Whats the point?

[Molly]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q95kX_EP2Nk

[l...@rdfmedia.com]

Nice! Gota love that man.

[gabbydott]

Gotta be precise, Molly!
The rhetorical question that this stage cowboy is posing is: What's
the point TO life! Any answer to this is covered by the freedom of
speech act, OK. Whereas the question "What's the point in living" is
the really interesting one. Do you see the difference and is there a
reason why you shortened the title in such a prepositionless way?

On 2 Jun., 13:30, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q95kX_EP2Nk

[kdephil]

what happens when the ride is over

[iam deheretic]

That ride doesn't end
Allan

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 9:05 PM, kdephil <kde...@yahoo.com> wrote:

what happens when the ride is over

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I_D Allan

Be Paranoid.
God is always building a better idiot!!!

[kdephil]

if it never ends, when did it start

[pol.science kid]

why does it all seem so familiar.....;-)

[pol.science kid]

is there actually a 'start'.. i wonder...maybe the ride and its rider keep transforming..but the RIDE has been  on forever..

[iam deheretic]

when your soul was born
Allan

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 7:43 AM, kdephil <kde...@yahoo.com> wrote:

if it never ends, when did it start

[l...@rdfmedia.com]

Indeed Gabs, two very differant questions.

How would you answer?

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[kdephil]

if the ride is forever.
when can i break from the ride to go to the bathroom

[gwilli...@aol.com]

Anytime you wish. Time = libido. Your choice.

[ornamentalmind]

As an aside, such events are automatic moments to break out of
hypnotic trance.

[gabbydott]

Molly?

On 3 Jun., 12:42, "leerevdoug...@googlemail.com" <l...@rdfmedia.com>
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[Pat]

On 3 June, 18:31, kdephil <kdep...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> if the ride is forever.
> when can i break from the ride to go to the bathroom

That reminds me of a story about 'power'. Take the most powerful
person in the world. Now, prevent that person from going to the
toilet and see how powerful they REALLY are. ;-)

[Pat]

On 3 June, 11:42, "leerevdoug...@googlemail.com" <l...@rdfmedia.com>
wrote:

> Indeed Gabs, two very differant questions.
>
> How would you answer?
>

I see "What's the point to life?" as, potentially, an objective
question, whereas I see "What's the point to living?" as a very
subjective question. Of course, you couldn't ask either question to a
rock. A depressed priest may have a positive answer for the former
question, yet a negative response to the latter question, for example.

> On 2 June, 18:32, gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Gotta be precise, Molly!
> > The rhetorical question that this stage cowboy is posing is: What's
> > the point TO life! Any answer to this is covered by the freedom of
> > speech act, OK. Whereas the question "What's the point in living" is
> > the really interesting one. Do you see the difference and is there a
> > reason why you shortened the title in such a prepositionless way?
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> > On 2 Jun., 13:30, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
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[pol.science kid]

powerful enough to wet their pants....

[Pat]

On 4 June, 13:53, "pol.science kid" <r.freeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> powerful enough to wet their pants....
>

Exactly. Just as powerful as a newborn babe.

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> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Pat <PatrickDHarring...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > On 3 June, 18:31, kdephil <kdep...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > if the ride is forever.
> > > when can i break from the ride to go to the bathroom
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> > That reminds me of a story about 'power'.  Take the most powerful
> > person in the world.  Now, prevent that person from going to the

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[gabbydott]

Na, Pat. I was after the preposition, really, that didn't make it over
to this site. I saw the point in omitting the apostrophe and wanted to
know whether the prepositional non-pointedness was of equal concern to
Molly. I can live with the answer.

As for the point to life - this is the meaning that each and every
individual can assign to what he/she/it understands life is. Therefore
a highly subjective approach. Whereas the point IN living question is
the potentially objective approach that includes rocks also.

Never mind.

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[pol.science kid]

do you mean the whole 'life' experience of earth... wats the point in that..?

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\--/ Peace

[gabbydott]

If only it wasn't so depressing I would find it absurd: the amount of
money people of a certain nationality pay for the kilowatt hour in
contrast to the amount of money they pay for purely spiritual
enlightening sessions.

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[DarkwaterBlight]

Interesting comparison! You may have sparked a muse in me, I must
ponder this a bit... though I think it has already been done to the
effect of; "hey all you sinners... turn your lights on... turn your
lights on"

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[gabbydott]

Ah, that's where Pat could set back in again! Thanks.

[Molly]

I think that whoever posted the Bill Hicks clip gave it the title What
is the Point to Life, because this is not mentioned in the video
itself. Bill simply askes What's the Point? The then goes on to
cover the objective and subjective aspects of the question (letting
the demons run amuck, the objective; choosing to see with eyes of
love, subjective.) How you answer the question, whats the point? is
entirely up to you.

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[vamadevananda]

" How you answer the question, whats the point? is entirely up to
you."

This I believe is a fair comment or position, in its inclusiveness. We
of course are required to leave this base in practice, when we must
say this TV is better than others, this desire is better than others,
this thought or idea is better than others, this behaviour is better
than others, this occupation is better than the other ... and so on.

That digression from base is purposeful, for we believe in one or
other option or alternate for the time being because it seems to be
your preference then or to be working for you. That would be your
world, your universe that preoccupies you then, and hence represents
your values then.

Sadly, however preferred and believed in, that world or universe is
just mine. I could sound it to others, perhaps form a group of like
believers. But that does not make it universal. Only the base truths
are. If, through the experiences we have, we discover some base
truths, we can definitely put it across to others in an attempt to
layout why it is an universal one, and let the people verify it for
themselves.

Scientists discover base truths pertaining to the material world, the
material parts of the living world. There are base truths pertaining
to the world of life - force, psychological or the mental world,
intellectual and spiritual worlds ... That shouldn't really be
surprising !