What is the meaning of life?

well it depends on wheater you believe in religion or not most atheists believe in the Big bang theory

God created the universe! he made the big bang happen. he creted us on this earth to worship him and serve him…he made us able to reproduce so that we could pass on the knowledge of him and EVERYONE can serve and worship HIM. God and science quite honestly compliment eachother…its just that most things science says are true…its because God made it that way

Now, there are some things that science takes way out of control and has everybody believing in things that arent even true, only so that people will take Science side and not Gods side, I feel rather bad for those people because they are being told that God doesnt exist and that may end up leading to their eternal saddness

sry im not trying to be dramatic lol, but im a christian, I believe in God, I believe in science (the facts) and I believe that everythng happens for a reason…as long as we accept God in our heats, and live for him to the best of our abilities then you will be forgiven and there is a spot waiting for you in heaven!!! Gog loves and forgives, just have faith and Pray! hehe :)

The Bible’s first chapter is among its most misunderstood, both by those who ridicule it as inconsistent with modern science and by those who defend it as if it were science. The root of the problem may be traced to the “Age of Enligtenment” ( the 1700s), when the church took a tragic wrong turn. As scientific discoveries demonstrated that God’s word was being misunderstood, the church dug in its heels and persisted to insist that Genesis 1 was science. That approach, still taken by many Christians today, had tragic consequences. First, it caused many thinking people to reject the Bible because they reasoned that if the Bible had poor science it could not be relied upon for anything else; secondly, it caused the real teachings of Genesis 1 to be lost in that pointless controversy.

The subject of Genesis 1 is, of course, the cosmos. It is a subject that the biblical writers regarded as important-but not because the people of the wilderness experience needed a science lesson. It was important because the people needed some foundational knowledge to provide a background for their faith and daily behavior.

Any study of Genesis 1 must begin with a look at the way the ancient people understood the cosmos. Fortunately, one may do this from sources within the Bible itself. The book of Job and some of the “creation” psalms are particularly revealing. We see that the ancients understood the cosmos exactly as we would expect a pre-scientific culture to do so. They regarded pre-creation cosmos to be water, often regarded as “chaos” because the waters of the storm or of the sea were often turbulent, frequently claiming ships and their cargo.

So the ancients viewed the land and the sky as a protected space that God had made, and it was God who “shut up the sea … and said ‘This far you may come and no farther.’” (Job 38:8-11). The flood judgment of Gen. 6-8 was seen as a relaxing of that protection, the waters coming from above, below, and from the abyss; it was a symbolic act of “uncreation.”

Why is this important? Simply because the proper way to appropriate any biblical text is to first understand something about the culture to which the account was written. To approach Genesis 1 from the standpoint of modern cosmology is highly abusive to the text; the real lessons of Genesis come to us only when we approach it the way the ancients understood it. And what are those lessons? They are evident as one reads the account.

First, God created “from nothing.” He did not use his own substance, so pantheism is denied. Secondly, God created astronomical objects as mere “messengers,” thus asserting that heavenly bodies (Gen. 1:14) are not worthy of worship. Likewise, the trees and rocks are creations of God, not gods themselves (Gen. 1:11–it is the “land” that produces vegetation). Again and again we see “God created,” making it clear that the Creation is not itself worthy of worship, but rather that it points its Creator, who alone is worthy of worship. Also, the creation was deemed to be “good,” so the gnostic idea that matter is evil is denied.

When the account gets to the creation of humanity (1:26), we find out that humanity is created in “God’s image.” The precise meaning here is debated, but it is probably best to understand this as the ability of humans to have relationship with God, something that animals cannot have. It also suggests that there is a ranking in the creation, man being above the trees and animals (see see especially 1:28). The ancient peoples of the wilderness needed these lessons, as they provided a basis for resisting the lure of the religions of their neighbors.

The meaning of life as I know it is to learn all one can about their Creator and establish a united front in love.

I think the universe, space and matter are natural in origin.

I don’t believe in creation and think it is appropriative to eliminate ancient fairytales.

surely if you believe god can exist from nothing, you can think that space and matter could.

The meaning of Life is to Worship and Adore God. For he he is our creator and to him we return on the the Day of Judgement inshallah.

Depends… on what your religion is and how much you believe in the literal interpretation of certain religious books… since most of the world is religious, and there are plenty of scientists, one would figure there are plenty of scientists who have some sort of religious or spiritual beliefs…

the point of life is to have sex, a kid, then die! thats all nature does!

the can exist because the church tries to control everything, and science only proves whats right. Unfortunately they collide in a most unfortunate outcome for science

The first thing that happened is the big bang ,,n the meaning of life is sex

a friend told me that the moment we are brought into this world is the day we begin to die

sigh to be a scientist and a christian…

they cant nothing about religion can be proved its blind faith (not judging) while science is nothing but proof which often disproves religion

I wish more people understood this etyhvh. And I can’t believe nobody has said 42 yet. Oops…looks like misskirsten101 did. Bravo. For most religions centered around the concept of [a] God, life is a testing ground to determine if one is worthy of the eternal reward of heaven. Buddhism and similar practices have the same concept of a testing ground but the notion of rebirth lets one atone for sins accumulated in previous lives. The ultimate goal being either a better place in one’s next life or enlightenment and finally freedom from the eternal cycle that is life, death and rebirth. Basically the same for both types. Compare the tenants of Buddhism to the Ten Commandments or the teachings of Christ. They are essentially the same. Even those who believe in no god tend to follow some sort of code of righteousness similar to the two. I can’t really say much for other (read Eastern, Indian, ancient et al) religions but one would imagine that most of them are in keeping with these concepts.

You know, I’d like to go into a long discussion about life and how everyone has different ideas and beliefs, however I’m very tired today and I will sum it up nice and brief:

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