What is the meaning of life?
Pastor Frank
>
>Ps. Seriously, there is no a priori meaning to life. It is what it is
>until it isn't. Everything else is illusory.
>
In metaphysics everything is illusory or nothing is. There is no
"everything else".
Pastor Frank
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
- John Lubbock
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R. Knauer
<NOSPA...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>>Ps. Seriously, there is no a priori meaning to life. It is what it is
>>until it isn't. Everything else is illusory.
> In metaphysics everything is illusory or nothing is. There is no
>"everything else".
You two obviously don't know any metaphysics.
The greatest good is to acquire truth. That comes straight from the
Greek philosophers. The greatest act of love is to share the truth
with someone. The goal of life is to acquire the truth. The world is
not illusory if you accept Realism as the correct worldview.
Bob Knauer
"The contagious people of Washington have stood firm against
diversity during this long period of increment weather."
- Marion Barry, Mayor of Washington DC
jerry and judy
>On Mon, 12 Apr 1999 14:04:08 -0400, "Pastor Frank"
><NOSPA...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>
>>>Ps. Seriously, there is no a priori meaning to life. It is what it is
>>>until it isn't. Everything else is illusory.
>
>> In metaphysics everything is illusory or nothing is. There is no
>>"everything else".
>
>You two obviously don't know any metaphysics.
>
>The greatest good is to acquire truth. That comes straight from the
>Greek philosophers. The greatest act of love is to share the truth
>with someone. The goal of life is to acquire the truth. The world is
>not illusory if you accept Realism as the correct worldview.
>
>Bob Knauer
>
As aspiring higher beings, we can all wish that we were on that level,
where the distillation of truth is all enthralling and all encompassing!
In any case, I can't agree with your assumptions.
I assume you're referring to *human-based* Realism, and in that case,
'correct' is an inappropriate word! To expect that we are any more aware
(in the sense that you require) than the mold that 'magically' appears on
our misplaced bread, continues to be a fundamental error, until we develop
the artificial means to address this 'artificial problem' (your
possibility of a unique truth)!
Trial-and-error evolved brains like ours were never developed for anything
but survival! And survival commonly requires *short-cuts* which are
generally not a path to codifying 'truth'.
It's instructive that we're only here to discuss this now, because our
line did not pursue 'truth'!, they were too busy trying to efficiently
survive!
To paraphrase you, "The goal of life is to survive and reproduce, and
therefore the world is illusory if you accept human-based Realism as the
correct worldview!"
Thanks for making me think, whether you agree with my points or not,
Jerry
"Sir Knowitall"
R. Knauer <rckt...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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> The greatest good is to acquire truth. That comes straight from the
> Greek philosophers. The greatest act of love is to share the truth
> with someone. The goal of life is to acquire the truth. The world is
> not illusory if you accept Realism as the correct worldview.
>
> Bob Knauer
Your statement is self-ironic, in truth.
Why? Because certain dynamic and influential ('reality-shaping') aspects of
Truth causes people to seek to avoid not only a personally relevant full
consciousness of this very aspect, but any other aspects that are too
closely mentally associated with them. I am referring the common-place
conditioned-in psychological factors that I call CURSES, and that Janov call
"primal Pain" and that have been addressed in other ways by others). CURSES
do, because of their nature of origin -- i.e. they are by general definition
caused various Specifiable "Selective *Hibernation*" Imploring Type
Situations (alt. Challenges)" (slow and only very gradually accumulating as
well as sudden and/or dramatic kinds of "trauma" [or SSHITSC]).
The insidious nature of this particular "state of affairs" [of "What Is
going on"] can be 'illustrated' if one instead of "C.U.R.S.E.S." use a
spelling derived from Conditioned-in Chronically (more rather than less)
Kept Hibernated (by me meaning-stretched in alignment with all relevant, and
by science thoroughly established, principles and theories) Hence
Unconsciously Retained (Recollected, Reverberating, etc.) SSHITSC-type
Stressors (or ditto type life-situations) Effecting **EVASIVE** Symptoms.
EVASIVE being a pragmatically shortened version of AEVASIVE.
AEVASIVE stand for Ambi-advantageously Evolved Vital Actentions System
Incorporating (in a conveniently central position in respect of contriving
this acronym) Various Endoopiates (opioids such as endorphins, encephalin,
dynorphin etc.)
For all definitions involved see http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fellin/main.htm
lem...@my-dejanews.com
the testicular mollification you have just confabulated. The correlation of
your indoctrination, cohesively repugnates the incorporeality of my vaginal
distentions.
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"\"Sir Knowitall\""
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Chris Degnen
> correct worldview!
In the beginning there was darkness.
And the darkness was without form and void.
And in addition to the darkness there was also me.
And I moved upon the face of the darkness and I saw that I was alone.
Calibretto
But even in my loneliness there was the voice of my thoughts.
And from these many thoughts came the One.
And I was not alone anymore for the One was with me.
And my Will spoke with Power these words unto the One:
Let us replicate and spread forth throughout the darkness,
And let us not be alone anymore,
For the tumult of many voices is wearying,
And the blindness of nothingness is disquieting.
So I became many.
And the darkness was void no more.
And in my company were infinite likenesses.
And we saw each other and spoke as one voice from many, saying:
It is good.
jon link
correct, that is the nature of life, that is the nature of animals, and we are
such. However, human kind as created new meanings of life which prove more
fruit-ful, that is simply the pursuit of happiness. Whether or not that is achieved
is beside the point. As far as god is concerned, there may, or may not be one,
perceptions vary; therefore god could not possible be the meaning of life. (that
doesn't follow well but I hope you see what Im getting at.)
"Live your life so that it would make sense even if god doesn't exist"
-unknown source