Why Am I Here? - A Fundamental Question

Why am I here on earth? Where did I come from? What am I worth? Do I have any intrinsic value? Do I serve a purpose? These are all fundamental questions. They are life's "big questions." How you answer these questions determines how you see the world and how you treat the world. Because you are a part of the world, how you see the world also determines how you see and treat yourself. So, it's important that we resolve these fundamental questions. And it's important that we discover the honest truth. Wrong answers to important questions aren't helpful.

Where do we begin in our search for the truth? We begin at the beginning. Perhaps the most fundamental question is: does God exist? It's fundamental because our answers to the other "big questions" actually hinge on how we answer this significant question. For example.

Why Am I Here? - The Atheistic Worldview

Why I am here? Well, if God doesn't exist, that means that life must have come about through some natural impersonal, unintelligent, and ultimately purposeless process. That means we're ultimately as purposeless as the very process which brought us into existence. Life's just an accident and so are you. You can find short term reasons for living like you're here because your parents wanted to have children, etc., but ultimately you're just an accident and so are your parents. Life is one big accident. You serve no purpose, you'll cause no lasting effect, and in the grand scheme of things your life is utterly meaningless. Without a Creator in the beginning, there was nobody around to put you here on purpose which means you aren't here for a reason. It's that simple.

As far as asking "what am I worth," without God we don't actually have an intrinsic value, at least not an objective one. Our worth is ultimately subjective. You might think you're worth something but someone else might think you're worthless, and as long as there's no transcendent Assessor to have the final say, no one's ultimately right or wrong. In fact, without God there's really no such thing as right or wrong. John Dewey (1859-1952), the famous 20th century atheist explained, "There is no God and there is no soul. Hence, there are no needs for the props of traditional religion. With dogma and creed excluded, then immutable truth is also dead and buried. There is no room for fixed, natural law or moral absolutes."¹

Philosophers generally agree: without an absolute God to make the rules, there is no such thing as a moral absolute; there are only preferences. You don't actually have a right to live; you just prefer not to die. Someone else on the other hand might want to kill you regardless of how you feel about it, and who is to say that they're wrong? In the absence of absolute morality, power reigns supreme; the strong survive and the weak get exploited.

Thankfully most governments see it as their duty to uphold what they see as your God-given right to live, and governments also happen to be the strongest institution among men (which means they can enforce morality upon those who don't necessarily agree with your right to live). The founders of the United States of America put it well when they declared, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness, that to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." Unfortunately, some governments don't share this worldview and their people suffer terribly for it.

Why Am I Here? - The Theistic Worldview

Why am I here? Well, if God does exist, that means He is ultimate reality. If He created you for a reason, that's ultimately why your here. If you're valuable to Him, that's ultimately what you're worth. What He says is right is absolutely right and what He says is wrong is absolutely wrong. We may be free moral agents with the freedom to make moral decisions, but that doesn't mean we can choose what actually is right or wrong; that just means we're capable of choosing to be right or wrong. God makes the rules. The question is: will He enforce them? Will God ever hold us accountable for our moral decisions? The prevailing instinct among the majority seems to be that, yes, God will hold us accountable. It's as if most people instinctually know that one day they're going to have to explain all the bad things they've done (which of course means that they also instinctually know that there is such a thing as moral absolutes).

The point is, if God really does exist, terms like "justice," "purpose," and "morality" aren't abstract notions: God has a purpose for you (that's why He made you), He's the one who instituted morality, and in the end He'll see that justice prevails. That's a comforting thought to some, but it's terrifying to others.

So don't begin by asking, "Why am I here?" Begin by asking, "Does God exist?" If He doesn't exist there's really no point in asking "why am I here?" - everything is ultimately pointless. And if He does exist, you'll discover your reason for living when you discover who He is. So begin at the beginning. Does God exist?

Tag Game

Here's a little get to know me fun game...be a sport and please keep it going.
Here's what you need to do...cut and paste this entire blog (yep...no copyright!) and answer the questions and paste it on your page...at the end name the person you want to tag and leave a message for the person with your link on his/her guest book page...The next tag you replace the previous person's answer with your own and tag someone else and follow the same process again...don't break this...check out what others have to say...here goes...

1. How tall are you barefoot?
MEASUREMENT KARNA PADEGA

2 Have you ever smoked before?
NO,, BUT I FEEL SMOKING EVERYDAY,, U KNW Y ?BCZ MY BF N MY BOSS BOTH R SMOKERS

4. If you had a mental disorder, what would it be?
I DNT HAVE ANY DISORDER,, IF I HAVE THN I WANT A SLEEP

5. How many letters are in your crush's name?
??????1,2,3,4,5,, KAUNSE VALA I DNT REMEMBER YAAR, just joking dnt take it seriously

6. What's your favorite silly song?
ACHA SILLA DIYA TUNE MEERE PYAR KAAAAA

7. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
TEA

8. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up?
VISHAL KO PHN KARU

9. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex?
USI SE PUCHNA PADEGA

10. Do you own a knife?
YAA,,, IN MY KITCHEN

11. Do you own a gun?
NAA

12. Name the last things you have bought today.

BUS TICKET

13. Name five drinks you regularly drink.
WATER AND TEA,,

14. What time did you wake up today?
8.30 AM

15. What song do you want played at your funeral?
I DNT KNOW

16. What song did you last hear?
KYA YAHI PYAR HE,,,,,

17. Favorite place to be?
MY HOME WITH MY PARENTS

18. Least favorite place to be?
ABHI YAAD NAHI

19. Do you own slippers?
YES...

20. Where do you think you'll be in 10 yrs?
LIVE WITH MY FAMILY

21. Do you burn or tan?
NO

22. Yellow and blue?
BOTH BUT IN LIGHT COLOR

23. What songs do you sing in the shower?
KABHI KUCH,, KABHI KOI

24. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
BHOOT AAYA

25 What's in your pockets right now?
I HAVE NO POCKET

26 Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment.

I HAVE SOME WORK,,, BCZ I'M IN OFFICE

VISHAL KA PHN KYU NAHI AAYA

WELL I THNK NOW IT'S TOO MUCH STOP ANSWERING

26. Last thing that made you laugh?
VISHAL(MY BF) NE JAB KAHA KI VO BAHUT SIDHA LADKA HE,,WHAT A LOVELY JOKE

27. Best bed sheets you had as a child?
I HAVE NO ONE BEST BED SHEET BCZ I HAVE ONLY BEST SHEETS

28. Worst injury you've ever had?
THANK TO GOD, ABHI TAK SAB THIK HE

29. Do you wish on stars?
YES

30. What were you doing 1 AM last night??
LISTENING MUSIC

31. One thing that u have Loved, one that you have Lost & one that u r afraid of? LOVE

SO ITS END,,,, NOW I'M TAGGING ALL OF YOU

RAJESH VORA,,, RAGHU,, LAKSHMI,,, CHANCHAL NISHANTH,, PRIJIT DEBNATH,, RAGHU NANDAN,, RAMANA RAO SHOBI THOMAS,,,DIVS RAGS ETC

Character is the one thing we make in this world and take with us into the next. The circumstances amid which you live determine your reputation; the truth you believe determines your character.

Reputation is what you are supposed to be;
Character is what you are.

Reputation is the photograph;
Character is the face.

Reputation comes over one from without;
Character grows up from within.

Reputation is what you have when you come to a new community;
Character is what you have when you go away.

Reputation is made in a moment;
Character is built in a lifetime.

Your reputation is learned in an hour;
Your character doesn't come to light for a year.

Reputation grows like a mushroom;
Character grows like the oak.

A single newspaper report gives you your reputation;
A life of toil gives you your character.

Reputation makes you rich or makes you poor;
Character makes you happy or makes you miserable.

Reputation is what men say about you on your tombstone;
Character is what angels say about you before the throne of God.

GOD BLESS YOU!

First of all,,,, thnx for ur comments in my previous blogs,,,,,! Gob Bless all of you.

Quotations about Attitude & Outlook

"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge."

"Many of life's failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

"The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time."

"There is no failure. Only feedback."

"The crisis of yesterday is the joke of tomorrow."

"A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes."

"If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now."

"The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way."

"Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination."

"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you are right.

It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not."

"If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today."

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."

"If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one."

"Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold."

"In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip."

"Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out."

"Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere"

"One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks."

"To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven."

"No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit."

"What we see depends mainly on what we look for."

"The rainbows of life follow the storms."

"If you don't like something change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain."

"When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us."

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for."

"Clear your mind of can't."

"He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life away in fruitless efforts."

"Dont cry because its over, smile because it happened."

DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY J

I have a decision to make--
what will I do?
I'll humbly bow my head,
dear God, and bring it to You.

I know You'll show me
the thing that is right,
It may be tomorrow
or it may be tonight.

I want to serve You
and do Your will,
I would like to go boldly
but I'm timid still.




I'm not afraid,
that's what I say,
But what if I
choose the wrong way?

You've promised to lead me
and I know it is true,
But how Blessed LORD,
will I know it is You?

I trust You to show me
and rid me of doubt,
Keep me and lead me
and make it work out.

I feel calmer now,
I know You are here,
You'll show me the pathway,
each step will be clear.

Forgive me for wanting
to see far ahead,
And help me follow You
each moment instead.

Thanks for Your strength
and Your wisdom too,
And for teaching me daily
that I can trust You.

I know that the moment
my decision is due,
That you'll tell me plainly
what I should do.

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I hope i'm right with all my decisions,,,,,,! i dnt want to loose my faith in myself,,,, bcz for a last few days,, in my life with full of twists and turns. but i believe in God,,,! thats why i'm sure,, now everything is fine,, ab koi nayi problem na aaye bas ,,,,!

Yesterday - Today - Tomorrow

Yesterday I met a stranger...
Today this stranger is my friend. Had I not taken the time to say
hello, or return a smile, or shake a hand, or listen, I would not
have known this person.
Yesterday would have turned into today,
and our chance meeting would be gone.

Yesterday I hugged someone very dear to me. Today they are
gone... and tomorrow will not bring them back.

Wouldn't it be nice if we all knew tomorrow they would be here?
But this is not to be, so take the time TODAY to give a hug, a smile,
an "I love you."

JUST FOR TODAY,
....smile at a stranger
....listen to someone's heart
....drop a coin where a child can find it
....learn something new, then teach it to someone
....tell someone you're thinking of them
....hug a loved one
....don't hold a grudge
....don't be afraid to say "I'm sorry"
....look a child in the eye and tell them how great they are
....look beyond the face of a person into their heart
....make a promise, and keep it
....call someone, for no other reason than to just say "hi"
....show kindness to an animal
....stand up for what you believe in
....smell the rain, feel the breeze, listen to the wind
....use all your senses to their fullest
....cherish all your TODAYS,,,,,J

HAVE A NICE DAY ALWAYS......!

"A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway."

"Only your real friends tell you when your face is dirty."

"What is a friend? I will tell you...it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself."

"A good friend remembers what we were and sees what we can be."

"Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends."

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."

"The only way to have a friend is to be one."

"A friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be somewhere else."

"All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand."

"A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses."

"In a friend you find a second self."

"The better you know someone, the less there is to say. Or maybe, there's less that needs to be said."

"A friend loved at all times."

"Your friends will know you better in the first minute they meet you than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years."

"Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness..."

"Can miles truly separate us from friends?
If we want to be with someone we love, aren't we already there?"

"Never shall I forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend,
as you will always find me yours."

"A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails."

"A part of you has grown in me. And so you see, it's you and me together forever and never apart, maybe in distance, but never in heart."

"Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows."
"Friends are those rare people who ask how you are and then wait to hear the answer."

"The most beautiful discovery that true friends can make is that they can grow separately without growing apart."

"A friend is someone who reaches out for your hand...and touches your heart."

"How lucky I am to have known someone who was so hard to say goodbye to."

"Some people come into our lives,
leave footprints on our hearts,
and we are never the same."

"I don't remember how we happened to meet each other.
I don't remember who got along with whom first.
All I can remember is all of us together...always."

"Love is temporary...but friends are forever."

"Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light."

"You only meet your once in a lifetime friend... once in a lifetime."

"...no man is useless
while he has a friend."

"The friendship that can cease has never been real."

"Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods."

"Friends are born, not made."
"To know someone here or there
with whom you can feel
there is understanding
in spite of distances or
thoughts expressed
That can make life a garden."

"Silence is the true friend that never betrays."

"Love is blind, but friendship closes its eyes."

"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow ~ Don't walk behind me, I may not lead ~ Just walk beside me and be my friend."

Building a friendship is like planting a quote.

"An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship."

"Friends are born, not made."

"A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature."


HAVE A NICE DAY,,,,,, GOD BLESS YOU,, J