Gambit
Well-Known Member
You basically have an absurd worldview.
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What is the meaning of life? What is the purpose of existence?
- Thread starter Gambit
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You basically have an absurd worldview.
Bunyip
pro scapegoat
I have lived my entire life knowing that there are greater minds than mine.
McBell
Admiral Obvious
Depends upon the individual with the string.
For some it is to long.
For some it is to short.
For still others it is just the right length.
Gambit
Well-Known Member
That's not what I was implying. I'm asking whether you ever considered the possibility that there might be a greater mind in which your mind is merely a part.
Ouroboros
Coincidentia oppositorum
The meaning of life is... always look on the bright side of life.
Ouroboros
Coincidentia oppositorum
This long.
Bunyip
pro scapegoat
Absolutely. I am a part of a family, a part of a community, a part of a society, a part ofa species and so on. The earth herself may be sentient in some form, or the galaxy - who knows?
Ouroboros
Coincidentia oppositorum
Who doesn't? The world is absurd, even if there were a Creator.
I do.
Ultimatum
Classical Liberal
Good post.
This long.
This is basically what the spiritual try to argue. They try to argue that the length of their piece of string is the right length. Do they not see how ridiculous they are being?
This applies to you, also, @Ouroboros, seeing as you are a panentheist..
For us to trust and seek him, by accepting faith and living as virtuously as possible so that we arrive to eternity in his grace; enjoying his love as we were created to enjoy.
sandandfoam
Veteran Member
I find it deeply disturbing and more than a little depressing when people claim to know the mind of God.
JRMcC
Active Member
The other ones I mentioned in the same post.
allfoak
Alchemist
To be one with all.
Thief
Rogue Theologian
In no manner is Man immortal.
Not as person....not as a collective.
Man is destined to become extinct.
Only in spirit can we claim immortality.
Looncall
Well-Known Member
How do you get your "may be"? Can you show that what you speculate is possible?
Thief
Rogue Theologian
I do suspect....life and living is a bit of a strain in complete solitude.
even for God.
If you want to call that a weakness on His part....ok.
but I don't believe it is a weakness we can play upon.
He could simply...'start over'.
In the mean time.....we develop into spirit with each breath and experience.
Then we die.
The spirit each one becomes will have what it takes to continue.....or not.
I do suspect...it's all about having allowance to be in the presence of God.
After all.....with so many to choose from.....why choose out of the ignorant?.....or the defiant?
Gambit
Well-Known Member
That sounds more like a prescription on how to achieve the purpose rather than a description of what the purpose actually is.
Rick O'Shez
Irishman bouncing off walls
That's because we each make our own.
Gambit
Well-Known Member
Okay. So, if we entertain the possibility that there might be a greater mind than our own, then we would have to entertain the possibility that there is a greater purpose than our own.