• Question: What is the meaning of life? Was there a reason why humans were put on this earth?

    Asked by alekss to Alastair, Emma, Hywel, Keith, Vicki on 21 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Alastair Sloan answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      That’s a philosophical question Alekss! The meaning of life is 42 and the reason humans were put on the earth was to work out why they are there

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      Keith Brain answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      For the first part, I don’t know – that’s a question that most people think about throughout their lives. For the second part, you need to have assumed that we were put on this earth i.e. that there was some intention. If you’re a religious person, then the why question is probably best thought about through religion. Its something that science isn’t very good at.

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      Emma Carter answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      That’s a very good question – and a very deep one. It’s certainly beyond the scope of science to answer though. It’s a question I’ve asked myself and I’m now pretty sure I have a good idea what the answer is – but that’s more though my Christian faith than any scientific research I’ve done.

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      Vicki Stevenson answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      I’m afraid this goes beyond science into religion and philosophy, so it’s a bit out of my league. As you say – was there a reason humans were put on the earth? I don’t actually believe we were put here by a higher power – I think we just happened to evolve here, but I think we still have a responsibility to look after the place for other species and future populations.

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      Hywel Vaughan answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      I think that’s something that you will have to decide for yourself alekss 🙂 What do you think?

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