> On Dec 22, 2014, at 2:18 AM, Dan Glover <[email protected]> wrote: > > The first paragraph caught my attention: > > "There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is > suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to > answering the fundamental question of philosophy."
Ron comments: Truly a great post Dan. I recently viewed the film "God is Not dead" in which the defining justification for the belief in God was That life wasn't worth living without The concept. Shakespeare answered That it is also the fear of death that makes it better to be than not to be. Then we have Socrates that asks What it means to lead a Good life And Aristotle that states wonder and the ecstasy of being, of life at its best Is the reason for living, that knowing increases this feeling. The Buddhists and the bushido say You do not fully live unless you are Constantly aware of your own death That transitory knowledge of being makes life more meaningful. That's why I like the idea of realizing The dynamic within the seemingly Rigid and static. If you call it God, it doesn't quite Ring, because what drives it is not Fear of death but the joy of being. With the joy of being there is no Fear of death no use for the concept Of God. Or so it seems to me. Thanks Dan , 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/md/archives.html
