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If nothing happens after we die, what's the point of it all? (reddthat.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Godmode@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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We spend our days bound by endless obligations. Yet, even with loneliness, failed relationships, and soul-draining work, people still manage to catch a glimpse of happiness. Why?

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[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I simply believe that it's not the destination what matters, but the journey and what you do in it.

I just got a haircut, ate an ice cream while listening to Lady Gaga, had a nice soup for lunch and tomorrow I take the day off after a long and stressful work week. My meaning is in those details.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The chances that there this nothing waiting for us after death are laughably slim, especially as we make more discoveries about death and quantum phenomenon

Read into NDEs

[–] Hyggyldy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago

Thinking there's something after death seems to make people lose sight of this world and fail to see the beauty in it, IMO. When I hear religious people ask this question I think their god(s) must feel insulted. Doesn't really answer your full question but that's my thoughts.

[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 months ago

The meaning of life is to search for the meaning of life.

[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

if one's life was just loneliness, failed relationships, and soul-draining work it might appear pointless

maybe there is lots of other things to do?

[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago

Ngl this type of post on reddit used to make me depresssed as a kid and id make them too, dont want to see them, theres no point in thinking about this thats why ppl either dont or spend all their time religious

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -1 points 5 months ago

So the billionaires can live their best lives, they need pedons to serve them.

[–] rainrain@sh.itjust.works -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty confident that there's an afterlife.

I speak from my own research into related phenomena.

The afterlife is basically the dreamworld but moreso.

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