What is the purpose of life (1993)
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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE? How Can You Find It?
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE?
How Can You Find It?
IS THERE A PURPOSE TO LIFE?
2 WHO CAN TELL US?
3 A UNIQUE SOURCE OF SUPERIOR WISDOM
CHRISTENDOM HAS BETRAYED GOD AND THE BIBLE
LIFE HAS A GRAND PURPOSE
WHY SO MUCH SUFFERING AND INJUSTICE?
7 GOD'S PURPOSE SOON TO BE REALIZED
LIVE FOREVER ON A PARADISE EARTH
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Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the modern-language New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures —With References, 1984 Edition
What Is the Purpose of Life?
How Can You Find It?
English (pr-E)
Made in the United States of America IS THERE A PURPOSE TO LIFE?
Sooner or later, nearly everybody wonders what the purpose of life is. Is it to work hard to improve our living conditions, to provide for our families, to die after perhaps 70 or 80 years, and then to be nonexistent forever? One young person who felt this way said that there is no other purpose in life than "to live, to have children, to be happy and then to die." But is that true? And does death really end it all?
2 Many in both Eastern and Western lands feel that the main purpose in living is to acquire material wealth. They believe that this can lead to a happy, meaningful life. But what of people who already have material wealth? Canadian writer Harry Bruce said: "A baffling number of rich people insist they are not happy." He added: "Polls suggest a terrible pessimism has infected North America . . . Is anybody happy out there? If so, what's the secret?"
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