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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 05:01 PM Original message |
DUers who do not believe in god/reincarnation/etc., how do you... |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. "Philosophy of Humanism" by Corliss Lamont |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 07:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. I will check that out. |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. speaking as an agnostic |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Good Humanistic Viewpoint |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 06:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. That's pretty much how I feel |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I Think That |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 07:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. So true! |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. bingo |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. those who do good only for their own benefit |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. On the other hand kagehime |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. yes and no |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 08:23 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. If I'm Starving And You Feed Me |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. and i get yours |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. That's the kind of thing I think about quite a lot |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. I get this question alot as a deist-(borderline atheist in my case) in a Catholic school |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Interesting... |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. Why Does There Have To Be A Purpose? |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I want to believe |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 05:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. The game is bigger now |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. Self-medication. |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. That works... |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. It hasn't quit yet. |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I understand completely |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. LynzM, I struggle with the same question, |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 05:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. One way to look at that |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. crim son, I think you summed it up well |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. The purpose of life is to live it. Seems kinda self evident to me. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. We have the freedom to create our own purpose |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 07:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. Thanks, ZW |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
17. I hope you don't mind |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Since I'm also |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 07:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. Hippywife, thanks for sharing! |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Thanx, LynzM! |
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KatyaR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. I always tell people that I was put on this earth |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
24. I recently understood that I don't believe in an afterlife and that |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 07:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Scary when you get there, isn't it? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 07:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Yes, it was scary, is scary. Now, just trying to make peace with it. |
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Tyo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
29. You find your own way |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
36. i believe the individual person is the sole agent of creativity and meaning in their own life. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
37. birding |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
38. The Universe does not Care |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. How very very Tao. |
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Guava Jelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
40. I deal with the harsh reality |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
42. I live by however I please, so long as it harms no other. |
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speedoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. But how do you really know whether you are harming another? |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
44. my brain hurts when i start thinking bout such stuff. so i avoid it. |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
46. I don't see the problem. Do you attribute the purpose to Cap'n Crunch? To a manhole cover? I feel |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
47. I don't think there's any inherent purpose, but one can create a purpose. |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
48. The point is what you make of it |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
49. I don't find it to be a valid question |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
50. i'm not sure there is a purpose at all, maybe we need to ask that because we feel compelled |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
51. My purpose is to learn |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
52. what does God have to do with my purpose or goals in my life??? |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
53. totally an athiest |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
54. I don't believe we have a "purpose" any more than a tree or a dog has a purpose |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
55. life is too short to worry about all of that |
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