Shark Black
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Post by Shark Black on Aug 22, 2005 10:41:16 GMT -5
Then I will go to the age old question... who or what created God. either all this always was, if there is no beginning or it all started from nothing at some time. So the existence of God is the same conundrum is it not? It may or may not be true, but I refuse to let things I can have no way of knowing guide my actions, I will just go with what I know(as absolute fact), be the best person I can be, work the best I can with my fellow wanderers, try to add to the common good and see what happens... have a great day brotha's
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SethFWF
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Post by SethFWF on Aug 22, 2005 18:45:20 GMT -5
Then I will go to the age old question... who or what created God. either all this always was, if there is no beginning or it all started from nothing at some time. So the existence of God is the same conundrum is it not? It may or may not be true, but I refuse to let things I can have no way of knowing guide my actions, I will just go with what I know(as absolute fact), be the best person I can be, work the best I can with my fellow wanderers, try to add to the common good and see what happens... If you were to go by the Bible(which I know you don't believe, but for the sake of some kind of answer), it says that God has no beginning and no end. Quite mindboggling, yes...but that along with everything else universe related is far beyond our comprehension. The rest of your post relates to something I thought about a lot today and have thought about actually my whole life. First, you need to know that I respect your beliefs or lack of even if I disagree...don't want this to be a pissin' match, just a friendly debate.... I find this atheism thing hard to understand even on a basic level, mainly because of what it means for each of us individually. I know many people use religion or belief in God as an incentive to be 'good' or a fear of punishment for being 'bad', that's not where I'm at since I actually do not even belong to a religion or live my life directly according to one. Even so, I can't imagine going with the belief that once I die...that's it, nothing more, will never see my loved ones again in any form...just darkness and complete unconsciousness. I do believe that's what happens initially at death, beyond that is another topic. But that whole scenario depresses me more than anything I could imagine, what exactly is the point then? Being the best person you can be can't possibly be the only answer because what difference does that actually make in the grand scheme of things. For instance, why do you care so much about those people in Iraq? You're obviously a good hearted person, but beyond that...what really is the difference if they only have 70 years before they die and all end up in the same boat as you and I and G. Bush and every other person on the planet. It's just hard to figure out why we would bother doing anything, caring about anything if it's all for nothing in just a few short years anyway. Who cares? I know that sounds cruel and heartless, but why exactly do we have a conscience and feel the need to do good if it won't help anyone ultimately. It's all real philisophical, the meaning of life and so on...everyone has an opinion, so I'm just kickin' around some deep thoughts I guess. Seth
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