[SMARTY]

“Where did we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going?”

You can answer those questions ONE way if you have a religion and you can answer those questions some other way if you don't.

NO ONE in the realm of Philosophy has answered any of those questions to the satisfaction of anyone ELSE in all the centuries that humans have been asking them.

[EaglesNestHome]

Thank you for your response. The questions have been answered fully to my satisfaction—I know the Creator, and I am not alone in this.

So, what say you, personally, about the questions? It sounds like you may think that these questions have not been answered to your satisfaction. I am interested in your answers. Thanks so much.

[LearsFool]

Solomon gave it a good shot. :-)

God gave us a philosophical inclination, and I see no harm in using it to examine life outside the realm of revelation. Ecclesiastes is an account of such an examination, and demonstrates the emptiness and futility of a life - even a philosophical one - without that revelation.

[conserv8]

There is an answer.

Self awareness.

Perpetuation.

The first word in the book. Barashit.

house - Beyet
head - Resh
Strong, Power, Leader - Aleph
fire-(light) - Shin
Crown - Yud
Good - Tav

(Some accepted meanings of the letters that comprise that word.)

I think there is a passage somewhere in the book that more or less states, I will not rest until I have have built a house for Hashem.

[GeronL]

“Where did we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going?”

Philosophically speaking I am not sure the first question matters, we ARE here that is all we need to be sure of. Why? If we leave religion out of it, then I suppose it is to improve the human condition. Where are we going? Down the crapper of epic fail apparently.

[MarkBsnr]

“Where did we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going?”

1) How can we eat?, 2) Why do we eat?, and 3) Where shall we have lunch?

NO ONE in the realm of Philosophy has answered any of those questions to the satisfaction of anyone ELSE in all the centuries that humans have been asking them.

Very good. Philosophy is the art of attempting to describe the indescribable; the art of trying to understand the infinite, and the art of selling to the rubes. The theology of God has man's future with God and the saints. The philosophy of man has man's future nothing and nowhere.

I will go with the Word of God, myself, whatever that means to philosophers...