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| Thread ID: 72662 | 2006-09-21 10:05:00 | What's the meaning of life? | Renmoo (66) | PC World Chat |
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| 486407 | 2006-11-18 20:29:00 | Although my inner self has had a beer, my upper self believes I should have another. If I had no beer left, we would be talking serious indeed. If most religions were not so ridiculous, I suppose they could be taken seriously. For instance, any leader that knocks off it's son. because said leader was responsible for a defective product is more pathetic than serious.There have been very few conflicts without the religious representatives on both sides whipping the troops into a frenzy.No matter what religion you choose, there are are more people believing you have chosen the wrong flavour than there are sharing your belief. Religion is the only belief that condemns all outsiders to a grim future, and faith is just belief without evidence. Fortunately for you, my beliefs don't condemn you to a fate any worse than I face. I have heard some excuses in my time for not following the the light and the truth,but you take the cake. Have you not heard of free will,well now you see what man is capable of. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 486408 | 2006-11-18 20:52:00 | Gosh................. Well i wont go into faith and religon ideas, because i believe no matter what we all have the free will to be who we are, and live the way we see best for us. Live and let live, respect others, and be happy at where we are within ourselves, who we are, and where we are in life to me is important, and i now see that is the meaning of life.............. doing not just what we should do but what we also want to do......... Take care every one...... :thumbs: beetle |
beetle (243) | ||
| 486409 | 2006-11-18 21:20:00 | I have heard some excuses in my time for not following the the light and the truth,but you take the cake. Have you not heard of free will,well now you see what man is capable of. Much as I like to fly, I am not a moth, so I will use the light as a guide, not a goal. Thank you for the cake. Heard of it (free will). I believe the freedom is available to all at a similar price, and with similar responsibilities. I can speculate on what man is caspable of, but blowed if I can see into the future. Enjoy your beliefs, as I enjoy mine. Also, have a nice day. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 486410 | 2006-11-18 21:36:00 | Much as I like to fly, I am not a moth, so I will use the light as a guide, not a goal. Thank you for the cake. Heard of it (free will). I believe the freedom is available to all at a similar price, and with similar responsibilities. I can speculate on what man is caspable of, but blowed if I can see into the future. Enjoy your beliefs, as I enjoy mine. Also, have a nice day. Some believe as above,I don't,wondered how long you would take to get to,that's what I believe,so there.:lol: |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 486411 | 2006-11-19 00:22:00 | Hi guys, I think that it is pretty obvious that we all have free will. If someone was to tell you otherwise you'd think they're nuts. Free will means we can live our lives however we want to (and choose to have a beer or not). But for there to be a meaning (singular) to life there would have to be some exterior (to ourseleves) benchmark specifying that meaning. "Religious" people (as we are being dubbed) believe that there is a God(s) and that He/They sets the standard. Non-Religious people do not and hence believe what they will (using free will as already established). Which is why we have so many diverse opinions. Which is why I think that the more fundamental question to "Whats the meaning of life?" is "how didi we get here?" or something similar. Which is why there have been many posts regarding beliefs. |
pico (4752) | ||
| 486412 | 2006-11-19 00:39:00 | If most religions were not so ridiculous, I suppose they could be taken seriously. For instance, any leader that knocks off it's son. because said leader was responsible for a defective product is more pathetic than serious. I take it you are referring to Christianity. One important thing to remember is that 'said leader' did not make the product defective. The product chose through free will to become defective. So if we were in 'said leader's shoes we could either scrap the defective product or repair it. He chose the latter. But he provided it in a way that is consistent with His original design by free will. He provided the way but we have to choose it. The way He had to repair his defective product was to pay the price/penalty for the defect's consequences. So if a God who requires such a high price that he would even send His Son to death should be taken seriously. No matter what religion you choose, there are are more people believing you have chosen the wrong flavour than there are sharing your belief. Religion is the only belief that condemns all outsiders to a grim future, and faith is just belief without evidence. Fortunately for you, my beliefs don't condem you to a fate any worse than I face. Just because a majority believe something doesn't make it true. Nearly the entire world thought it was flat not so long ago and people were ridiculed (and I think worse) for proposing what turned out to be the truth. In the end something is either intrinsically true (esp when talking about history) or not. It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. So the fact your beliefs do not condemn is neither fortunate or not. Condemnation will either happen or not depending on whether the said belief is the truth. |
pico (4752) | ||
| 486413 | 2006-11-19 01:00:00 | Anyhow, The flaw in the theory (to me anyhow) is that in the old testament God was a bad mofo, Wiped out the entire population of earth for lack of respect, burned villages, smoted people left right and center, Told his armies to hand out death to non-Christians, Then...suddenly, Baby Jesus was born, and he preached love and restraint...W.T.F?, GOD WAS WRONG? Its all about loving thy brother?, Forgiveness?, His lowly son knows better then god?, THE GOD? Metla, The Bible says that Jesus is God BTW. And He is the same God of the Old Testament. God wiped out the entire earth with a flood in the past with a global flood because of the depravity of mankind in those days. But even then He was extremely merciful sending people to warn the world to turn from their evil ways to avoid the coming destruction. To show you the consistency of Jesus with God Jesus himself foretold of another judgment to come because of the very same thing. "As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man." Matthew 24:37-39 But Jesus' first coming was not to destroy but to preach repentance and provide salvation to those who will accept it. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.” John 3:16-21 |
pico (4752) | ||
| 486414 | 2006-11-19 01:29:00 | Much as I like to fly, I am not a moth, so I will use the light as a guide, not a goal. Thank you for the cake. Heard of it (free will). I believe the freedom is available to all at a similar price, and with similar responsibilities. I can speculate on what man is caspable of, but blowed if I can see into the future. Enjoy your beliefs, as I enjoy mine. Also, have a nice day. You must not take Cic. seriously, he is suffering at the moment from the recent death of his god, Milton Friedman, RIP :) |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 486415 | 2006-11-19 02:01:00 | You must not take Cic. seriously, he is suffering at the moment from the recent death of his god, Milton Friedman, RIP :) Ah yes. Incidentally, Friedman wrote "Free to Choose". Nothing about spiritualism though. |
vinref (6194) | ||
| 486416 | 2006-11-19 02:53:00 | You must not take Cic. seriously, he is suffering at the moment from the recent death of his god, Milton Friedman, RIP :) One hopes T,he was your god too. |
Cicero (40) | ||
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