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06-23-2006, 01:28 AM
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Re: I will answer your questions about the meaning of life.
Are you Buddhist?
Non-practicing. 
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#42
06-23-2006, 01:32 AM
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Re: I will answer your questions about the meaning of life.
What was your reason for putting the lord before longevity and success? is it more important, or are some of those just unimportant?
The lord, in any but the most cultish of circumstances, is a reminder of something else that must be payed attention to. Something other than the self. I rate that as pretty good, but it's not normally a living practice, more of a bit of internal hygiene. Longevity is irrelevant. Success is the focus on the self to the exclusion of others. Some people get successful and realize this to some degree or other (Bill Gates, Ted Turner, Andrew Carnegie, Jimmy Carter), others just dwell on the self for a lifetime.
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#43
06-23-2006, 01:34 AM
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Re: I will answer your questions about the meaning of life.
Is it herpes, or just a rash?
The answer is anarchocapitalism. It's the answer to EVERYTHING.
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#44
06-23-2006, 01:37 AM
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Re: I will answer your questions about the meaning of life.
I just started reading Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning. Is this a book I should finish?
Never read it.
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#45
06-23-2006, 01:38 AM
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Re: I will answer your questions about the meaning of life.
I'm going to Amsterdam tomorrow, should i pay for sex?
If you have to ask, you probably should.
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#46
06-23-2006, 01:43 AM
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Re: I will answer your questions about the meaning of life.
Is this a subtle move to post OOT on Science, Maths & Philosophy forum?
No. I read this forum from time to time, and it always makes me kind of sad that internet athiests and internet fundamentalists are arguing, since they both tend to be obnoxious solipsists. But me? I've had a hell of an 8 months of spiritual life after a lifetime of sympathetic agnosticism. So I want to help. I'd like to think that a reasonable, loving and absolutely sincere explanation of life could help make some people feel more peaceful. Most of my OOT threads are aiming for something at least as inconsequential as the meaning of life.
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#47
06-23-2006, 01:47 AM
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Re: I will answer your questions about the meaning of life.
How much is reasonable?
What are you trying to accomplish? How much money is it reasonable to spend extending your dog's life? What are you trying to accomplish? If you are on a jury and are 90% sure the defendant is guilty, is 10% reasonable doubt? For some people it is. You're free to be one of those people, or not.
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06-23-2006, 01:48 AM
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Re: I will answer your questions about the meaning of life.
If you suddenly figure out the meaning of life, do you die instantly?
That you is dead the moment another you exists - the moment anything changes. So don't worry about it. More generally? No.
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06-23-2006, 01:59 AM
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Re: I will answer your questions about the meaning of life.
Any views on spirituality and psychadelics?
There are worse maps. But a map doesn't get you any closer to your destination.
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