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To: Jon K. who wrote ()	9/21/1999 5:19:00 AM
From: Mike McFarland	Read Replies (2) of 141

Life doesn't have to have meaning--it is just a happy event--a carnival ride. And human civilization may not be an exceptional enough event to require meaning or justification--we are just the noisy portion of a very thin layer of self perpetuating stuff, existing on a lonely planet, in the middle of so much empty space. If you happen to be concious of your place in that thin layer of life, well, it's pretty far out--but the idea of it all is just in our head. Humanity is a blip in a billion years of evolution. That we are any more important than all the steps it took to get here, and all the steps that will follow is arrogant. That said, while you are here, you might as well try to be nice to your neighbors...and read some good books. See the Monty Python movie, "The Meaning of Life"-- they do the best job of sorting it all out <g>. If a person is clever, he finds many enjoyable distractions to fill his life--and he forgets that it all ends in death. It is a lot easier to find the meaning of death: Your turn is over, please exit to the right. Next!

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