I guess the biggest question in Philosophy as a whole, to me anyway, is ”Why are we here?”  There is no factual answer to that in my opinion.  You ask followers of the Christian faith, they are going to say to bring people closer to Jesus.  Ask a follower of Islam?  To serve Allah, and “cleanse the impure.”  I could go on and on with tons of other religions, but I think you get my point.  Even scientists and evolutionists come into play here.  They believe we’re here to “reproduce” and keep the earth populated.  I believe this is one topic that links Philosophy and Religion.  Although some  are similar, almost every single religion has a different doctrine of belief, regarding the “purpose” of life.

Well, my question is, why isn’t there a universal reason?  There has to be.  I have got to be on this earth for more than merely to reproduce.  I can’t and won’t buy that theory.  Why is life what we perceive it to be?  Does that make sense?  The human race as a whole labels human beings the standard.  That’s one reason that generally, when you see an alien movie, they are in humanoid form.  What we are, on this small planet compared to the rest of the universe, is our perception of the “standard.”  That brings up the “perception is reality” topic.  That theory is completely and totally wrong in my opinion.  Want a perfect example?  The center of our solar system is what?  The sun, right?  What does it appear from our point-of-view (perception)?  The earth.  So, are we deceived?  Not necessarily, but from our point of view, what we know to be reality is in fact, not reality.  So, if we are deceived by something such as the sun, why not life itself?  I’m going out on a limb here, but bear with me.  Why do we think life as we see it is all there is?  No one can tell me with factual evidence that our perception of what we call reality isn’t deceiving us.  Well, the most common argument with this will be, “Well, we have solid proof that we revolve around the sun.”  Very true, but it took ages to discover that did it not?  Perhaps it takes even longer to prove what reality truly is?