We are born, are educated, get a job, find a partner, have a family, make enough money to stave off discomfort, live the constant struggle of existence, get old, weak and sad, and then die.
Man killing man, people starving while others watch, rape, death: It all seems so illogical, so pointless. Life must be the complete stupidity of existence itself. Therefore we need to create artificial meaning to prop up our petty lives. We depend on religion, which answers our questions by referring to another world that doesn’t exist but provides a so called reason for living. Some people survive through apathy and conformity, following the herd, not asking these questions. Suicide really is is the biggest statement of life’s pointless, meaningless trail.
The only purpose of existence left is life for life’s sake, accepting that we exist and that therefore we ought to make the most of it. Seize the day, reach for the stars, eat the peach and all those other clichés adorned by optimists. We must ignore the fact that when we are dead nothing will ever have mattered . It is vital, for our own mental stability and sanity. We must invent a moral, a theme, if none already exists.
As for me… the only thing that can keep me  alive is a zombie apocalypse or world war 3.. perhaps then, life might have some meaning again and humanity will go back to its roots.. survival. Those two things will probably never happen in either in my lifetime or ever at all.
I’m on the edge.
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I’ve never thought of it that way..
I always knew religion made life worth while for some, and it put a meaning to things.
I like your way of thinking. Good job.
Religion creates a false meaning… it is one of the only things that illustrates how meaningless our lives are.
This post isnt just about religion though… we have lost our roots as humans, we have lost the survival factor that other animals have, thats might make life more exciting.
We are now nothing more than meaningless robots, just repeating the same day, over and over.
I agree completely. Quite sad what this world is…
I agree with everything you said.
Exactly my thoughts. I am thinking of going some time without money and experience wild life.
Life really does have no meaning, and no value. I used not to think that way, but after seeing life for what it really is; there is no other conclusion.
100 years ago, I was nothing. 100 years from now, I will be nothing. Time stands still for nobody! Life really is a meaningless adventure, and what the original poster communicated here truthfully sums it all up well.