Japanese Live Action Series:
In the human brain, 14 billions of neurons and 10 times that amount of cells which are instructing the neurons, exist. Those nerves are divided into...central nerves & peripheral nerves...and the central nervesare divided again into: cerebrum, diencephalon, cerebellum, brain stem, & spinal cord. Among them, those which work for the body to move smoothly and freely are the cerebellum, brain stem, & spinal cord. *moves on the the episode*

http://www.youtube.com/?v=ZgdzjTDJlUY
You might like this, it's based off a Shoujo manga that's based off a true story

[FinalDragoon]

Normally, humans strive for survival. Our will to live is strong enough for us to event towers of steel.

Of course, many people suffer from emotional dissorders and chemical imbalances that cause suicidal desires and depression. Those chemical imbalances are why anyone would want to lose their life. Also, often when losing something important causes an emotional unstability. Some people don't have an optimistic view or they find it hard to find a lot to live for.

[Videogamefreak44]

Because life suck, thats why you want to die

[Darksage]

Because life suck, thats why you want to die
And that's a reason for caring to exist? :blink:

[Mystic-Spirit]

Normally, humans strive for survival. Our will to live is strong enough for us to event towers of steel.

Of course, many people suffer from emotional dissorders and chemical imbalances that cause suicidal desires and depression. Those chemical imbalances are why anyone would want to lose their life. Also, often when losing something important causes an emotional unstability. Some people don't have an optimistic view or they find it hard to find a lot to live for.

Not everyone has a chemical imbalance(Or we do, but most of the time it doesn't effect us.),unless the person has an emotional dissorder. Also, sometimes that despression is exsposed the most when people take drugs(Mostly like Ecstacy) were the sideffects mess with the brain and if constantly used can destroy all part of the ______(Some part in the brain) which can cause an emotional dissorder to were they have to take Anti-Depressents to have some thought of happiness.

^ I read somewhere about that.

[Videogamefreak44]

XDDD Never mind that lol



Here's a question to retaliate: Why wouldn't you care about existing?

no you asked that so thats, why i answered that way

[FinalDragoon]

Brian, you're fucking emo.

[Videogamefreak44]

i hate you >.>

[FinalDragoon]

Because life suck, thats why you want to die


Tell me that isn't emo Brian, tell me.


Not only that it's lame and damn pathetic.

[Videogamefreak44]

yes, it is emo, but you dont have to say it ><

[FinalDragoon]

As a matter of fact I do.

[Videogamefreak44]

what for? o.O

[FinalDragoon]

So you stop being emo. It's an epidemic that must be stopped.

[Videogamefreak44]

Never!!!

[Darksage]

Who gives a shit about emo people. Shut the hell up.

[Akira Raine]

yeah. Brian, stop giving such a horrible attitude towards life. You ahve no idea how bad it can be. You are lucky. It could be 10000000000000000000000000000000 times worse. Seriuosly.

THere's no reason for you to hate life.

[Darksage]

THere's no reason for you to hate life.
And who are you to say that?

[Videogamefreak44]

yes I know it can be worse >.> but. .. *sigh* nevermind

[FinalDragoon]

Life is what you make of it.

[Darksage]

"The Purpose of Life is a Life of Purpose"

[Videogamefreak44]

Life is boring *falls asleep* zzzzzzz