Jimmy Changa

My 'stros struggled at the plate today but kicked ass on the mound. Pulled it out. woohoo!

That domain is already taken....I checked

Will someone please get some bio info on this girl!! NYC, why don't you do an impromptu interview for us!?! Please??

...all about sticking to the format of the thread at hand...that's the fun of it all. Plus, kicking ass is fun too.

Naw, I can see Abruzzi gaining respect for him already and Abruzzi's people on the outside won't have any idea what Scofield has done and I can even see Abruzzi sticking up for him later. It will be interesting to see how that part plays out. I just want someone to throw T-Bag over a railing or something. That dude has GOT to go!

...wondering why people don't do this thread right. :trout:

...all in too.

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This is what I have been trying to figure out all along, but have yet to figure out. Does knowledge/wisdom brings with it happiness or sadness? Some philosophers realised the futility of existence and as a result of that, lead bitter, miserable, depressed life; while others think that there is no meaning of life, but it can easily be created by oneself, and therefore, feels more enlightened. http://www.totse.com/en/religion/miscellan...nofg178998.html If you look at the bigger picture, everything becomes meaningless. You eat, to fulfil your hunger, and then, after awhile, you become hungry again. We all live a quasi-Sisyphus lifestyle, eternally condemned to the vicious cycle of dull, pointless and agonising repetition. I do believe that this is a search we must take upon ourselves and not rely TOO much on the search that others have taken for themselves. True, ideas and enlightenments can come through other people but each of us must obviously be convinced for ourselves. Life can be futile or life can have meaning. If we choose a path and have some meaning in our lives, those that think life is futile will call us idiots and we will call them hopeless. Such is life. Oh and, according to the dominate religions you will find your answers after you die...but then it will be too late to do anything about it. Sucks, huh? Pick a lane! We like to think that the universe revolves around us. We like to think that we are special, that we are created for a divine purpose, while the animals are not. This alone does not make sense. I didn't say the universe revolves around us, I just think the futility rationale does not sit well with us. Well at least to me, it just doesn't seem right. There must be more to this place. No one can, for one second, pretend to do that. But, they already are doing that when they belief that He exist. Only if he does in fact exist, right? And then they are correct and not actually second guessing. hmmm. I'll have to think about this. I am no good with guessing, mostly because of my severe lack of patience. Thus, I would really appreciate it, if you explicitly state the moral of the above story. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oh come on, oh ye of little patience. For the sake of the story let's say God exists. The moral is just an analogy of us trying to fit God's infinite wisdom into our little brains.

...not telling you to stop posting there...I'm telling ME to stop...lol

Nothing. There is really no meaning to life. We are all here by chance. That is what I personally believe. But, I guess, it is still possible to believe in living life to the fullest, without believing in the meaning of life or any divine beings. Epicurus, Socrates and Darwin believed in this. Meaning is what we create. When confronted with mysteries that we cannot fathom, we seek to understand them by creating patterns. We see many beautiful things created and can't help to feel that there may be a Great Designer. It is our instinct. THis is why I really believe that there cannot be any divine being. If ever there is a being so powerful, such that that being is perfect, that being will never create us. We are all born imperfect/incomplete. That means we are born with needs. Needs are defined as states of felt deprivation. There are two types of needs psychological (love, affection, security, etc) and physical (water, food, sex, etc.) Every single thing that we do, is because we strive to be more perfect/complete. The motivation behind everything we do, is to fulfil a need. Throughout our existence, we will always be slaves to needs, because we can never be complete. If God is already perfect, then He will never feel any motivation to create anything. It is irrational for Him to create us to fulfil His own need. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Right, if we are purely atoms here by chance then there are no grounds for a meaning of life. The discussion of living life to it's fullest is a laughable illusion not unlike accepting the Matrix as real. The whole discussion of morality would then be meaningless too as atoms are just atoms and why would they care what form they took? A live person or a dead person. Eventually it all end up the same anyway. It's all meaningless. This, off course does not sit well with our souls. We know in our hearts that this is NOT how it is. There must be some other explanation. As for second guessing God and his feelings, motivations and needs..."If God is already perfect, then He will never feel any motivation to create anything. It is irrational for Him to create us to fulfil His own need."...I don't think I can even pretend to be able to do that. Story: A man saw a little girl on a beach digging a hole. She then took her pail down to the water, filled it up, took it to her hole and poured the water in. She continued to do this several times until she began to get tired. The man walked over and asked her what she was doing. She replied, "I'm trying to get the ocean into my hole."

Morality comes when we judge each other. We label people "good" and "bad", depending on their actions. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Morality comes from within. We all refer to some unwritten moral code when we say "Hey man, I was there first!".

...thinking I shouldn't have opened that "meaning of life" thread.

Also, where does morality come from?

Ok, then give me a plausible meaning for our existance without a creator involved. Purely atoms and energy...what possible meaning could we have?

...taking nothing back. Unless of course you want to come make me.

some people don't believe in things "over the sun" though <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Some people don't believe the Holocaust happened either. Disbelief doesn't necessarily equal nonexistant. Personally, I believe the the taproot of it is, yes.

...slow and retarded when it comes to some things...i'm old, remember?

What a piece of crap. If the "meaning" for your life comes from something that can (and will) die or falter or fail in some way...what is the point of that? If this is the case, your life has no meaning and you are living an illusion and you might as well roll over admit defeat right now because it's coming soon anyway. The meaning of life is not found in anything "under the sun".

...just realizing that ed is gay...didn't know this before.

...thinking I don't have any emotions to wreck any more.

Cool, they did it again! woohooo!! 2 down!

...thinking about signing up for a Napster account.

go 'stros!