What Is The Meaning Of Life?

What Is The Meaning Of Life?

Many human beings on Planet Earth are hell-bent on trying to understanding the meaning of life. Why we can observe the Universe and interact with others around us. Why the world is like this, and not completely different. It’s a deep thought, and a question we humans will all ponder at some point in our life, and are yet to give a Universal answer.

I’d like you for a moment to contemplate life. The differences between beings which can control its movements, see the world around it, smell, and feel emotions, and physical objects which are simply controlled by physical and natural laws which make up our Universe. It’s something phenomenally difficult to truly understand, and I believe the only way we can possibly answer this question would be to understand how everything came to be. Why the Universe was created, whether the Universe is infinite, whether there are other Universes, or planets with life on them, and indeed, why there is something rather than nothing.

But a true theory of creation does not yet exist, or rather, a theory of everything. We may never understand why there is something rather than nothing. Or even, what nothing truly is. If there was nothing, if nothing existed, if life did not exist, light, dark, space, never existed. Something I’m even having difficulty trying to contemplate whilst writing this, rather than just understanding the words, try and visualise. There wouldn’t even be darkness, as darkness is merely an absence of light and there would indicant that something does indeed exist.

The fundamental question we come to involves the potential existence of God. Has there always been something rather than nothing? Has existence indeed, always existed? If God exists, has he always existed? Or, can be created out of nothing?

Those I believe are the questions which, if answered, provide the answer for everything. Only one must be answered, two will provide us with a Universal purpose to everything that exists and that is in existence, and two will simply prove that we are simply products of chance, evolution, and the beautiful work of the Universe.

I’ll return to the meaning of life, or at least the meaning of life within our lifetime. I say this because, as you know, science is quickly evolving, however we cannot be assured that we will discover a theory of existence which can somehow be proved beyond all doubt and explains exactly how everything came to be. This may be achievable if more of us devote more time to maths and science and more of us focus on this question from that angle, rather than settling for a simple one word answer, God. (FYI, I have personally decided to follow this route, and wish to team up with people in the future who have similar goals.)

A true understanding of the world around us isn’t something to be taken lightly. If people truly accept that there is no Universal purpose to everything on Earth, then why would they continue living as they do? With the new found understanding that they are not immortal, that they will not go on to live in some utopian society in a mystical white land with a deity which they have served to faithfully (or not) in their lifetime.

So, we now have to contemplate what makes life currently worth living. Goals, achievements, love, relationships, family, and peace. If there is no absolute purpose to everything and every being in existence, then we can at least have our own purpose. Our own goals. Our own life.

I think the only thing intelligent life forms such as humans, (at least intelligent enough compared to the species on Earth), can settle for their own purpose in life. That they have been given an opportunity to experience the beautiful Universe around them, whether by chance or by intelligent design is no longer relevant. It’s a compelling and motivationally thought to think that this is simply one opportunity to achieve your own person goals and achieve that purpose in life, and that procrastination is simply one less day you have to live, wasted.

If you can reach old age, and simply accept that you have achieved those goals you have set out to achieve, you have understood the true passion we humans have the ability to experience, and instead of simply believing money to have value, that purpose in life is true value, passion is a true value, and love is a true value. Vanity is not.

You must act now. Stop procrastinating, stop sitting on the fence between what you want, and what you don’t. Act now, and begin on the journey which you can set for yourself because that is your right, and that is what makes life worth living. Do not reach old age and find you have not achieved what you wanted to achieve. I implore you to act immediately, and maintain that motivation throughout life. There is nothing worse than regret, especially in life where one is not immortal, where one simply has one chance to achieve what they believe is their passion.

If this is achieved, then death can be accepted as a peace offering. No yesterday, no tomorrow, the soft green grass blowing in the wind above, the earth beneath our feet, and what we have achieved lives on. This can never be taken away from us. Whilst you exist, achieve what must be achieved, do what must done, and what the time comes, accept death as a friend. Death should not be feared, as death is an amiable being. He has come to relieve you of your suffering, the worries of life, and the complexities of the modern world. We must therefore concentrate on the goal we have attached to our live, and when this has been achieved, you can simply, just be at one with the world.

Mobile Phones and Energy

Mobile Phones and Energy

I agree that overuse of a mobile phone, as a pose to face to face communication is becoming increasingly popular, whether this is becoming an issue is debateable as I believe that the internet is far more problematic than the use of texting as a form of communication.

The salient different between texting and face to face communication is the convenience of mobile phones. It’s much easier to send a text to a person than it is to arrange a place to meet and actually get from A to B. Texting can actually be used to provide information about where two people are meeting, and to inform the other of one’s arrival at said destination.

The internet however is a completely different matter, as there is a myriad of information for one to delve into and many hours can be lost this way. Although one may use this information for beneficial purposes, such as increasing one’s knowledge, there is also a far greater amount of time wasting material to be found. There’s also a great amount of money to be spend on various products which are advertised on almost all available websites on the web.

We generally associated the internet to vociferous, sallow skinned teenagers with general irreverence for society, tapping away at their keyboards locked in their bedrooms, whilst indeed texting on a mobile phone. This is however a stereotypical concept of the modern teenager, although stereotypes exist for a reason. I do believe that this stereotype is becoming increasingly accurate, as there is so much to access on the internet which is easily accessible through a few clicks, which compared to outdoor venues which generally require a large sum of ‘borrowed’ money, the permission from a parent, a form of transport which is generally a parent, and large distances to travel. I believe convenience is paramount to the 21st Century way of life, and for that reason I believe that the increase of technology will not stop unless resources run out and sustainable alternatives are not within existence by that time.

The use of a mobile phone has become almost a requirement to the average teenager, and those who don’t possess the gadget are generally assumed to be eccentric, weird, or anti-social. They’re a way to keep in contact with people whilst you’re not on Facebook, or you heaven forbid, have delved into the outside world and a friend (or stalker) wishes to get in contact you. There’s another point. Social media, such as Facebook and Youtube have become increasingly essential to the modern teenager. Facebook is exceedingly popular with around 700 million users worldwide and allows users to upload their photos and information and allows them to communicate with people they have added their friends list. (Why am I explaining what Facebook is...) It’s all forms of convenient social (virtual or not) contact between friends and family.

I think the main issue is the increase in burning fossil fuels. I believe that the estimation made for when the Earth will run out of these non-sustainable supplies it around 2057. It seems a long time away but believe me, the future arrives quickly and the arrow of time cannot prevent this, (to all you who believe they are immortal teehee.) Technology is increasing fast; we’re certainly dependant on technology for weapons, the internet, defence systems and hospitals. If we suddenly ran out of fossil fuels tomorrow, I certainly believe that there would be complete and utter anarchy. Those who have sovereignty over each state would be powerless to act, as without energy they are simply humans in a building with no power to inform the masses of their information, although we usually don’t want to hear the government’s opinions anyway.

Meticulous planning must be executed by those in power, or I believe that severe consequences will be at the end of the tunnel. Who knows how bad global warming could have affected the planet in the next fifty years, we already experience increasingly worsening weather conditions and I think we assume that they will get considerably worse and potentially providing an ultimatum for humanity. Such a marvellous thing nature is. Preventing ostentatious and unnecessary advances in technology should be implemented. The main issue is the massive lack of organisation, the human race’s immense lack of preventing something before it is indeed, too late. With wars raging in the middle east, religions parting billions of people to the point of bombing each other, I think any chances of world organisation is impossible now. How long it will be until chaos strikes is impossible to predict, however I’ll assume society will have drastically deteriorated within the next fifty or so years, unless those in power act swiftly, ruthlessly and use force the message down the throat of any person who does not understand the consequences of doing nothing. However, I’m fairly sure you’ve already enumerated the immense amount of flaws in my speculation. The vast lack of irreverence for the government is ridiculous and unnecessary. Also as I already stated, the immense lack of effort to prevent something which is so gradual we barely notice the difference. However an analogy I’d link that too is death. Many people find ageing happens so gradually, that they one day simply gaze into the mirror and find themselves hours from leaving this Earth.

I write this as it’s heavily raining in the beginning of June, interesting. Our imperturbable approach to future issues is for want of a better word, insane. Many of us have experienced times when the consequences suddenly catch up with us, something we thought that had been buried deep in the past suddenly jumps up and bites us on the arse. It’s what I believe will happen, and a view shared by scientists alike. We must act before scenes on the street are similar to that of apocalyptic movies, with seemingly homeless people holding signs stating “The end is nigh.” So please, just do anything you can to spread the message and prevent the inevitable fate of humanity.

Are There Aliens Out There?

Are there Aliens out there?

When answering this question we must first have some understanding of the size of the cosmos. The Universe is possibly infinite; we have absolutely no idea whether there is an edge to the Universe, when we simply hit a wall in space. We don’t even know whether our Universe is the only one, for all we know there could be billions of other Universes’s out there filled with their own galaxies and solar systems. In 1999, approximately 125 billion galaxies were estimated to be in the Universe. Not all of those are visible as the light from those objects has not reached us here on Earth. Within each of those galaxies there will be billions of stars and planets within them, just like our galaxy, the Milky Way.

With the myriad of galaxies in existence, we lean toward the answer that there probably is alien life form out there in the distance cosmos. Scientists have not yet made contacts with any alien species however, (they have been trying to detect radio waves).

In terms of loose probability, I assume there is an extremely high chance that there are other life forms in the Universe. As in the previous paragraph I stated that there is a possibly infinite amount of space and opportunities for existence. It seems so unlikely that it is only planet Earth which has been inhabited by life.

Whether the alien life forms are an intelligent set of species is difficult to speculate on, or in other words, impossible without observation. There is of course the danger of intelligent species. If you were a dominant species, with the ability to reach other life forms on another planet, which would require some sort of spaceship which could travel near the speed of light, or indeed the species could have an extremely long lifespan, then we can’t really expect them to be kind and respectful can we? Finding another form of life on another planet could be seen as threatening to their species, they way even launch attacks from outer space, and if that species had reached us we assume that their weaponry would be far superior to our own. Of course we don’t know whether they are an extremely violent, extremely kind, or just a vociferous species. Until we see them we won’t know!

I thought I’d point something out. The existence of aliens isn’t like the existence of religion. Just because we can’t prove either way whether there are alien species, doesn’t mean they exist. That is to say, religion only exists on the basis that it cannot be proven otherwise. This isn’t the case in science however, for something to be true it must be observable.

There could even be the possibility of one single maverick being who has decided to fly by himself to planet Earth just to see what all the fuss is about around here. Needless to say, by the time any alien life form reaches planet Earth, we’ll probably be in a state of Apocalypse due to religious groups fighting each other. Of course, if the smarter people of the planet were put into government and an extremely meticulous plan was made to defend against religious Anarchy then we might all be saved. Although the salient difference is that those in office are generally religious, and generally idiotic...

Why Views On Religions and God

Since I was twelve years old I had never believed in the existence of God, nor any similar omniscient deity which I was destined to serve for an infinite amount of time. The first issue I came to with religion, is in fact the vast amount of religions there is to chose from. When you have two billion people following one religion, and a further one and a half billion following another, how do you decide who is right? Indeed, how can so many people believe that their views are undisputable, that any other religious belief is completely and absolutely wrong?


How is that so many people can believe in a supernatural being, simply on the basis that it cannot be proven not to exist. Of course, the comfort religion provides is second to none for most. The fear of dying is something prefer not to contemplate, and therefore push it to the back of their mind. Others believe that their life is infinite, that they are immortal. When they cease to exist on this Earth, their soul will leave the body, and based on how they are judged for their actions, will be placed in either a utopian existence, namely Heaven. Or in somewhere apparently so painful, and somewhere which should be feared above all other situations, is Hell.


We now understand that religion is based on fear, power, and most probably jealousy. The fear is created by the existence of Hell. If the Ten Commandments are not followed, the person will find themselves in the most horrific and painful environment possible, where they will be tortured for and infinite amount of time.
For me, I do not wish to follow a religion where the simplest errors in life can lead to being forced to live for an infinite amount of time in Hell. A God who is supposedly kind and full of forgiveness is not someone I believe would cause such pain to a person’s life, simply because they either did not believe, or believed in the wrong religion. Because let’s face it, there are a great many religions and Gods to chose from.


Is the idea of an Afterlife simply created due the fear of death? This seems highly likely, as previously stated we prefer not to contemplate the idea of death. As going from a living, breathing, thinking, communicating being can go from being in existence, to being nothing within a matter of seconds. This is something I find difficult to grasp. Grasping the idea of existence is highly difficult, and something I want to discuss.


A person, not the physical body, but the actual person, something due to finding this difficult to put into words, religious people refer to as the soul, that which houses the person’s beliefs and morals. To think that something can go from being able to think, communicate, and most importantly, exist. To go from existence to nothingness is something which is impossible to understand in my opinion. Although this is an Atheist blog, this is something which if I was a theist, I would be contemplating considerably more.


I believe that we all usually have quite a strong pull on us to believe in religion, as of course it does give us many answers. And above all some form of Universal purpose and understanding of why we’re in existence at all. However, isn’t that taking the easy option? Rather than improving our intelligence to the highest level, and trying to understanding the world we live in and then proving our theories with observation? Isn’t it simply lazy to just rely on God being the creator of everything?

Pascal's Wager

"If you believe in God and turn out to be incorrect, you have lost nothing--but if you don't believe in God and turn out to be incorrect, you will go to hell. Therefore it is foolish to be an atheist."

This argument is known as Pascal’s Wager (as the title indicates…) however it has several flaws which I will explain.

For a start, Pascal’s Wager does not indicate which religion one should follow. As many religions are mutually exclusive religions and religions which contradict each other. This argument is generally described as the “avoiding the wrong hell” problem. If a person is a follow of one religion, he may end up in the version of hell from another religion.

If we are to assume that there’s a God, that must imply that there’s only one unique God and therefore only one religion is correct. We would also have difficulty believing in all religion, as previously stated some contradict each other and others are mutually exclusive, and there’s the issue of which commandments to follow.

Secondly, the statement “if you believe in God and turn out to be incorrect, you have lost nothing” is not true. What if you believe in the wrong God? Wouldn’t the correct God punish you for being foolish.

A third flaw in the argument is that is is based on the assumption that the existence of God, and non-existence, are equally likely – or they are at least of comparable likelihood. If the existence of God is closer to zero, the argument becomes much less persuasive. So the argument is only for believers who are attempting to fool less non-believers without explaining the full concept, if they understand it themselves that is.

We assume the argument consists of the following four statements:

1.One does not know whether God exists.

2. Not believing in God is bad for one’s eternal soul if God does exist.

3. Believing in God is of no consequence if God does not exist.

4. Therefore it is in one’s interest to believe in God.

There are now two further approaches to this argument. The first is viewing Statement 1 as an assumption, and Statement 2 as a consequence of it. The problem is that Statement 2 doesn’t logically follow Statement 1.

The alternative approach is to claim that Statement 1 and Statement 2 are actually both assumptions. The problem with this is that only Christians will agree that Statement 2 is an assumption, as it is a Christian position.

Also, we don’t know the actual consequences of not believing in God, if there is one. So Statement 2 we can certainly assume is an assumption, because there is no evidence, nor anything pointing toward, the existence of a soul. Except religious peoples explanation for avoiding the obvious case that the human body is still present after death and does decay.

And another argument is that believing in God for the simple reason that you are scared that there is a God, and not believing, will result in bad consequences. Christians believe that God requires an element of trust rather than belief due to the belief that it is a better choice.

Finally, religious people like to say that God is a far and just God, surely he will judge people on their actions rather than what they believe in? A God who sends people to hell, who instead of praying for people, they provide support and aid, and therefore are considered a good person, are still sent to ‘Hell’ due to not believing in God is not a religion which would appeal to irreligious people.