Our Goal

[Staurm]

when i signed up for this gig, i was told that very little was expected of me. wake up in the morning (or whenever), eat, drink, defecate, enjoy myself as i can and try to do as little damage as i could in the process.

Shit that's where I went wrong isn't it? I didn't sign anything! I just assumed when I arrived here that I'd inherited the earth, I didn't realise this place was over run with whip crackers and capitalists.

Damn, can anyone reccommend a lawyer?

[MegaOctane12]

It is purely up to you, the truth remains the truth.

No its your truth, not mine.

[delusionsofNORMALity]

Shit that's where I went wrong isn't it? I didn't sign anything! I just assumed when I arrived here that I'd inherited the earth, I didn't realize this place was over run with whip crackers and capitalists.

you might be in this life illegally. you should have been met between your mother's knees by a clerk with the standard forms. they contain the usual bullshit such as renouncing all allegiances to any former lives, species or dimensions etc. they make you sign the contracts and swear an oath, all the normal bureaucratic garbage, then they slap you on the ass and send you on your way. it sounds as if there was a mix up in your case, it happens more often than you'd think, and you might be in danger of forfeiting your rights as a human being. i'm not sure who the proper authorities are to contact, but you should get on this right away as the entire deportation process can get quite messy. good luck.

[hazetwostep]

well the way i look at (my opinion) it is that those who have a "faith" of some sorts (statistically) live longer, healthier, and happier lives. so if there is nothing after then believing can't hurt, only let you enjoy the only time you have a little longer, healthier, and happier. if there is then you are moving in the right direction. it is a win, win!

plus i actually do believe that there is more than meets the eye to our existence.. so all i can do is go with the conclusions that i have come to. that is all anyone can do whether athiest, agnostic, or spiritual.

[MegaOctane12]

well the way i look at (my opinion) it is that those who have a "faith" of some sorts (statistically) live longer, healthier, and happier lives. so if there is nothing after then believing can't hurt, only let you enjoy the only time you have a little longer, healthier, and happier. if there is then you are moving in the right direction. it is a win, win!

plus i actually do believe that there is more than meets the eye to our existence.. so all i can do is go with the conclusions that i have come to. that is all anyone can do whether athiest, agnostic, or spiritual.

That's great... but religous belief is based on FEAR, fear of life, fear of judgement, fear of what might happen if... I say fuck that. You don't need religion to be a spritual person, granted some of the bullet point teachings of Christianity and many faiths are inherently good ethics, 'Don't kill people, Don't steal', but it ends and should be cut loose right there and then, I'm all for communion and Church every now and then because its a good sense of community and requires you to have empathy for others you otherwise wouldn't without even be aware of without that regimentation, that's all good. But in terms of religion enriching someones life, this may be true, does it run the risk of allienating that person from others around them? Most certainly.

I don't know whether your aware of this but as you go up the religious hieracy you increasingly find people who have lost touch with reality, they have never lived in the real World, so how can they possibly teach others what they have never experienced themselves? Faith is all about paradise and divinity but I think suffering and misery are just important to shaping someone, if not more so.

Take a plant for example, a cutting taken at the top of a plant has always had light, its had a breezy life, all it has to do is lap up the sun day in day out. Take a cutting at the bottom of the plant, its having to struggle for its survival, having to fight and battle its way thoughout its life. That cutting, given the chance, given the opportunity to florish, will do so, because its had it hard all its life. How is it possible not to recognise suffering and hardship as a vehicle of change to make us better, more worldy beings.

[Rutledge]

who the hell told you we had a goal. when i signed up for this gig, i was told that very little was expected of me. wake up in the morning (or whenever), eat, drink, defecate, enjoy myself as i can and try to do as little damage as i could in the process. i was told i could get into the whole procreation thing if i wanted to, but there were no such requirements in the contract. there were no definitions of good or bad or better or worse. no one told me i had to make any lasting effect on the cosmos and now you're telling me i'm expected to make things better. i'm calling my lawyer.

existence is its own purpose, anything else is just gravy.

I see nothing wrong in having a good time and enjoying yourself. I'm all about enjoying myself. I love to party and enjoy friends but I guess for me I can find fun and joy in helping others too. But doing good and making the world a better place doesn't mean you have to go out of your way. Say hi to your neighbors, hold the door for someone, don't cut people off on the highway, find positive ways to make yourself happy. Doing good in the world just means spreading positivity and fostering community. Anything beyond that is up to you. And frankly thinking you've come into this world without obligations to those around you and those you love is ignorant and sad.

[40oz]

It is purely up to you, the truth remains the truth.

Pure evil, you never cease to crack me up.

[PureEvil760]

No its your truth, not mine.

Your truth and my truth cannot differ, I was giving a factual statement. The truth is always the truth no matter what you choose to believe.

[PureEvil760]

seriously though how can you people argue with that statement "The truth remains the truth regardless of what you or those around you choose to believe" ..how indenial do you have to be

[PureEvil760]

Pure evil, you never cease to crack me up.

Good i'm glad, if I dont show love, at least theres humor.