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The Two Big Questions....Meaning of Life and....

Started by Koltar, September 16, 2008, 03:05:21 PM

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Vaecrius

#60
September 19, 2008, 10:18:35 PM
Quote from: shalvayez;249533Well said, I second this train of thought. I am a soulless air sucker  who'll eventually become food for the maggots. This is the meaning of death, to feed the earth.
Is it immoral, then, to have a lavish burial with trappings that help preserve the body?


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Quote from: Koltar;249552Many of the left wingers on here are fun to talk to and would be fun to game with. The 3 or 4 candidates for an IL - not so much. [/SIZE]
Assuming "many" means 3+... we have that many left-wing types here!? :eek:

Vaecrius

#61
September 19, 2008, 10:19:42 PM
Quote from: Koltar;249552Many of the left wingers on here are fun to talk to and would be fun to game with. The 3 or 4 candidates for an IL - not so much. [/SIZE]
Assuming "many" means 3+... we have that many left-wing types here!? :eek:

Koltar

#62
September 19, 2008, 10:33:40 PM
Quote from: Vaecrius;249553EDIT:Assuming "many" means 3+... we have that many left-wing types here!? :eek:


No - that means we have 3 who are so annoyingly extreme that its just better to put them on an ignore list.

 The other Left-wingers on here you could actually have a beer with or a cup of coffee.

Three out of maybe dozens plus people on here - thats not so bad. The trouble is  -those 3 are some of the most frequent posters.

To re-state my answer to Question 1 : Yeah, I think we got souls or spirits.


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droog

#63
September 19, 2008, 11:17:59 PM
Quote from: Vaecrius;249553Is it immoral, then, to have a lavish burial with trappings that help preserve the body?

In the final analysis, yes. Give back to the earth, freeloader!
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droog

#64
September 19, 2008, 11:18:46 PM
Quote from: Koltar;249556No - that means we have 3 who are so annoyingly extreme that its just better to put them on an ignore list.

Ooh, ooh! Am I one? Am I one?
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Venosha

#65
September 20, 2008, 12:04:45 AM
1. I would like to believe in the concept of a soul, but scientific evidence kind of pushing me to the other end of the spectrum.
 
2. Meaning of life...like many before, come from what you make of it.  My meaning of life is the happiness and agony my loved ones have provided me.
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Koltar

#66
September 20, 2008, 01:10:46 AM
Quote from: droog;249564Ooh, ooh! Am I one? Am I one?

No, Sorry - I was able to read you comment.

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David R

#67
September 20, 2008, 04:19:21 AM
Quote from: droog;249564Ooh, ooh! Am I one? Am I one?

It's me. I crossed the line with the Roddenberry quote.

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Fritzs

#68
September 20, 2008, 07:31:59 AM
Quote from: KoltarTo answer one of the two questions: Yes I ,Ed Charlton, believe people have souls or spirits....even atheists and agnostics.

However, these souls can be damaged, lessened, weakened, or stengthjened and nourished - all depending on the cirecumstances of a person's life and what choices they make over time.

So, what nourishes soul and what damages it. is it like if you do good deeds your soul grows, and if you do bad your soul shrinks...?

Also, if I remember correctly there was discussion about self aware robots having, or not having one. So is soul necessary part for being self aware and able to make decissions, or is it something, that humans were given by something in order for them to become immortal.
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Koltar

#69
September 20, 2008, 12:21:26 PM
Fritz,
 Your last question is more of a religion question.
 Thats pretty cool question. I wasn't going there....yet. To go that route it probably helps to think that there are souls.


- Ed C.
The return of \'You can\'t take the Sky From me!\'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUn-eN8mkDw&feature=rec-fresh+div

This is what a really cool FANTASY RPG should be like :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-WnjVUBDbs

Still here, still alive, at least Seven years now...

shalvayez

#70
September 21, 2008, 08:25:18 PM
Best to hold a seance and converse with James Brown, the godfather of soul, he'll let you know what nourishes the "soul".
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Patriarch917

#71
September 21, 2008, 10:10:15 PM
1. Yes.  I believe that we have a soul that can live beyond the death of the body.  As in: "And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell." Mat 10:28  

2. Yes.  Our ultimate purpose is to bring glory to God. Ephesians 1:4-6

Prove to me that logic exists, and that we ought to think rationally, and I'll prove to you that God exists, and we ought to be righteous.

droog

#72
September 21, 2008, 10:22:05 PM
I'm not trying to prove anything to you. Personally, I don't feel that I need to hypothesize an actual soul. But you go right ahead.

As to logic:

1. God may exist--stipulated (this raises many other questions, however).
2. How do we know what God intends, or if indeed he intends anything for us?
3. The answer is that it is written in a book.
4. How do we know the book is true?
5. Because those who believe it is true tell us it is true.

Conclusion: While God may or may not exist, I have no clearer understanding from the arguments of Patriarch917.
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James J Skach

#73
September 21, 2008, 10:34:01 PM
Quote from: Fritzs;249600So, what nourishes soul
Easy...


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droog

#74
September 21, 2008, 10:37:25 PM
Quote from: James J Skach;249910Easy...


Bacon....

What if you're Jewish?
The past lives on in your front room
The poor still weak the rich still rule
History lives in the books at home
The books at home

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