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Your opinion on this?
It's ridiculous.
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They have a right to get their message out.
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I don't care.
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ArtOfficial

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:23 am


Artto
II Stick_ Up_ Kid II
Purpose is something that is given to things by Love - Gods love.

The purpose of a hammer is to hammer nails. Where's god's love in that purpose?

Maybe a better word instead of purpose would be meaning. Everything has purpose but it cannot possibly have meaning if it doesn't last forever. Your life means something to you because, as you believe, your life is eternity as far as you know.

II Stick_ Up_ Kid II
Intelligence is like a bubble the wind: It looks beautiful while its there, but the next second its gone and who cares.

Can't argue with that. You mean consciousness, right?

I am talking about death.

II Stick_ Up_ Kid II
And to answer the last question the purpose of God is to live forever as God.

That doesn't mean anything. I can say, my purpose is to live my life as me. That's just something that sounds deep but actually isn't.


I wasn't really trying to make it sound deep its just my simple answer. We call Him God because that's his purpose.
PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:35 am


II Stick_ Up_ Kid II
I wasn't really trying to make it sound deep its just my simple answer. We call Him God because that's his purpose.


It's not just that it isn't deep, it doesn't mean anything. The purpose of a rock is to be a rock. The purpose of a parrot is to be a parrot. The purpose of me is to live my life as me. Do you see what I'm getting at?

You can say that god's existence has no purpose, but that means his creation has no intrinsic purpose either. But I'd go as far as to argue that nothing has an intrinsic purpose, since purpose is always appointed by an intelligent agent.

Artto


ArtOfficial

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:32 pm


Artto
II Stick_ Up_ Kid II
I wasn't really trying to make it sound deep its just my simple answer. We call Him God because that's his purpose.


It's not just that it isn't deep, it doesn't mean anything. The purpose of a rock is to be a rock. The purpose of a parrot is to be a parrot. The purpose of me is to live my life as me. Do you see what I'm getting at?

You can say that god's existence has no purpose, but that means his creation has no intrinsic purpose either. But I'd go as far as to argue that nothing has an intrinsic purpose, since purpose is always appointed by an intelligent agent.


Gods existence has a purpose and it is also has a meaning. Gods purpose is meaningful because it is everlasting. But a purpose that eventually dies is meaningless.

Did you see my other arguments? They kinda got lost in under yours. It was somthing i did
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