Existence and Purpose

 

Can you prove that mankind exists?

Descartes, the philosopher said, "I think, therefore I am."

The movie The Matrix speculated that our life was a simulation, and that our real bodies were in some kind of pod, draining us of our energy to keep the simulation up and running.

Religious people believe that we were created by God to serve Him - so that His will in heaven would be carried out on earth.

Other cultures believe that we are continually reincarnated into another life here on earth after we die.

HOWEVER, none of these examples above, actually PROVE OUR EXISTENCE.

Yet,

• We feel pain
• We think and plan
• We draw conclusions
• We problem solve
• We feel emotions
• We feel sickness
• We can be damaged
• We ultimately die

NONE OF US are born as equals in the sense that we are all different.

Tall - Short - Thin - Fat - Smart - Dumb - Athletic, etc.

• Science cannot make us equal
• Education cannot make us equal
• Faith cannot make us equal

AND...  the question remains:  How do we prove that we exist?

Let's go one step further...

1. Who/What created the universe?
2. How did something from nothing happen?
3. Why is the universe still expanding and INTO WHAT is it expanding?

What is it about PROOF that is so elusive, I keep asking myself.  Do I really need proof, I wonder.  If I had proof what would I do with it, I ask as if proof creates reality and reality creates TRUTH.  

Proof of existence is one question but then if that was ever to be answered, then we would want to know what our purpose is here and why we live only 80-100 years...   when death is for an eternity.

I would speculate that most of us, at least 99%, don't give a damn about our existence or our purpose - they just want to live their lives as best as they can, given the circumstances of their environment and their parents.

Philosophy is just a class that some have to take in order to graduate from school and that is the depth of their understanding or desire to understand.  It does not really matter if we exist or not as long as we have a life to live.  How we lived that life never becomes an issue until very much later in life when there is nothing else for us to think about.