I think the crazy cop killer from CA has a manifesto on line which has been edited by the popular media because he is so pro-liberal which doesn't fit the public's expectations.//Who can forget the Viking raids? The crazy Persians? Really, Archy, even Britain was cruel- think of sending all those blokes to Australia and debtors prisons, etc. And I'm sure our South did not think much of Honest Abe-Sherman- Grant. It's all in one's experience and perspective.
On Jan 31, 1:03 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > We don't understand the homicide bombers well rigs - I suspect their > motivation is similar to that of those who do stuff like landing on an > enemy airstrip and shooting it up. We revere similar acts of heroism > or madness. And forget what perversions of Christianity are > perpetrated in crusade. Who is even to say human purpose is human? > We may be the forerunner of something very different. Purpose may lie > in looking after RP's examples. > > On 29 Jan, 19:39, rigs <rigs.'t [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > There is an oft repeated saying that the road to Hell is paved with > > good intentions. (St. Bernard, Herbert, Shaw, Samuel Johnson) Is there > > a difference between purpose and intention? > > don> On Jan 28, 6:54 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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 ? > > > > > >> > -- > > > > > > --- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
