wonderbread93 (Wednesday 3rd of December 2008 12:04:41 PM)

Ummm how?

Wbeliever7 (Sunday 30th of November 2008 11:45:13 PM)

i have no words

madl3nka (Thursday 27th of November 2008 06:42:21 AM)

what a genius.

ChasBeauregarde (Tuesday 25th of November 2008 08:42:20 AM)

By claiming there is no point in life you just made a point. Not meaning to be flippant, how do you explain the precise orbit of the planets, the fact that of the earth's axis was tilted one degree off in any direction there wouldn't be polar caps etc.. Do those things just occur out of chaos?

tristbjorn (Tuesday 25th of November 2008 01:57:04 PM)

yes they do. The problem is that because we are here, people tend to think that it somehow must be fitted to us. But the totally neglect all the planets that aren't this way. It's a bad case of anthropocentricity.

ChasBeauregarde (Friday 28th of November 2008 04:02:44 PM)

Let's take this apart for a minute - As of now scientists have no evidence of life existing in the universe beyond our solar system. Wouldn't it be reasonable to start for a point of known origin to hypothesize on the origin of life as opposed to other planets in other galaxies? How is that anthropocentric?

Rosseh1 (Wednesday 26th of November 2008 05:50:17 PM)

I'm assuming there is only a certain way in which orbit works. So if any other way is impossible then sure, it's just chance. I think things do occur out of chaos. There are laws, but they are probabilistic, not really 100% certain. It's more comforting to think there is a purpose in life and the universe but I agree with tristbjorn that it seems anthropocentric or a product of fear.

ChasBeauregarde (Friday 28th of November 2008 04:21:12 PM)

If there is no point to life and it just is as you you claim, than why not take the Jim Jones cool aid? Another words if there no point to living than wouldn't it be an easier way to end suffering if we go out return to nothingness? But the point I'm trying to make is that in all creatures on earth there is an innate instinct for self preservation. Is this something that just randomly happened, I don't know just asking questions.

Rosseh1 (Friday 28th of November 2008 05:21:48 PM)

I don't think so. I think that the purpose is just to be, to exist. If there is a point to our life then there must be a point to the existence of the universe and then, if there is some higher purpose to the universe than existence, what is higher than existence? The afterlife or anything like that is still a kind of existence. Perhaps there is a purpose to the entire universe, but if so it will be something far beyond our current coprehension of "purpose."

ChasBeauregarde (Friday 28th of November 2008 07:08:15 PM)

Interesting insight - I do appreciate your thoughts and input.