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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (45877)	3/30/2002 12:04:47 PM
From: bonnuss_in_austin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

<<Thus, I find my existence, by its very nature ... ...to be utterly incomprehensible.>> LOL. So do I. Or, rather, "It is so wonderful to find a point with which I am in absolute agreement with you! La la la -- happy, happy!!! ...." -g- Let me ask you, J.C. Dithers: how many people under the age of 65, and who are not fifth generation EuroSkandia-style U.S. immigrants do you regularly interface with in the real world? bia

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (45877)	3/30/2002 1:01:38 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

You are apparently equating your lack of absolute knowledge with a state of "utter incomprehensibility". On that basis, you have absolutely nothing to hope for in terms of reducing your state of intellectual and moral anomie. It is ironic that you later state an apparent modification from "utter incomprehensibility" to the apparent lesser: "I am not satisfied with my understanding of such matters". But, you clearly consider that lack of complete understanding to be the equivalent of "utter incomprehensiblity". What can I say to you other than, "good luck" on your quest to become a Supreme Being! By the way, most of the isues that seem to bother your satisfaction level are not at all incomprehensible to me...even when they are not absolutely intelligible. As I am not a Supreme Being, nor have any likelihood of becoming one, I try to use superlatives on a realistic level...a level relative to conditional existence and reasonable expectations. "You may be satisfied with your understanding of the when, where, and how of your existence, and have no curiosity as to whether there is a why" Being satisfied is not the same as being satiated. I still have curiosity. As far as having a concern for ultimate "whys"...there are none. If there was a god, it could have no purpose. That which is uncreated and the only thing in existence could have no purpose, design, or meaning. That which has no prior conditions can have no purpose. By definition it is undetermined and non intentional. I am sorry that you do not find the world intelligible in any way. It does not appear to have prevented your assertion of opinions, however, which is both strange and wonderful...