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Old 06-24-2011, 09:45 AM   #141 (permalink)
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And what would that be? What could our actions possibly do to affect the larger universe? What could our actions possibly do to affect an omnipotent being? I mean if we end up killing every single thing on this planet with a nuclear war, even the moon probably wouldn't be affected in the slightest.
the purpose is not always to be something that is large.
remember, every journey begins with a simple step.
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Old 06-24-2011, 09:56 AM   #142 (permalink)
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the purpose is not always to be something that is large.
remember, every journey begins with a simple step.
Why don't you just admit that you have no earthly idea what that purpose is and therefore that you don't even know if there is a purpose. Or that just by virtue of his being "God", he can even give you a purpose.
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Why don't you just admit that you have no earthly idea what that purpose is and therefore that you don't even know if there is a purpose. Or that just by virtue of his being "God", he can even give you a purpose.
nope, i can't admit something that's not me.
nobody knows what our purpose is until we fulfilled it.
only then can we say that indeed, we live with purpose.
i myself have already found my purpose so that's why I know, God gives us purpose here on earth.
that's the very reason why he created us.
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Old 06-24-2011, 09:59 AM   #144 (permalink)
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Why don't you just admit that you have no earthly idea what that purpose is and therefore that you don't even know if there is a purpose. Or that just by virtue of his being "God", he can even give you a purpose.
do we even need a "purpose"?

i believe everything is predestined, so i'm just doing the mechanical thing of whatever fate makes me do
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what? i don't understand you. farming is for vegetables, not for meat. if ou disagree with a farming practice, you disagree on a vegetable. unless you have a different definition of farming.
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do we even need a "purpose"?

i believe everything is predestined, so i'm just doing the mechanical thing of whatever fate makes me do
that's why we have free will.
free will to decide if we want to act out on our purpose or completely ignore it.
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Old 06-24-2011, 10:03 AM   #146 (permalink)
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that's why we have free will.
free will to decide if we want to act out on our purpose or completely ignore it.
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what? i don't understand you. farming is for vegetables, not for meat. if ou disagree with a farming practice, you disagree on a vegetable. unless you have a different definition of farming.
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nope, i can't admit something that's not me.
nobody knows what our purpose is until we fulfilled it.
only then can we say that indeed, we live with purpose.
i myself have already found my purpose so that's why I know, God gives us purpose here on earth.
that's the very reason why he created us.
In other words, until you've decided what it is you want to do with your life, you don't have a purpose. This is a secular idea that you have wrapped in religious babble. "Purpose" is a human invention that has absolutely no meaning unless we humans agree that it has meaning.
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In other words, until you've decided what it is you want to do with your life, you don't have a purpose. This is a secular idea that you have wrapped in religious babble. "Purpose" is a human invention that has absolutely no meaning unless we humans agree that it has meaning.
well the humans that i've been around it pretty much agrees so there, to put an end to this argument.
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Old 06-24-2011, 10:11 AM   #149 (permalink)
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well the humans that i've been around it pretty much agrees so there, to put an end to this argument.
What?
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well the humans that i've been around it pretty much agrees so there, to put an end to this argument.
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