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Icelander
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Re: So I'm in the market for a belief system... [Re: deCypher]
#9212987 - 11/09/08 05:01 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hi, I am yourself.
Gee that just doesn't sound right.
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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xFrockx
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Re: So I'm in the market for a belief system... [Re: deCypher]
#9214027 - 11/09/08 07:50 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Don't call yourself anything. Just be.
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peterluber
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Re: So I'm in the market for a belief system... [Re: xFrockx]
#9215863 - 11/10/08 01:23 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Ok, here it is. Any belief system is a crutch. It is incredibly convenient for most humans to have a belief system. The only correct belief system is skeptic absurdism. Nihilism is flawed because it denies that you can attach meaning to life. Inherently, nothing has any meaning. All meaning is relative, and is attached by something. We attach great importance and meaning on survival, but it really makes no difference whether we live or die. The only important thing in the world is the relative importance we place on happiness. Everything we call important can be traced back to our personal need for happiness.
Many religious people say they can't prove there is a 'God', but that they should do what he says in case he is real. If there was a 'God', there is no way he could blame you for being a skeptic. It is the only path that makes sense. The way to live life is to balance everything. Balance pursuits of personal happiness with pleasing others, and everyone will be happier. Balance what you eat. Balance your drug intake. Balance work and free time.
It is much harder to live without a belief system, but you it is infinitely more satisfying if you can do it successfully. The only acceptable belief systems are those like Buddhism which use metaphors and help you maintain balance.
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Sleepwalker
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Re: So I'm in the market for a belief system... [Re: peterluber]
#9215881 - 11/10/08 01:26 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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peterluber said: Any belief system is a crutch.
The only correct belief system is skeptic absurdism.
The only acceptable belief systems are those like Buddhism which use metaphors and help you maintain balance.
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peterluber
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Re: So I'm in the market for a belief system... [Re: Sleepwalker]
#9215977 - 11/10/08 01:46 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Oweyervishice said:
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peterluber said: Any belief system is a crutch.
The only correct belief system is skeptic absurdism.
The only acceptable belief systems are those like Buddhism which use metaphors and help you maintain balance.
Haha alright let me clarify. I was using the term 'belief system' loosely. Skepticism and absurdism are not belief systems, but rather a lack thereof. That is the only correct way to be. The only acceptable religion-type belief systems are those like Buddhism. Those are still used as crutches, and they are not completely right, but as long as you are not taking them literally, they aren't completely ignorant.
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deCypher
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Re: So I'm in the market for a belief system... [Re: peterluber]
#9216650 - 11/10/08 07:42 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Any ism is by definition a belief system.
But I generally approve of your philosophy.
-------------------- We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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Icelander
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Re: So I'm in the market for a belief system... [Re: peterluber]
#9216706 - 11/10/08 08:10 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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peterluber said: Ok, here it is. Any belief system is a crutch. It is incredibly convenient for most humans to have a belief system. The only correct belief system is skeptic absurdism. Nihilism is flawed because it denies that you can attach meaning to life. Inherently, nothing has any meaning. All meaning is relative, and is attached by something. We attach great importance and meaning on survival, but it really makes no difference whether we live or die. The only important thing in the world is the relative importance we place on happiness. Everything we call important can be traced back to our personal need for happiness.
Many religious people say they can't prove there is a 'God', but that they should do what he says in case he is real. If there was a 'God', there is no way he could blame you for being a skeptic. It is the only path that makes sense. The way to live life is to balance everything. Balance pursuits of personal happiness with pleasing others, and everyone will be happier. Balance what you eat. Balance your drug intake. Balance work and free time.
It is much harder to live without a belief system, but you it is infinitely more satisfying if you can do it successfully. The only acceptable belief systems are those like Buddhism which use metaphors and help you maintain balance.
Purty good post. I agree heartily with all of it except that middle part rambling about what God (if there was a god) would think about any actions on your part. There would be no way to know what god thought unless it came down and sat in front of you and spelled it out.
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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Re: So I'm in the market for a belief system... [Re: Icelander]
#9320833 - 11/27/08 04:27 AM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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try solipsism. but.... don't think to hard on it stoned.
cuz when you throw in the oneness thing and stuff like taoism and quantum physics
reality starts to get trippy. and then you get solipsism syndrome and its no fun!
all i have to say is we just are.
-------------------- The One That Became Many is Becoming One Agin!
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