--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "nelson" <nelsonriddle2001@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Speaking of "simple stories," how's this one:
> > > The universe simply exists,
> > snip,,
> > Why?
>
> Why not? :-)
>
> More seriously, by even asking such a question
> you are anthropomorphizing the universe, project-
> ing onto it a "reason" for its existence. No such
> reason may exist, no more than it does for the
> existence of a rock, or your own existence.
>
> Humans would *like* there to be a reason, a "Why"
> that makes them feel better about things. To
> ponder and search for such a reason seems to be
> human nature. But that doesn't mean that such a
> reason exists.
>
> I am merely stating that I am as comfortable with
> a universe that has NO reason or "Why" for its
> existence as I am with one that has such a reason.
> That *frees* me to invent my *own* reasons for
> living the way I feel is best. That seems a more
> intelligent way to live my life than to just accept
> what someone else tells me is the "Why" of it all.
> YMMV.
>
You exist for some reason and I tend to think the rest of the universe does
also.
