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Old 10-11-2005, 04:03 AM   #1 (permalink)
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i think it's a pretty mindless attitude, every human being starts wondering why they're here at a certain point in their life ....
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Old 10-11-2005, 04:20 AM   #2 (permalink)
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i think it's a pretty mindless attitude, every human being starts wondering why they're here at a certain point in their life ....
That's probably true (although 'every' might be an exaggeration). Some people, however, stop wondering pretty early on and use the time which they would have spent wondering to do something else instead. I don't know why so many people feel arrogant enough to presume that if there was some 'greater reason' or 'higher power' that they would be intelligent enough to comprehend it. From what experiences I've had in my life I feel that having a shallow, superficial understanding of complex issues is of no more use than having no awareness of these issues at all. For that reason I'm not going to waste time looking for reasons which I wouldn't recognise even if they were there and will just get on with life as it is.
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Old 10-11-2005, 09:58 PM   #3 (permalink)
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i think it's a pretty mindless attitude, every human being starts wondering why they're here at a certain point in their life ....
i think you misunderstood my post. I wasnt saying that I just go through life bumping off of walls without any purpose whatsoever. I was saying that I don't search for any kind of meaning or purpose of my life beyond what is going on in the present. I don't need some form of spiritual power to give my life meaning. My life has meaning because I give it meaning by doing what I am passionate about, not because of some all powerfull being that supposedly created life. I just don't think there's any value in devoting time and energy in something so abstract and unrelated to the real world and every day life.
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Old 10-12-2005, 04:26 AM   #4 (permalink)
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i think you misunderstood my post. I wasnt saying that I just go through life bumping off of walls without any purpose whatsoever. I was saying that I don't search for any kind of meaning or purpose of my life beyond what is going on in the present. I don't need some form of spiritual power to give my life meaning. My life has meaning because I give it meaning by doing what I am passionate about, not because of some all powerfull being that supposedly created life. I just don't think there's any value in devoting time and energy in something so abstract and unrelated to the real world and every day life.
Well put! Focus on what you're doing and actually get somewhere with it. Nice one.
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i think you misunderstood my post. I wasnt saying that I just go through life bumping off of walls without any purpose whatsoever. I was saying that I don't search for any kind of meaning or purpose of my life beyond what is going on in the present. I don't need some form of spiritual power to give my life meaning. My life has meaning because I give it meaning by doing what I am passionate about, not because of some all powerfull being that supposedly created life. I just don't think there's any value in devoting time and energy in something so abstract and unrelated to the real world and every day life.
well the difference between you and me is that i consider faith to be very much related to every day life
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Old 10-13-2005, 03:01 AM   #6 (permalink)
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well the difference between you and me is that i consider faith to be very much related to every day life
Whether or not any of the figures focussed on by religion actually exist, how - in what actual ways - is 'faith' very much related to everyday life?
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