Dang, your posts always get me thinking. Great work man, you make amirite worthwhile. :)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

thanks, man. I like thinking, but I'm not that smart. It's easier to ask good questions than to give answers to them =p

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Would you mind explaining why you think this? I personally believe that those three things are not worth thinking about, as it is impossible to come up with conclusions we can all agree with, so I prefer to not care either way.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

While I agree that they are impossible to know, they are worth thinking about. How are you supposed to live your life with any happiness or satisfaction if you haven't ever thought about or declared a purpose for it?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Not to mention, everything lies within a context. Our whole lives should also have a framework behind them, even if these assumptions about the world aren't necessarily true. I try to find truth, but when uncertainty frustrates me, I create a worldview that I feel at peace with and which allows me to live a moral and fulfilling life. At least I try to in theory lol

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Now I see where you're going with this. I agree with the part about an ultimate purpose in life, even though my thoughts on that constantly change. However, I still wouldn't say that not caring either way about God or life after death is "inexcusable." It could be described as careless, but that would just be stating the obvious. I suppose it all depends on one's views on life.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Some people don't care either way because they live in the now. They live their earthly life to the fullest and is kind to everyone without wanting some sort of redemption. Some people do things on this earth for //them//, not the afterlife. They do not depend on a higher power to make them feel stable, and can deal with not knowing everything. They don't constantly want reassurance for every little thing they do, they do not feel that every action they make has to somehow tie in with an almighty purpose, they control their own lives. These people can feel happiness //even with uncertainty//, and there is nothing wrong with that.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

That isn't not caring, it's thinking about the whole thing, and identifying a worldview based on your conclusions that the here and now is intrinsically valuable regardless of any possible God and/or afterlife. OP was referring more to people who don't ever feel the need to ask themselves what matters in life to them or consider the implications of different worldviews

by Anonymous 11 years ago

How do "people who don't feel the need to ask themselves what matters in life" have anything to do with God or the afterlife? That //is// not caring. They don't care what happens when they die. You said it's excusable to not care about what happens after death. You said "God or the afterlife". What I mentioned above is a reason why people don't care about the afterlife, because they live in the "currentlife". That's not to say they don't have a reason to live, it's just that reason has nothing to do with where they go after their heart stops.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

None of us will ever really know, and different people deal with that differently. Everyone questions these things at some point, but I don't see what's wrong with giving up on trying to answer these questions as we'll never really have the answers. As long as your life is fulfilling to you and you give a purpose to your life, what does it matter about your beliefs in God, life after death, or an ultimate purpose?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I can certainly sympathize with someone who is frustrated with a lack of answers and wonders if it really matters anyways. I agree that none of us can ever know the answers for sure to these questions. But it's better to think about them honestly and to have a good reason why you are siding towards one way or the other than to just give up. The existence of God, the afterlife, and ultimate reality are questions that do matter even though we don't have answers. Thinking these things over isn't pointless either, but can shape your individual purpose, morality, and philosophy. An unexamined life is not worth living

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Why?

by Anonymous 11 years ago