I think this is a useful split RP - though I tend to wonder on purpose in evolution. There are many examples of animal altruism coming to light - I mentioned the 'slave ants in rebellion' recently but one finds similar even amongst algae that live, for the most part, as single-celled, but gang together when resources run out to 'flip' some of the community to parts elsewhere by forming a stem with a flippable node on top - those in the stem remain behind and die. We might achieve world peace in human affairs (long overdue) only to be hit and killed by a massive gamma burst from deep space. I wonder beyond this as to a potential human purpose in a spiritual world - perhaps beyond biological intelligence, perhaps with life embodied in machines and later in the universe itself as 'we' really learn more. Against long- term history 'we' are unlikely to survive as humans (though the algae have been around much longer) and I suspect 'we' are deluded on human individuality other than in the human world.
On Jan 28, 11:57 am, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > To me there is human-purpose , yes , but no spiritual purpose. I was > just using rhetoric in my original post. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Lee Douglas <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hahah ohh RP you are one confusing fellow. > > > Let me see if I follow this correctly. You define spiritual purpose as > > being something that takes you beyond death, but your own belief is that > > nobody goes beyond death, so then to you spiritual purpose is what, an > > oxymoron? > > > On Monday, 28 January 2013 09:58:43 UTC, RP Singh wrote: > > >> I look after my children because I love them , I am moral because I > >> want to remain a good person , but all these are human purposes. The > >> spiritual purpose would be to take you beyond death. In my opinion > >> nobody goes beyond death. > > >> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Lee Douglas <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Umm maybe there is none RP. > > >> > What do you mean by spiritual purpose? > > >> > On Monday, 21 January 2013 12:31:34 UTC, RP Singh wrote: > > >> >> An old man suffers a stroke and becomes a vegetable for the rest of his > >> >> life , a one year old child becomes sick and dies. What is the purpose > >> >> , the > >> >> spiritual purpose for the old man or the child ? > > >> > -- > > > -- --
