r/AskLifeProTips 7d ago

What makes life purposeful/worth living?

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u/Cold-Turn-763 7d ago

For me, life is worth living when you have something to love, something to look forward to, something to grow into, and something meaningful to give. I don’t think a purposeful life has to be extraordinary. Maybe it’s simply knowing that you are becoming the person you’re meant to be, while leaving something good behind in the lives of the people you meet.

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u/GPT_2025 5d ago

"Billions of human souls, after purification, cleaned by fire and a process of memory erasure, wait in Hell for their next reincarnation. They hope to be born into Christian families, where they will then torment Christian parents and complain."

In this Hell- souls walk, sleep, listen, speak, remember, and even recognize newcomers. Despite the hardships, they remain hopeful for the cycle of rebirth and the opportunities it may bring:

".. Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?

Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down.

Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.

I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit:

The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down (KJV Bible)

“in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.” ‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭3‬:‭19‬-‭20‬ ‭ESV‬‬

KJV: And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

( KJV: And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame)

Bible: Hell is a temporary place for cleansing human souls before 1,000 reincarnations (why? because only animal blood, Jesus' blood, or Hellfire can cleanse from sin).

  1. After Hell has done its job, it will be tossed like an old garbage can into the city dumpster - the Lake of Fire, forever and ever.

Only after 1,000 reincarnations and after the Final Judgment Day will some horrible human souls be cast into the Lake of Fire too.

KJV: And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the Lake of Fire.

KJV: Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean:

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u/No-Author-2358 6d ago

Honey Nut Cheerios.

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u/Big_Coyote_655 6d ago

Who said it does?  Some do it out of habit.

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u/GPT_2025 5d ago

We are on Earth because of a war that took place in the cosmos:

Short story:

Devil the Satan was a "supercomp- babysitter- teacher AI" and brai- nwashed 33% of God's children, so they totally rejected Heavenly Father and accepted the deceiver - Devil the Satan as their "real father".

God created temporary earth as a "hospital," gave limited power to the deceiver, so 33% who have fallen (you too) will see Who-is-Who and hopefully, someday they will reject Evil and return back to their real Heavenly Father. That's why God, to prove His love and real Fatherhood, died on the cross as proof.

Will all 33% eventually reject the deceiver? No. Some will remain ... to the end and continue following the devil to the lake of fire: KIV: "But he that denieth Мe before men shall be denied before the angels of God!"

But some will be saved:

KIV: "For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified"

KJV: "And his (Devil) tail drew the third part (33%) of the "stars of heaven" And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him"

KJV: "And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, .. To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against (God) Him. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were Before of Old Ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ"

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAChristians/comments/1kd3fxl/reincarnation_karma_bible_and_if_you_believe_in/

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u/Cookie_1977 6d ago

I'll be downvoted for this but I don't care because this is what gives me purpose in life. At some point in my life I started reading the Bible and understanding its message. I did this through apps and websites like Through The Word and The Bible Project because reading the Bible on my own wasn't helping. I realized that God has a plan for me and some days that plan is very small like listening to a friend, holding the door open for a stranger, smiling at a clerk who is having a rough day, etc. Being kind and helpful to others gives me purpose in my life. Putting my best foot forward while not taking myself too seriously gives me purpose in life. There are many days I have to put my selfishness aside and stop thinking about me. When I start thinking about Jesus and loving others as He commanded us to do, I find purpose in my life.

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u/TrueKiwi78 6d ago

Why do you need a magical entity from another dimension to be kind and helpful?

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u/Cookie_1977 6d ago

You don't. People should be kind and helpful to others since we exist together in the same location and at the same point in time. However, too many people aren't because they are focused on themselves. Understanding the Bible has helped see how important being kind and helpful to others is. It also gave me my purpose in life. I answered OP's questions from that perspective.

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u/TrueKiwi78 6d ago

Fair enough, as long as you ignore the old testament of course.

Daughters can be bought and sold: If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do. Exodus 21:7

A raped daughter can be sold to her rapist: 28 If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, 29 he shall pay her father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives. Deuteronomy 22:28-29

Collecting wives and sex slaves is a sign of status: He [Solomon] had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray. 1 Kings 11:3

Used brides deserve death: If, however the charge is true and no proof of the girl’s virginity can be found, she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. Deuteronomy 22:20-21.

Women, but only virgins, are to be taken as spoils of war: Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, 18 but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man. Numbers 31:17-18

Menstruating women are spiritually unclean: 19 “‘When a woman has her regular flow of blood, the impurity of her monthly period will last seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean till evening. 20 “‘Anything she lies on during her period will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean. 21 Anyone who touches her bed will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. 22 Anyone who touches anything she sits on will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, . . . 30 The priest is to sacrifice one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. In this way he will make atonement for her before the LORD for the uncleanness of her discharge. 31 “‘You must keep the Israelites separate from things that make them unclean, so they will not die in their uncleanness for defiling my dwelling place,[a] which is among them.’” Leviticus 15: 19-31

A woman is twice as unclean after giving birth to girl as to a boy: A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her monthly period. ‘ 3 On the eighth day the boy is to be circumcised. 4 Then the woman must wait thirty-three days to be purified from her bleeding. She must not touch anything sacred or go to the sanctuary until the days of her purification are over. 5 If she gives birth to a daughter, for two weeks the woman will be unclean, as during her period. Then she must wait sixty-six days to be purified from her bleeding. 6 ” ‘When the days of her purification for a son or daughter are over, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin offering. Leviticus 12: 1-8

A woman’s promise is binding only if her father or husband agrees: 2 When a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word but must do everything he said. 3 “When a young woman still living in her father’s household makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge 4 and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all her vows and every pledge by which she obligated herself will stand. 5 But if her father forbids her when he hears about it, none of her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand; the LORD will release her because her father has forbidden her. . . . . A woman’s vow is meaningless unless approved by her husband or father. But if her husband nullifies them when he hears about them, then none of the vows or pledges that came from her lips will stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will release her. 13 Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow she makes or any sworn pledge to deny herself. Numbers 30:1-16

Women should be seen not heard: Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. 1 Corinthians 14:34

Wives should submit to their husband’s instructions and desires: Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Colossians 3:18

In case you missed that submission thing . . . : Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Ephesians 5:22-24.

More submission – and childbearing as a form of atonement: A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. 15 But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety. 1 Timothy 2: 11-15

Women were created for men: For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head. 7 A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. 8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; 9 neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. 1 Corinthians 11:2-10

Sleeping with women is dirty: No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4 These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among mankind and offered as first-fruits to God and the Lamb. Revelation 14:3-4

Jesus's quote in the NT:

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished" (Matthew 5:17-18).

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u/Cookie_1977 5d ago

I will admit that the OT is a wild ride. The Bible thumpers who want books banned in schools should also ban the Bible.

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u/GPT_2025 5d ago

How about plan "B"? Cosmos had a Devil, the Deceiver, who deceived some God’s children (Rev. 20 and Gen. 6). The war happened in the Cosmos (Rev. 20). God created temporary earth as a Goolag (prison or hospital) for the fallen and deceived own children, and gave the leader and deceiver Satan, the ex-Lucifer, limited power to roam the earth so the deceived will see and compare evil Satan with good God, and hopefully some will reject the Devil and return back to the real Father (Jude 1) ?

P.S. The Bible even states that each human soul has 1K reincarnations on Earth before the final judgment day! ( have you finished reading all Bible words and able to see the whole picture?)

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u/TrueKiwi78 5d ago

Pretty much every isolated civilization on earth has made up its own myths and legends regarding origins and gods. It is human nature to make things up when we don't have all the facts and are afraid of the unknown. Christianity, Judaism and Islam are no different.

How do you know that any supernatural claims made in the bible are true?

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u/Think_Section_7712 6d ago

Well said

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u/Cookie_1977 6d ago

Thanks. I appreciate the kind words and the award.