Godless Girl

I am sure we’ve all been asked this question or  wondered ourselves. But have you ever heard the answers given by Buddhists? Scientists? Mormons? Taoists? Roger Nygard, director of Trekkies and Trekkies 2, took his curiosity and sense of humor on the road and asked this important question to hundreds of people. His new film The Nature of Existence tells the tale:

About the film:

I wrote the toughest 85 questions I could think of, about our purpose and the nature of existence, and then asked hundreds of people all over the globe, such as: Indian holy man Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (The Art of Living), evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion), 24th generation Chinese Taoist Master Zhang Chengda, Stanford physicist Leonard Susskind (co-discoverer of string theory), wrestler Rob Adonis (founder of Ultimate Christian Wrestling), confrontational evangelist Brother Jed Smock, novelist Orson Scott Card (Ender’s Game), director Irvin Kershner (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back), Stonehenge Druids Rollo Maughfling & King Arthur Pendragon and many more… How would YOU answer?

I decided to take a look at these 85 questions, and I think we should all try them on for size. Here’s a taste:

• Why do we exist?
• What is the best thing about existing?
• What is our purpose?
• Should religions be challenged?
• Is skepticism a good thing?
• Which religion is right?
• Do we have a need to believe in something?
• What is spirituality?
• Is there a God?
• What does God need from us?
• Who is/are the Messiah(s)?
• How do we determine truth?
• Where does morality, or our “conscience,” comes from?
• Does God want to test us? Why?
• What determines sexual orientation?
• Why is God interested in our sexual behavior?
• Do we have free will?
• Is everything predetermined?
• What is best path to happiness?
• Does meditation work?
• Why do we need an afterlife?
• When does life begin?
• What is the greatest danger facing man’s existence?

I love them all, and I think I’d like to take some time to write out my own answers in the future. What do you think of The Nature of Existence? If there’s a screening near you, will you see it?

How would you answer the questions?