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12-05-2021 , 05:31 AM

crush305

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And if you don't believe there is a meaning, elaborate.

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12-05-2021 , 05:38 AM

Tuma

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Originally Posted by crush305

And if you don't believe there is a meaning, elaborate.

The universe is a clock. A very fancy one.

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12-05-2021 , 05:43 AM

crush305

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The universe is a clock. A very fancy one.

But clocks just keep the time, and tell the time. Going by this line of logic wouldn't it be more like a fancy hourglass, or egg timer?

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12-05-2021 , 05:46 AM

bravepokerplayer

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is the meaning.

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12-05-2021 , 05:47 AM

Tuma

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Originally Posted by crush305

But clocks just keep the time, and tell the time. Going by this line of logic wouldn't it be more like a fancy hourglass, or egg timer?

Clocks are vital to us humans and we are barely significant. Imagine a very powerful alien race, or a God, wanting the coolest clock in existence.

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12-05-2021 , 05:48 AM

bravepokerplayer

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always thought that time is just a well made illusion.

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12-05-2021 , 06:00 AM

GatorXP

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EXPERIENCE.

So the Universe or God or whatever you want to call it can experience. It would be pretty boring in a universe where nothing happens. Every one and every thing that has awareness at any level is a lens that provides a unique experience.

If you take a look out your window we live on a, nasty or great depending on your perspective, lil meat grinder of a planet....constantly turning over new unique experiences.

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12-05-2021 , 06:12 AM

lastcardcharlie

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It means what it is.

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12-05-2021 , 06:16 AM

crush305

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Originally Posted by bravepokerplayer

always thought that time is just a well made illusion.

"...When you know that your time is close at hand
Maybe then you'll begin to understand
Life down here is just a strange illusion"

said almost identical to iron maiden in hallowed be thy name

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J51LPlP-s9o

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12-05-2021 , 08:12 AM

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12-05-2021 , 08:17 AM

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Booker Wolfbox

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There is no meaning. We're just gelatinous blobs of carbon and water drifting through time and space.

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12-05-2021 , 10:30 AM

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ProblemPlaya

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I think this is pretty close. We bring God joy by our experiences because he experiences what we do for better or worse. “Everything you have down to the least of these you have done to me” pharaphrasing the Bible.

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12-07-2021 , 06:00 PM

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crush305

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who is to say god has anything to do with any of it besides the creation? the same god thats supposed to be all loving, the same god that let hitler put the jews in the ovens

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12-07-2021 , 06:13 PM

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27offsuit

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Saw this recently and thought it was good: The meaning of life is to live.

That's it.

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12-07-2021 , 06:19 PM

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pokeraz

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Originally Posted by 27offsuit

Saw this recently and thought it was good: The meaning of life is to live.

That's it.

I’m pretty much in line with this. There is no real meaning to life. We are a cosmic accident. The quicker you make peace with that, the happier you will be.

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12-07-2021 , 06:19 PM

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GatorXP

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Originally Posted by crush305

who is to say god has anything to do with any of it besides the creation? the same god thats supposed to be all loving, the same god that let hitler put the jews in the ovens

Lots of rides in the amusement park...most of them are less than pleasant....get eaten alive by a lion....die pleasantly in your sleep of old age....get tortured and wacked by a psychopath....it's all an experience, as is your disgust.

I side with Shopenhauer myself.

"For the world is Hell, and men are on the one hand the tormented souls and on the other the devils in it."

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12-07-2021 , 06:24 PM

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GatorXP

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Originally Posted by 27offsuit

Saw this recently and thought it was good: The meaning of life is to live.

That's it.

Fyp:
The meaning of life is to die.

That's it.

Memento Mori bitches.

Last edited by GatorXP; 12-07-2021 at 06:30 PM.

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12-07-2021 , 06:41 PM

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Zeno

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Life is a series of mental and physical masturbations. You also eat, drink, and Fu*k; and then the worms suck the juice out of you when you die.

Enjoy.

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12-07-2021 , 06:59 PM

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FellaGaga-52

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Self-realization and self-expression ... what else could it be? The universe is expressing itself into its unique manifestation of existence, so is a cat, so is an amoeba, so, sometimes, when not profoundly self-alienated (a unique potential of human consciousness) are human beings.

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12-07-2021 , 07:13 PM

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Howard Beale

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'What is the meaning of life' is the most unanswerable question of them all.

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12-07-2021 , 07:15 PM

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27offsuit

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But that won't stop the horrible posts from continuing to snowball into this thread.

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12-07-2021 , 07:18 PM

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AzOther1

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“To crush your enemies. See them driven before you. And to hear the lamentations of their women.” – Conan

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12-07-2021 , 08:15 PM

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Howard Beale

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Originally Posted by 27offsuit

But that won't stop the horrible posts from continuing to snowball into this thread.

I'm counting on that, tbh.

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12-07-2021 , 08:27 PM

#24

mesmerized

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we are sent here to do one thing that defines us a being.

it doesn't mean you save 100 people from a fire in a office building or donating 100mill to charity.

It means one thing.....................you decide...you will be judged......

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12-08-2021 , 02:21 AM

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pokeraz

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