Is 'existence' synonymous with 'life' ?

[m1469]

Initially, I would have said "yes".  However, a rock, for example, exists but by most people's standards it would not be said to have life. I guess I find this interesting. So, as one wonders whether or not there is "life" on other planets, what about the planet's very existence ?


m1469 

[contrapunctus]

Existence means that something simply exists. Life means that you are made up of cells. If you are alive, you exist, but not always the other way around. By the way, the only two completely synonymous words in the english language are "flammable" and "inflammable" which mean the exact same thing.

[lisztisforkids]

Well we are alive, animals are alive, but what seperates them from us? Is it technology? Is it the ability to make dozens of different kinds of cereal? No, I think it Art... I think its us artist that makes us truly alive and exist. Before... I would just say we existed.... But then who knows? Mabye this is just all a dream...