> [Platt] > I quote Lila regularly. > > [Arlo] > I could copy and paste the same three sentences from the Rig Veda every day, > doesn't mean I understand it.
You certainly have shown you don't understand the MOQ. > [Platt] > What theories are you talking about? > > [Arlo] > Which teleological theories of purpose are not contradicted by the MOQ? The > purpose of life is to serve God? The purpose of life is to procreate? The > purpose of life is to "move towards freedom"? To live a life of virtue? To > fight maturity? To live it? Here are some other ideas. > > http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080514120702AAWBcl8 > > So, are all these correct? That would mean "purpose" is completely relative, > doesn't it? Or are these "teleological" accounts "wrong", and only your is > "right"? Quote from Pirsig: " Neither is there a quarrel between the Metaphysics of Quality and the "teleological" theories which insist that life has some purpose." Now what is there about these words you don't understand? > > [Platt] > As for relative, we know you're a postmodernist where even truth is relative. > So why believe anything you say? > > [Arlo] > Oooo...you forgot collectivist, nihilist, fascist and totalitarian. Nice way to avoid the issue of relative truth. > [Platt] > Who knows? Like I've said, chance means "We don't know." The overall movement > of evolution is obviously toward greater levels of versatility and freedom. > > [Arlo] > Chance means not pre-planned. What you see as "obvious" is merely Gestaltian > illusions of your vision. There was no "plan" to create you, because there is > no "intelligent designer". Oh, wait, forgot, you worship a Quali-god who is an > "intelligent Quality with volition and intent". See quote above. > [Platt] > Or would you rather be a mule? > > [Arlo] > I don't know, but some days "dolphin" or "snow leopard" seems kinda desirable. Whatever turns you on. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
