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berberry
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Message 157 of 287 (181566)
01-29-2005 2:33 AM 		Reply to: Message 155 by daaaaaBEAR
01-29-2005 2:19 AM

The purpose of life
daaaaaBEAR asks:
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How can someone live without a purpose for living?
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Because they were born, maybe?
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I'll change my question. What happens after you die?
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That's not changing the question, that's asking a new one. I don't know what will happen when I die, except that perhaps my survivors will be kind enough to hold a funeral. This is not something I waste time worrying about.
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berberry
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01-29-2005 2:55 AM 		Reply to: Message 158 by daaaaaBEAR
01-29-2005 2:40 AM

Re: The purpose of life
daaaaaBEAR writes me:
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But if you believe in heaven and hell/God and Satan...
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I don't.
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Of course one is obviously able to live just by living but what's the point? To merely exist?
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On one level this question is highly insulting because it carries with it the implication that to not believe as you do is to not find any purpose or meaning in life. I find plenty of purposes: enjoying myself chief among them. There's also the desire to help other people and do what I can to improve this world for those who come after me.
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I enjoy life and I don't need the promise of heaven or threat of hell to enhance that enjoyment.
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