On good days I consider myself to be contributing to the entropy of the universe. On bad days, I realize it's just gas and wonder if I really did eat whatever that was.
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On good days I consider myself to be contributing to the entropy of the universe. On bad days, I realize it's just gas and wonder if I really did eat whatever that was.
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Originally Posted by Aenlic
Its beans my friend - you have to stop eating in some of the better restraunts in town. Eat more roughage - drink less beer. ~:cheers:
Christianity is a religion that encourage attacks. It refuse to accept anyone that doesn't fit the moral preached for. It has only itself to blame.
I stopped drinking alcohol a few years ago. Lost interest in it, I guess. I don't smoke. I don't do drugs. I used to do all of the above to great excess in my youth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Redleg
And I think it's the cheese actually. I'm not a big fan of most beans, except black beans and only when they're done well in a nice spicy Szechuan recipe, like black bean chicken.
And speaking of religions, just to keep my post nominally on topic (well, Ok, it's really a stretch but...) It might be the meat. I'm not up to the whole Vegan (see? I managed to bring a religion into it anyway!) thing. I like my steaks medium rare and still bleeding a little. If it's all that upsetting to the Vegans, then when I die I'll will to them the average 5 pounds of undigested red meat still in my intestines so they can give it a decent burial. Say a prayer for it, light a scented aroma-therapy candle and wave a crystal over it or whatever it is the Vegans do to revere the meat-thing. ~D
Thank you for telling me to (perhaps) shut up ~;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Khalifah
Of course it's not immature to ponder!
But sometimes it's even more mature to come to a conclusion.
People's need for a well defined "raison d'être" or similar is, of course, a main reason why religion is still going strong, even though there is enough information avaiable to discredit each and every one of them thoroughly, and science does not need much help explaining nature any more. Through evolution-like mechanisms, the surviving religions today are those who get less in the way of science. A good religion today ought to transcend proof of any claim, predict nothing etc. In short it must define a world that works just like it would without the existence of gods/spirits/fairies, or it will be proven wrong, and I then proceed to slash it with Occam's razor. (some smaller religions still manage to keep their followers after ...say setting several wrong dates for the
end of the world ~:confused: )
How come anything exists in the first place? Well, you wouldn't be asking that question if it didn't. As I said, introducing "God" just adds a new layer before you end up with the same question.
What's the meaning of life? If I don't get to go to Heaven anyway, why bother getting up in the morning?
As I said, nothing matters "in the end", but that's millions of years from now. Do you like having a good time? Better than having an awful time? Do you prefer getting a hug to getting kicked in the face?
There's billions of people out there, each one an individual with feelings, hopes, needs. There are even animals, and trees! Show some kindness. Help someone. Help someone help someone. Write a good book. Write a good song. Sing a good song well. Make the world a better place in some small way. What goes around, goes around to a great extent, and sometimes it comes around as well.
It works for me.