Do you ever wonder why you are here?

[Dude111]

Do you know where your life is going? Do ya think that you were put on this earth for other things?

Do you ever wonder if this is the right job,or if God has another direction for you?

All I can do is think I must have done something really aweful in the universe to be put on this hell hole.......

In my opinion things started going downhill in the 90s......

Were you born in the 90s?

[jfman]

It’s been getting worse longer than that.

[Jaymoss]

I have struggled with my faith since I nearly lost my daughter to blood loss. A transfusion saved her.

Without my faith all I can see ahead is a lonely death and with my faith I struggle to see how I am worthy of anything better anyway

Depression talking. I do not recommend it

I definitely wonder why some people are here ...

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by Jaymoss

I have struggled with my faith since I nearly lost my daughter to blood loss. A transfusion saved her.

Without my faith all I can see ahead is a lonely death and with my faith I struggle to see how I am worthy of anything better anyway

Depression talking. I do not recommend it

Depression is a terrible thing. I've just found out that a friend tried to hang himself because his depression got so bad.

If it's any consolation, life goes quicker the older you get and the time spent here will be over before you know it. All I can suggest to you is to talk to God, avoid negative/toxic people (such people are usually suffering themselves) and try to find help to overcome it like your GP, Andys Man Club etc


You are worthy & all the best.

[mrmistoffelees]

I’m not sure we have a purpose, we just wander around finding interesting things and situations (good or bad) until we die.

[denphone]

l am not religious as such but a strong inner faith has got me through more then one person usually gets in a lifetime.

[ianch99]

Originally Posted by Paul

I definitely wonder why some people are here ...

This made me laugh

[peanut]

We're all totally insignificant. We don't even register in the grand scheme of things. Make the most of living your life as that's all we get. Use it or waste it.

[mrmistoffelees]

Originally Posted by peanut

We're all totally insignificant. We don't even register in the grand scheme of things. Make the most of living your life as that's all we get. Use it or waste it.

What defines using it or wasting it though !

[peanut]

When your life flashes before eyes in your dying moments I suppose defines it.

[idi banashapan]

Does there need to be a 'reason' for us to be here or to exist? i've never felt I'm here for a purpose, or that I need to find a purpose. Sometimes things just are what they are - consciousness is one of those things. When those neurons stop firing, what made you you is gone. You're back to the place you were before you came to be. And I'm ok with that. Don't waste your time waiting for someone or something to give you a direction - that's all on you. Do the things you enjoy, be kind, inquisitive and mindful, don't hurt others. It's all pretty simple.

Originally Posted by peanut

When your life flashes before eyes in your dying moments I suppose defines it.

It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die.

That is true, it's called Life.

Terry Pratchett

Originally Posted by idi banashapan

Do the things you enjoy, be kind, inquisitive and mindful, don't hurt others. It's all pretty simple.

If you’re nothing more than a bag of self-aware chemistry, how do you arrive at moral imperatives like these? Genuinely curious.

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Originally Posted by Dude111

Do you know where your life is going? Do ya think that you were put on this earth for other things?

Do you ever wonder if this is the right job,or if God has another direction for you?

All I can do is think I must have done something really aweful in the universe to be put on this hell hole.......

In my opinion things started going downhill in the 90s......

I’m a Christian in full-time pastoral ministry and convinced I am fulfilling a divine calling. Because of that, I know in general terms where my life is going but I wouldn’t be so arrogant as to claim to be sure I’m not on Earth for other things. There are aspects of my ministry I will mess up in some way, and there are aspects of my future life I as yet know nothing about. Even within my calling in its narrowest sense (run a church, look after people, and above all preach the good news of Jesus) there’s an immense amount of detail missing.

God’s direction for me beyond the next few years is his business. Until I know otherwise I plan to serve him as I’ve been trained to until I retire, which is less than 20 years from now. But that could change.

Incidentally I don’t know how you conceive of ‘God’ but if you mean in the Judeo-Christian sense then you emphatically weren’t put here because of some past-life evil. There is no concept of a wheel of reincarnation in any of the mainstream Abrahamic religions or their derivatives.

As for the 90s, well that’s when religion ceased to be religion to me, and became a living faith in a living saviour. So I disagree on that point. My life took a different and far better path from then.