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danlennon3
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why
#5715581 - 06/05/06 03:39 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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why are we here. i always wondered that. religion explains this in different ways... but im agnostic. i have nothing against religion, i was completely open-minded when i made my decision whether or not god exists. so what do you think...
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to live
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danlennon3
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Re: why [Re: demiu5]
#5715613 - 06/05/06 03:47 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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simple yet perfect
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we are here as containers. batteries.
by being alive and having conscious thoughts, and discovering ourselves, we are stretching the fabric of time, and upholding creation in the process.
that is why we are here. we are useful machines wherein the most strange and complex phenomenon are happening, in our bodies and minds. this action relieves enormous tensions of forces building up in the world, in the universe.
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There is no inherent "why".
Why implies purpose and meaning, and purpose and meaning exist only within a conscious mind.
Don't know what to tell you beyond that. 
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through experimentation, i'm continually astonished by the ability of the mind. as long as i am here, i will continue to experiment with altering my ability to perceive the universe, because through doing so i find a greater appreciation of the Mystery which you have presented here.
tell us more about this completely opened mind of yours.
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danlennon3
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Quote:
CosmicJoke said:
tell us more about this completely opened mind of yours.
i wish i could... read my other post, it explains the reason to why i cannot tell you more... ill try anyway though
i believe that we cannot find the answer through religion or science. the universe is so vast and time is never ending.. so some things like 'why are we here' cannot be answered by humans... yet somehow, we may be the only beings that can ask the question.
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danlennon3 said: why are we here.
To perform as bio-degradable mental and physical filtration devices....

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Re: why [Re: demiu5]
#5715886 - 06/05/06 05:12 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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demius said: to live
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We are simply here. We aren't here to do anything.
 Peace.
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why not?
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demiu5
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then let's just stop doing...and die earlier than what we would.
or, we could stop doing, and start living.
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Re: why [Re: demiu5]
#5715989 - 06/05/06 05:54 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Well the way I see it is that, if it's possible for life to exist somewhere in the universe or in "a" universe (assuming that somewhere out there in this mathematically derived world chance works out right), then logically we have to exist since it's possible for us to exist.
Anyways, we're here, and if we weren't we wouldn't ask that question anyways so we have to exist to ask the question of whether or not we exist, which means either way the question only really matters if you already exist. So who cares?!
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why are we here.
I can't speak for you, but I'm here to type this message and click this button.
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fireworks_god said: We are simply here. We aren't here to do anything.
 Peace.
Precisely. Reality exists for its own sake.
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Why?
exactly
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This is God's dream.
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Basilides said: This is God's dream.
Why is God dreaming? Was there ever a period when God was not dreaming? If so what caused him to dream, what will cause him to stop dreaming? Does god have waking and dreaming states like us?
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Re: why [Re: Cherk]
#5716157 - 06/05/06 06:43 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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There is a terminology for the unmanifesting Godhead.. the "inner life of the deity". I'm not sure what this entails, but I doubt the dream of this current bubble of existence is the first nor will it be the last. There may even be multiple existence bubbles within God. Perhaps hundreds, thousands of seperate physical realities.
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for amusment and entainment of all envolved, for simplicty is boring, being bored is torturous
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danlennon3
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im happy to be here. the rest is just mystery
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