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Originally Posted by JayJamJah
Now we're getting somewhere, very thoughtful question.
My faith is very strong.
I have faith in people, in tangibility and in acceptance of uncertainty.
I am so "blessed" by the people and things in my life I have no need for any promise of an afterlife or eternal life etc.
I have faith in what I can see, touch, hear, feel, taste and smell because it's all that I perceive to know and it's all I can count on. I don't have the need or desire to dwell or rely on the unknown even though I seek the answers tirelessly.
I accept not knowing until I know. I don't say there is no God, I just say I don't know and either do you. I don't care who believes in god and who doesn't. Treat people the way you wish to be treated because again...my faith is in people because they're all I have and all I know.
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What you're describing to me sounds like a sort of aestheticism, and is similar to my own philosophy of life. The beauty of life is in the diversity of experiences, in reliving the same events in different settings and with new twists. Thinking about the "deep" questions of life is just part of that dialogue with life, its not about the answers but about the voyage. Absolutely.
However, murder is one of those experiences. Maybe you haven't really lived life until you've felt what it is to take someone else's. That's a scary thought, but people must be joining the army for some reason. How does a philosophy of embracing life teach moderation? It has to come from the elevation of quantity over quality... but where does that come from? Aristotle, I guess...