--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo fintlewoodle...@... wrote:
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And yet, and yet ... of course I understand why so many
people want to believe in heaven, even now, even in the
face of all the evidence, and all reason. It is a way
however futilely of trying to escape the awful
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo fintlewoodlewix@ wrote:
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And yet, and yet ... of course I understand why so many
people want to believe in heaven, even now, even in the
face of all the evidence, and all
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo fintlewoodlewix@ wrote:
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And yet, and yet ... of course I understand why so many
people want to believe in heaven, even now, even in the
face of all the evidence, and all
Hugo:
The nothingness is easily understood too. Dying is most
probably like going under anaesthetic, nothing you can
do except disappear. Along with awareness goes the part
of you that thinks there must be something else that
survives...
You are using metaphysical terms, so to follow
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote:
Hugo:
The nothingness is easily understood too. Dying is most
probably like going under anaesthetic, nothing you can
do except disappear. Along with awareness goes the part
of you that thinks there must be
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Hugo fintlewoodle...@mail.com wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote:
I certainly find it hard to believe you exist.
I dated a girl years ago who was an honors philosophy graduate from Vassar.
Whenever we got into a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride
bill.hicks.all.a.r...@... wrote:
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Hugo fintlewoodle...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willytex@ wrote:
I certainly find it hard to believe you exist.
I
You are using metaphysical terms, so to follow this thread,
you'd have to assume that we 'exist' in the first place, in
order to postulate that we will one day be 'non-existent'.
Hugo:
I certainly find it hard to believe you exist.
Circular logic, Hugo. You failed to define 'exist'.
I dated a girl years ago who was an honors philosophy
graduate from Vassar. Whenever we got into a tiff she
used to prove that I didn't exist.
Hugo:
That must have worn down the ol' ego.
So you've read Freud.
But, do we really have an 'ego'? What about the 'super-ego'?
If we have
I certainly find it hard to believe you exist.
Tom:
I dated a girl years ago who was an honors philosophy
graduate from Vassar. Whenever we got into a tiff she
used to prove that I didn't exist.
So, what does it mean to 'not exist'? Why wouldn't we
exist in the future, if we existed
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