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budaatum:
No, I do not agree that our, or at least my, purpose on earth is just to live and die.

Between the day I was born and the day that I die, I may choose many purposes, like my current one, which is to increase understanding so others may live longer and suffer less.

I may have children too, and build lots of houses or buy many cars, or just enjoy my time on earth, and that is far more than "just to live and die".

So what is the point of achieving all those things since you would not continue living to enjoy them?

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budaatum:
Bad living is not living right, like eating the wrong foods, and not exercising or not improving ones knowledge by not learning.

Everything grows old and dies eventually, because nothing lasts forever. We grow old and die because time goes by.

If I buy a car from you and treat it very well, it will die someday, for that is the nature of things. Treating the car well will however give me more longer joy driving it than if I treated it badly.

So do you agree that our purpose on earth is just to live and die?

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budaatum:
Our purpose is not just to live. Humans can choose additional purposes, like to live well or to help others live well. Those who wrote the Quran and Bible did not write it just so they may live, but so others too may learn to live long and well.

Suffering is subjective. It is usually the product of bad living, and bad living is due to ignorance. If you learn to live well, you would likely suffer less.

Those who live by the sweat of their brow (as in, use their brain to work for their daily bread), suffer less than those who pray for manna from heaven.

What can we define to be bad living? And why do we grow old and die even if we avoid bad living?

Obiedun:
Please do what I have just said. It will help both us.

How would it help both of us since you already know where I can learn about God except me?

Obiedun:
Your name is Michael, right? Michael means 'Who is like God's. For your parents to have given you the name they must have a particular God in mind. They must have known that there is none like God. Please contact them for more details and later come back to me for details.

So mean you I must go back to my parent before you can tell me where I can learn about God?
How do you even know that my parent's idea of God Is the same as yours?

tfrancis:
John 1:1 (KJV) "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
And Now,.....
John 1:3 (KJV) "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made."
John 1:3 (NLT) "God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him."
John 1:3 (MSG) "Everything was created through him; nothing - not one thing! - came into being without him"

I believe to recreate your world, you need the word of God, which is the source of creations. Go for the word of God, nothing else....

Have a wonderful day. SHALOM!!!

What is the 'word' referred to in this verse?

budaatum:
Excuse me, but how did you jump from "believe God", to "humans have no purpose"?

Humans do have purpose. Our purpose is living, and we are so smart that we write books and create gods to teach ourselves to have even higher purposes.

Below is a worthy purpose we have written for ourselves

In fact, if you don't have a purpose

So you mean our purpose is just to live? If yes, why do we die and why is there so much suffering?

Obiedun:
His name is God

Where can I learn about him?

budaatum:
Michael, are you just trolling to smartly advertise cars?

Does the questions sound like a troll?

Obiedun:
God Almighty the Creator of heaven and earth

What is his name? And where can I know more about him?

budaatum:
No, I don't believe that there are any Gods except for the ones we humans create for ourselves in our own heads.

By the way, your question would make more sense without "believe". One only believes what one is not sure or certain of.

I may believe I have a million Naira in my pocket because I don't know how much is in my pocket. Once I have checked my pocket, I would know if a million Naira was in it or not.

Ok thanks for your answer.....so it means humans don't have a purpose here on earth right?

Obiedun:
God is supreme but man is not

Which God are you referring to?

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budaatum:
O Lord God. Thank you very much for not making buda so simpleminded and gullible.

Do you believe that there is a God? If yes, who is he?

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