text: why do we have feelings?   have you ever seen the movie oh darn whats the movie- anyways it has robin williams and he was first a robot and he decided that he wanted to become human to know what it was like to live, love, laugh, and enjoy life...well at one point he starts to cry and he realizes he feels- we feel so that we can have a deeper connection not only with ourselves but with the world around us. feeling is a much needed thing - think about this if you had no feelings - you have a dog and it gets hit by a car a person with no feelings would shrug it off and walk away - a person with feelings who had a bond a connection would be very grieved on the matter - thats something to think on.