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More Than A Feeling
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Mon Mar-19-07 01:37 PM Original message |
Poll question: True or False: If God does not exist, life could not possibly have meaning. |
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endarkenment
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Mon Mar-19-07 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. If God didn't tell us what to do we would eat our children. |
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More Than A Feeling
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Mon Mar-19-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It's a relatively frequent justification for religion. |
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endarkenment
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Mon Mar-19-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Oh I agree they are common, but very silly. nt. |
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BattyDem
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Mon Mar-19-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. My response to people who ask that question: |
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unpossibles
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Mon Mar-19-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. that last step is usually where I get accused of being Satan or similar |
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BattyDem
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Mon Mar-19-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Oh yeah, when all else fails ... they call you "the devil" |
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unpossibles
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Mon Mar-19-07 08:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. oh, I enjoy it usually |
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BattyDem
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Tue Mar-20-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. I never expect to change their minds ... |
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jobycom
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Mon Mar-19-07 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. I kind of like Socrates's comment before being convicted of atheism |
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brentblack
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Mon Mar-19-07 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. There is no God... |
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DemGa
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Mon Mar-19-07 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. If the end of this life is the absolute end |
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More Than A Feeling
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Mon Mar-19-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Can you explain why there would be no meaning in that scenario? |
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DemGa
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Mon Mar-19-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. A random existence that just ends |
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htuttle
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Mon Mar-19-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The point would be the people you met and talked to on the way, etc... |
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DemGa
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Mon Mar-19-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. No mention was made of a "Big Guy." |
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htuttle
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Mon Mar-19-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I wouldn't remember them, but they would remember them |
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More Than A Feeling
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Mon Mar-19-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. To see the sights, meet interesting people, achieve things that help others |
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DemGa
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Mon Mar-19-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. And each of these people who follow, |
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More Than A Feeling
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Mon Mar-19-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Ok, so let me ask you this |
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DemGa
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Mon Mar-19-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. The meaning would apply to every moment |
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More Than A Feeling
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Mon Mar-19-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Can humans come up with meaning on their own, even if they think that a god does not exist? |
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unpossibles
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Mon Mar-19-07 08:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
38. the point for me would be to experience it, enjoy it, and learn from it |
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BurtWorm
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Mon Mar-19-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. If it can't be proven one way or the other, why should there be less meaning to life |
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Evoman
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Mon Mar-19-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. If the end of this life was not the absolute end |
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More Than A Feeling
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Mon Mar-19-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. That's a good point. |
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Evoman
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Mon Mar-19-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Right.....asking the meaning of spring training is still not answering the question |
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NMMNG
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Mon Mar-19-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
39. There is plenty of meaning in life |
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raccoon
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Thu Mar-22-07 08:12 AM Response to Reply #39 |
56. Also, "The notion that this life is just a 'precursor' to an afterlife" |
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NMMNG
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Thu Mar-22-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. True |
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jgraz
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Mon Mar-19-07 10:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
40. Actually, quite the opposite |
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DemGa
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Wed Mar-21-07 04:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. I'm not a fundamentalist |
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Random_Australian
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Tue Mar-20-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
42. Which reminds me of a cake I once made at Christmas - |
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EvolveOrConvolve
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Tue Mar-20-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
43. Pretty self-absorbed viewpoint |
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DemGa
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Wed Mar-21-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Pretty self-absorbed viewpoint? |
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More Than A Feeling
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Wed Mar-21-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. How can now "always be the meaning" when you have already stated |
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DemGa
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Wed Mar-21-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Because the condition (if is the ultimate end) |
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More Than A Feeling
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Wed Mar-21-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. You don't know that. |
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EvolveOrConvolve
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Thu Mar-22-07 08:07 AM Response to Reply #46 |
54. I'll quote your own words |
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Solon
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Tue Mar-20-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. Shouldn't we create such meaning, for ourselves? |
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rexcat
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Thu Mar-22-07 11:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
58. Not really... |
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oldleftguy
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Mon Mar-19-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's better to rule in hell... |
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Rob H.
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Mon Mar-19-07 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. I actually had an acquaintance tell me once that non-religious folk |
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chaska
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Mon Mar-19-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Your acquaintance ... not real deep, I'd say.... |
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NMMNG
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Tue Mar-20-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
45. I've heard that more than once myself |
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valerief
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Mon Mar-19-07 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. No meaning. Okay. Move along. Life goes on. nt |
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kiahzero
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Mon Mar-19-07 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
20. I once again find a good reason to post this comic: |
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More Than A Feeling
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Mon Mar-19-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Perfect. |
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jody
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Mon Mar-19-07 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
22. IMO a more primal question is whether each human has some essence, e.g. a soul or spirit, which |
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GeorgeGist
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Mon Mar-19-07 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
25. Non sequitor... |
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More Than A Feeling
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Mon Mar-19-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. How do you know that? |
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Evoman
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Mon Mar-19-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Ad hominem. |
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saltpoint
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Mon Mar-19-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
27. Voted "False." & will vote the same way tomorrow. |
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Evoman
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Mon Mar-19-07 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
29. Personal meaning or Ultimate Meaning (tm)? |
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bigmonkey
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Mon Mar-19-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
30. Oh, don't be silly! |
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Zhade
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Wed Mar-21-07 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
49. Personal meaning? As ascribed by others? |
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Meshuga
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Thu Mar-22-07 05:26 AM Response to Original message |
52. If an atheist |
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EvolveOrConvolve
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Thu Mar-22-07 08:09 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. The flip side |
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MistressOverdone
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Thu Mar-22-07 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
53. I guess I really can't vote until |
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