Your posts from the last couple of days are slaying me Archy. I'm afraid it's all an accident we're here. All of us. Chaos theory makes the most sense to me. It gets a little silly when the butterflies and hurricanes are brought up but the basic premiss makes perfect sense. As to what we are to do while we are here...Well that really depends on us and on where the bumpers send us. All we can do is try not to be distracted by the bells and whistles and flashing backbox and just get on with the game. Everyone gets one free Tilt.
-Don On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 7:55 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > Nah GW - thoughts in no way entail a thinker. Molly may be a product > of some of my early experiments in genetics for all she can be certain > of. What is currently thought to be the background microwave > radiation of the big bang was actually me in the laboratory shouting > 'lord save us, I've made a Christian'! She may, of course, choose not > to believe this truth. > > I am not so self-centred as to want this kind of mean, selfish > contemplation, regarding it as a mistake. People need to be free of > this kind of manipulation and other ways of having their souls > governed. > > On 3 Dec, 01:09, [email protected] wrote: >> I think, therefore I am - I think. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Matthijs <[email protected]> >> To: "Minds Eye" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wed, Dec 2, 2009 6:58 pm >> Subject: [Mind's Eye] Re: Why do I exist? >> >> Cognito ergo sum, does this mean that if I do not think, I also not >> exist? >> A causes B so B is founded in A. (If so does this mean that if people >> do not overthink their actions they do not exist, that means that we >> have some free chairs in our government ;) >> >> Matthijs >> >> On 2 dec, 15:22, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: >> > It is a particularly human trait to question such a thing as purpose. Is it >> > not enough to simply note "I am" (apologies to Yahweh), and then decide >> > what >> > to do with that? >> >> > On Dec 2, 2009 12:29 PM, "Molly" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Why do I exist? Is it because some self-replicating chemical has >> > designed and created me as an instrument for the sole purpose of >> > improving its success rate for self-replication? Is it to express >> > some soul purpose? Or is the reason of my existence without purpose? >> >> > Descartes’ phrase “I think, therefore I exist,” was meant to prove >> > that there is at least one fact in the universe that is beyond doubt. >> > I am, I exist is necessarily true each time that I pronounce it, or >> > that I mentally conceive it. But his exploration here doesn’t tell us >> > why we exist. >> >> > Perhaps why we exist is defined by what Thomas Aquinas thought of as >> > salvation: “Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to >> > know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to >> > know what he ought to do.” Can our beliefs, desires and moral actions >> > answer the question why? >> >> > Tolstoy believed that “The essence of any religion lies solely in the >> > answer to the question: why do I exist, and what is my relationship to >> > the infinite universe that surrounds me?” >> >> > What do YOU think? >> >> > -- >> >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > ""Minds Eye"" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]<minds-eye%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups >> > .com> >> > . >> > For more options, visit this group >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> ""Minds Eye"" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
