Re: Prayer at public meetings under attack...again

"Clairbear" <clair@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> skrev i en meddelelse 
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> "Alex W." <ingilt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Clairbear" <clair@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> So tell me oh great guru what is the meaning of life?
>>> it it about ***, wealth or what.
>>> Or is life the universe trying to understand itself..no..no...that's
>>> that whole God thing again.
>>> I know in the liberal and atheist case it sure is'nt about tolerance.
>>
>> It's up to you to invest your life with meaning.
>> For some, it is love and children.
>> It may be the search for scientific facts and understanding.
>> It may be the pursuit of pleasure.
>> It may be the act of creation.
>> It may be the expression of the human spirit through the arts.
>> You may find fulfilment in saving the Earth, ac***ulating wealth,
>> exploring the full athletic potential of your body, revelling in
>> physical sensation of all kinds, protecting the weak, caring for
>> others, making your mark on human history, pursuing any dream you
>> choose even if it is an evil one ...
> I find a lot of fulfillment in teaching skiing Or in doing the best
photos
> I can for clients.
>> ... or even grovelling and running after some petulant clingy bossy
>> disturbed deity with more hang-ups than Paris Hilton's wardrobe, if
>> that is what floats your boat.


> Actually it comes down to faith God does not demand you follow him

God does whatever you imagine he does.




If you
> read the bible he asks and you have the freewill to chose. You might be
> confusing most Christians  with the ZEALOTS at the extreme end of the
> curve.

And they have just as much evidence for their beliefs as you do for yours
- 
none.  Your beliefs are just as likely ( read unlikely) to be true as 
their's are.


All zealotry gets you is a life of endless sufuffering IE self-
> falgellation, self-imolation or just terrorist tactics. I believe in
being
> part of this world and  the next awaits on the other side
>> In short, the meaning of life is what you make it.
> As for the meanig of life It was a funny funny film.

You just admitted to making it up as you go along.  That is a beginning.