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To: Greg or e who wrote (7495)3/5/2001 5:20:31 PM
From: average joe  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
Actually "He" gave you a free will, and left it up to "you" to determine your own purpose. You're not a robot and you were not designed to be an automaton. Meaning and purpose have nothing to do with the design. You don't need eyes to see you need vision, big difference but subtle enough that it is probably completely lost on you.



To: Greg or e who wrote (7495)3/5/2001 5:57:33 PM
From: cosmicforce  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 82486
 
everything is just a great big ink blott, and we are free to ascribe any meaning or purpose to life that we wish.

Yeah, that's how I see it. I don't want to see a dark, cruel world full of fear. I see individual connection and responsibility. But I may be deluding myself.



To: Greg or e who wrote (7495)3/5/2001 7:35:39 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
However, if there is an ultimate being who designed and controls everything then it is He, who determines the true meaning and purpose of Life.

What if there was an ultimate being who designed created and controls everything and he decided that the purpose of life is to cause the most suffering or something else that you thought was bad or evil in any way. Would you defer to the most powerful being and change your mind to agree with him?

Tim