XPost: alt.religion.christian.20-something, alt.agnosticism   
   From: Be@here.now   
      
   On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 19:13:02 -0600, Sesquipedalian   
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   >DanGunn wrote:   
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   >>Life isn't pointless but there isn't a "Great" point to it. We have   
   >>invented our Gods to imagine that our lives are great and important,   
   >>but really they aren't, it's just a shot of the dice towards the end   
   >>of the table. Religion is the arrogance of mankind. Just think about   
   >>it the next time you are bored at church, because not everyone will   
   >>have a near death experience to show them the light, and that is why I   
   >>thought I would share this.   
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   >>Dan "Snake Eyes" Gunn   
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   To say that everything happens from pure chance, and the life is   
   pointless is just taking a position, the same as the former   
   "religious" positions you held.  It still could be called arrogance.   
   It's still an idea, just now it's a different idea.   
      
   Perhaps, if no one really dies, then life is just a dance or a play,   
   we end up exactly where we started.  Nothing lost and nothing gained,   
   except for the memory of the experience itself.   
   Maybe there is no point, except the point we, ourselves, give it.   
   So, if I see life as a chance to learn love and compassion, then that   
   is exactly what life is, in my case.  On the other hand, if you see   
   like as pointless, pure, chance, then that's what life will be in your   
   case.  We create our own subjective reality.   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)