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Marvin the Martian
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I love it when people who know they're losing the argument resort to calling the other person names. Gives me a warm glow inside.
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Sioni Sais
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Originally posted by pydseybare:
Sorry, I forgot you were a bigot, IngoB.
Never speak to me again.
The remedy's in your own hands. Don't read IngoB's posts, but you'll learn more reading them than you'll ever do writing your own.
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Barnabas62
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I can't speak for you there, obviously
Squelch has a characteristic sound, whether one is talking about worms or people. Or wormy people, I guess. *
Like him or loathe him, IngoB does have a way with words.
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orfeo
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Originally posted by pydseybare:
Sorry, I forgot you were a bigot, IngoB.
Not at all. He treats all fools equally.
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Evensong
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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
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Originally posted by Evensong:
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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
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Originally posted by Evensong:
Meaning of life = Do something useful where it's needed?
I can think of worse meanings.
That kind of thing isn't really a meaning.
What is the meaning of a screwdriver?
A screwdriver does not have a meaning, it has a function.
Besides, it's a poor analogy for the meaning of humanity because it is neither sentient, nor created by God.
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Originally posted by IngoB:
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Originally posted by Evensong:
OTOH the Christian tradition is not all that clear on Ultimate Meaning. The question of "why did God create us" is not really answered except perhaps by Genesis.
To the contrary, Christian tradition is quite clear about the purpose of man. It can be stated in two (and a half) points. First, as part of creation and hence like all creation man's end is to add to the glory of God. While God's perfection cannot be increased intrinsically, extrinsically His glory is increased by the praise of His creation.
Pietistic sounding, irrational non-sense.
Firstly, existentially, being something for the benefit of another (God) is not a meaning for humanity per se (in and of itself - apart from function or utility to that other).
Secondly, God does not require our praise for her extrinsic glory. Unless of course God is competing with another god or patting himself on the back and saying "oh look how clever I am! I made human beings!". Sounds like a God with low self esteem.
No.
The praise of her creation lies in the fact that we are created by God and exist solely by God's will and grace.
I mean really, would you rather exist or not?
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Second, in a more personal sense the end of man is to attain his own beatitude, a perfect harmony of his self, mind and body, in happiness and righteousness.
No again. That's a very utilitarian and temporary understanding of meaning. There has to be an existential, long term meaning for our existence to be rational for and of itself.
Think back to the Garden of Eden in Genesis and the future of the new heaven and new earth in Revelation.
Humanity was created and it was Good. We lived in perfect harmony, happiness and righteousness with God. (Think chillaxing in the evening breeze ).
So beatitude is only a stopgap, a temporary stopgap in the history of salvation to recoup what we once had before. It points to no ultimate meaning for our original creation and ultimate future.
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The half point is that while man's nature points to this end, it cannot be attained by nature alone in this world, but requires God's supernatural grace. Thus this natural end points man to his eternal destiny with God.
Quite. The new heaven and new earth (Revelation) has not yet arrived.
Yet when it does, we will be but right back where we started - in perfect communion with God.
Now that's all well and good and I look forward to it, but it still doesn't explain why God created us in the first place.
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Evensong
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Originally posted by pydseybare:
Sorry, I forgot you were a bigot, IngoB.
Never speak to me again.
Bingo delights in the ad-hominem roly poly of Hell and should rarely be taken personally here. (i.e. he's the standard Hell dickhead). The main people you should be worried about taking personally in Hell are the nice people ( e.g. Golden Key or Lyda Rose) or the wise people ( e.g. Raptor Eye or Anyuta). Ingo is neither kind nor wise, mainly clever. The only time he should be taken half seriously is in Purgatory.
As for the peanut gallery, they tend to side with those with the most rhetorical flourish and rarely give credence to those who are right or true. (except maybe orfeo occasionally - he's a bit OCD in a good way).
So in short, STAND TALL in Hell. Water off a duck's back, water off a ducks back. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Personally I thought you had some good points.
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balaam
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Originally posted by Evensong:
he's the standard Hell dickhead
I love your irony.
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Golden Key
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Originally posted by Evensong:
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Originally posted by Golden Key:
--Read “Carpe Jugulum”, by Terry Pratchett.
I read that one on advice from The Ship and I can't say I really derived any hard core deep truths from it.
I only remember Mightily Oats going off to help the people in darkness who he thought would really need it.
Meaning of life = Do something useful where it's needed?
![[Confused]](confused.gif)
Ok, some of the truths and good ideas in the book:
--Sin starts with treating people like things. (Per Granny Weatherwax).
--Try to be fair and merciful (however harshly) to your enemies. Teach them something. (Per the way Granny dealt with the vampires, towards the end of the book.
--Don't chase faith; just try to live faithfully--and that's hard enough. (Granny's discussion with Rev. Oats.)
--It's ok to question. (More Granny and Oats.)
--How much are you prepared to risk for what you say you believe? (Throughout the book.)
There's lots more. It's one of my favorite books. In fact, I think that all clergy and potential clergy, of any faith, should read "Carpe Jugulum" and Margaret Craven's "I Heard The Owl Call My Name". Pretty much all the *important* stuff they need to know is there.
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Jesus, GK, you're like Kwan Yin. You stroll through Hell tossing daisies and no-one touches you.
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She's the Secret Master. ![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif)
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Golden Key
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LOL and thanks, Kelly and Lyda Rose.
I've been Hell-scorched, actually, at times.
BTW, Kel, the Quan Yin comparison is more of a compliment than you know--I'm very fond of her. (Not correcting your spelling! I just usually use the Q spelling.)
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Barnabas62
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Just made this up.
"Avoidance of hand grenade tossing create great peace of mind. Daisy tossing better, Grasshopper".
You can kind of feel the 'shut that door' moment approaching ..
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Evensong
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Originally posted by Golden Key:
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Originally posted by Evensong:
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Originally posted by Golden Key:
--Read “Carpe Jugulum”, by Terry Pratchett.
I read that one on advice from The Ship and I can't say I really derived any hard core deep truths from it.
I only remember Mightily Oats going off to help the people in darkness who he thought would really need it.
Meaning of life = Do something useful where it's needed?
Ok, some of the truths and good ideas in the book:
--Sin starts with treating people like things. (Per Granny Weatherwax).
--Try to be fair and merciful (however harshly) to your enemies. Teach them something. (Per the way Granny dealt with the vampires, towards the end of the book.
--Don't chase faith; just try to live faithfully--and that's hard enough. (Granny's discussion with Rev. Oats.)
--It's ok to question. (More Granny and Oats.)
--How much are you prepared to risk for what you say you believe? (Throughout the book.)
There's lots more. It's one of my favorite books. In fact, I think that all clergy and potential clergy, of any faith, should read "Carpe Jugulum" and Margaret Craven's "I Heard The Owl Call My Name". Pretty much all the *important* stuff they need to know is there.
Fair enough. Good truths.
But not the meaning of life. Again, more of a stopgap on how to live now.
But why did God create us in the first place?
Ingo seems to have collapsed under the weight of my brilliant questions.
Perhaps someone else has some ideas?
Come at me bros.
Please?
(It's an issue close to my heart - *sob*)
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Boogie
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Originally posted by Evensong:
But why did God create us in the first place?
Nobody will ever know for sure. If there were an answer it'd be clear by now imo.
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Originally posted by Evensong:
Perhaps someone else has some ideas?
Come at me bros.
Please?
(It's an issue close to my heart - *sob*)
Maybe start a thread in Purg? Not many will want to post their serious ideas down here.
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Marvin the Martian
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Originally posted by Evensong:
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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
What is the meaning of a screwdriver?
A screwdriver does not have a meaning, it has a function.
My point exactly.
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quetzalcoatl
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Evensong
It is a bit weird to be discussing this in hell, but there are two questions here. Why did God create us, and what is the meaning of life?
I would take them separately. I think my answer to the second one is that there are multiple meanings, and people work out different ones, and probably most people have a whole gallery of them.
For example, I appreciate art, literature and music; I like people, well some of them; I like ideas; I find spiritual stuff from different traditions inspiring; I like football. Well, so on and so on. These are all meanings in my life, although any one of them is not the single monolithic meaning of life. I don't think there is such a thing actually.
Back to 'why did God create us?'. Dunno.
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Barnabas62
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Originally posted by Evensong:
Ingo seems to have collapsed under the weight of my brilliant questions.
"When anyone rose to the level of an error worth noticing, he would take the trouble to correct it"
(Adapted from C S Lewis's "Suprised by Joy")
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can't speak for the rest of you pathetic losers, but God created me because there just wasn't sufficient Wiseass in the world.
and, apparently, to feed cats.
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"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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JoannaP
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Originally posted by quetzalcoatl:
Back to 'why did God create us?'. Dunno.
I think the best answer to this that I have seen is the one given by God at the end of "Dogma".
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balaam
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Originally posted by Evensong:
But why did God create us in the first place?
He was having a laugh.
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orfeo
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Originally posted by Evensong:
But why did God create us in the first place?
Whimsy.
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quetzalcoatl
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Boredom.
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Martin60
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Because it's good to be alive.
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IngoB
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Originally posted by Evensong:
Ingo seems to have collapsed under the weight of my brilliant questions.
I'm neither kind nor wise, and you certainly aren't clever. So silence seemed like a rather good option.
Your original assertion has been dealt with. Dislike does not change history. As for your feeble questioning, I did not talk about who is benefiting from creation's praise, it does not get much more existential that worms praising God by being worms, and Adam and Eve did not enjoy final beatitude. However, my answer was just a part/aspect of tradition, and trying to fill in the gaps while at the same time dealing with your confusion is like solving nuclear physics problems while playing hopscotch.
Concerning the question at hand, Marvin and comet both demonstrate better philosophical understanding by their comments than you do. That should be sufficiently embarrassing for you to curl up in some corner and sob uncontrollably.
Please do so in order to restore harmony to the universe.
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Golden Key
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Joanna--
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Originally posted by JoannaP:
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Originally posted by quetzalcoatl:
Back to 'why did God create us?'. Dunno.
I think the best answer to this that I have seen is the one given by God at the end of "Dogma".
Reminder of what that is, please? Long time since I saw it. Thanks.
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Originally posted by Evensong:
[qb] But why did God create us in the first place?
Love.
Trad answer (from Athanasios, when asked why did God create Satan) God loves everyone. You want to do good to people you love. It is better to exist than not to exist. Therefore God, being omnipotent, will create every sentient being that can possibly exist. Even sinners and Satan.
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L’amor che move il sole e l’altre stelle.
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Marvin the Martian
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Originally posted by IngoB:
Concerning the question at hand, Marvin and comet both demonstrate better philosophical understanding by their comments than you do. That should be sufficiently embarrassing for you to curl up in some corner and sob uncontrollably.
I choose to take that as a compliment ![[Smile]](smile.gif) ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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IngoB
Sentire cum Ecclesia
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Originally posted by ken:
Love.
"The effusive nature of love" is one traditional answer, yes.
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Originally posted by ken:
Trad answer (from Athanasios, when asked why did God create Satan) God loves everyone. You want to do good to people you love. It is better to exist than not to exist. Therefore God, being omnipotent, will create every sentient being that can possibly exist. Even sinners and Satan.
Since this answer is clearly complete bullshit, given that not all possible sentient beings exist even considered across all of time (*), I would like to see for myself what Athanasios actually wrote there. Reference?
(*) Even sticking just to human beings, there clearly can be infinitely many different possible ones (and more than aleph-zero-infinitely many as well). And then there are presumably infinitely many possible types of sentient beings. So to "exhaust" this, one would have to postulate the creation of some kind of multi-multiverse. That's nonsensical on available evidence, and it actually does not explain at all why we are facing Satan. After all, Satan could just exist in another of the infinitely-infinitely many universes.
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ken: Therefore God, being omnipotent, will create every sentient being that can possibly exist. Even sinners and Satan.
Being omnipotent means that He can create all of these, not that He will.
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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
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Originally posted by IngoB:
Concerning the question at hand, Marvin and comet both demonstrate better philosophical understanding by their comments than you do. That should be sufficiently embarrassing for you to curl up in some corner and sob uncontrollably.
I choose to take that as a compliment
Making people weep in despair is just one of the many services we provide around here.
We just give and give and give...
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Originally posted by Golden Key:
Joanna--
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Originally posted by JoannaP:
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Originally posted by quetzalcoatl:
Back to 'why did God create us?'. Dunno.
I think the best answer to this that I have seen is the one given by God at the end of "Dogma".
Reminder of what that is, please? Long time since I saw it. Thanks.
Toward the end of this clip. (May not be work safe: Jay drops lots of F bombs. At God. )
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Barnabas62
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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
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Originally posted by IngoB:
Concerning the question at hand, Marvin and comet both demonstrate better philosophical understanding by their comments than you do. That should be sufficiently embarrassing for you to curl up in some corner and sob uncontrollably.
I choose to take that as a compliment
Seems safe. I think he said you and comet had brains. The question of Evensong's brain appears to him to be (ehem) a bit of a no-brainer.
Mary Stuart Masterson put it well in "Some Kind of Wonderful"
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You mess with the bull. You get the horns. Hear what I'm saying?
Mind you, she was shooting craps with cab-drivers at the time, so maybe it doesn't quite read across. But it seemed like quite a good fit ..
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IngoB
Sentire cum Ecclesia
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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
Toward the end of this clip. (May not be work safe: Jay drops lots of F bombs. At God. )
FWIW, the entire movie is on YouTube as full HD here. Funny movie, the only weak bits are when they start ediorialising now and then. And I agree, the answer given is good.
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Originally posted by Barnabas62:
I think he said you and comet had brains.
It was a hierarchical triple insult backhanded compliment. Which gets ruined by having to explain it. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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Originally posted by IngoB:
It was a hierarchical triple insult backhanded compliment.
Difficulty rating 2.4. Don't forget to eliminate the highest and lowest scores from the judges.
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koshatnik
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Originally posted by comet:
can't speak for the rest of you pathetic losers, but God created me because there just wasn't sufficient Wiseass in the world.
and, apparently, to feed cats.
Have you tried crossing water to throw them off the scent?
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Originally posted by IngoB:
Funny movie, the only weak bits are when they start ediorialising now and then. And I agree, the answer given is good.
Wow, I have discovered a sentence you wrote, every single word of which I agree with.
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Evensong
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Originally posted by quetzalcoatl:
It is a bit weird to be discussing this in hell, but there are two questions here. Why did God create us, and what is the meaning of life?
I would take them separately.
Thanks. I guess where I differ is that I take them to be the same thing.
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Originally posted by IngoB:
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Originally posted by Evensong:
Ingo seems to have collapsed under the weight of my brilliant questions.
I'm neither kind nor wise, and you certainly aren't clever. So silence seemed like a rather good option.
I am very clever, you just don't like my questions.
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Originally posted by IngoB:
Your original assertion has been dealt with.
Where?
You gave me an answer (for the glory of God) and I pointed out the flaws in the reasoning and you stayed silent. I assumed you didn't pick up the gauntlet because you were unable to.
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Originally posted by IngoB:
Dislike does not change history.
My dislike at your answer was based on its ultimately flawed reasoning; or rather it's insufficient reasoning rather than a subjective preference you seem to be implying. It did not go far enough to answer the basic question of Aristotle's final cause. (See? I'm learning something from Feser. ). I'm hoping Feser doesn't come up with the same answer you do. That would be disappointing.
Unless of course he explains what he means by "the glory of God" better than you do.
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Originally posted by IngoB:
As for your feeble questioning, I did not talk about who is benefiting from creation's praise, it does not get much more existential that worms praising God by being worms, and Adam and Eve did not enjoy final beatitude.
You're still missing the link between existence per se and for the glory of another (God).
As for Adam and Eve not being in communion with God initially (and us finally), I'm assuming you get this from some other obscure tradition rather than scripture because it certainly aint the faith of the scriptures.
I take it Adam and Eve were created imperfectly in your view then?
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Originally posted by Martin PC not & Ship's Biohazard:
Because it's good to be alive.
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Originally posted by ken:
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Originally posted by Evensong:
[qb] But why did God create us in the first place?
Love.
Trad answer (from Athanasios, when asked why did God create Satan) God loves everyone. You want to do good to people you love. It is better to exist than not to exist. Therefore God, being omnipotent, will create every sentient being that can possibly exist. Even sinners and Satan.
These two come closest to Best Answers Available IMV.
The only problem it comes up against is that some people's existence is just pure shit (through no obvious fault of their own) so it rather falls down on points of theodicy.
(not into the satan thing but in terms of better to exist than not exist - yes).
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I think he said you and comet had brains.
It was a hierarchical triple insult backhanded compliment. Which gets ruined by having to explain it.
Very slow, IngoB. I didn't say how many or of what quality. You just lost a style point for falling off your high bar.
Nutmegged you I'm afraid. Proves you can't win them all. Look at that cute "Seems likely".
Heck I'm a Purg Host. Ambiguity 101 in play.
Do catch up. I'm sure the Martian and the Redhead got it straight away.
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Originally posted by Evensong:
As for Adam and Eve not being in communion with God initially (and us finally), I'm assuming you get this from some other obscure tradition rather than scripture because it certainly aint the faith of the scriptures.
If the Orthodox and Roman Catholic traditions are obscure to you, then you really need to get out of your little Protestant ghetto more.
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I take it Adam and Eve were created imperfectly in your view then?
Not imperfect but incomplete. A caterpillar can be a perfect caterpillar, but it is not yet a butterfly.
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Oh crapola. Really?
The better answer comes from Kurt Vonnegut, approximately thus for my purposes: "The triumph of everything is organization. Heaven is organized along the lines of the Mafia."
Which explains a lot.
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Originally posted by Barnabas62:
Mary Stuart Masterson put it well in "Some Kind of Wonderful"
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You mess with the bull. You get the horns. Hear what I'm saying?
Mind you, she was shooting craps with cab-drivers at the time, so maybe it doesn't quite read across. But it seemed like quite a good fit ..
I used to think those horns made a nice trophy, stuck up on the wall. Problem is, 'round here, the the bulls don't recognise you've taken their horns off.
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I'm feeling all generous so was ready to repair your code, NP, but I can't figure out what the fuck you were trying to do, there.
so unless you were making some profound statement that my Bingo-impressing massive, sexy brains somehow missed, your idiocy stands for the record. yay for you.
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Originally posted by mousethief:
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I take it Adam and Eve were created imperfectly in your view then?
Not imperfect but incomplete. A caterpillar can be a perfect caterpillar, but it is not yet a butterfly.
Incomplete? How so?
God created Adam and Eve and saw that it was "Good".
If we're created incomplete we can hardly be blamed for our flaws then can we?
Shoddy workmanship.
OTOH that's fairly self-evident in scripture too. By about chapter 7 Genesis God is sorry that she made humankind because their nature was inclined always to evil and violence.
Hence the flood and a re-creation.
After that seems rather a compromise.
So what does the ghetto of your tradition say then?
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I've been to Ghetto. Quite a nice-looking place these days, actually. But rather cramped.
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Originally posted by Evensong:
I am very clever, you just don't like my questions.
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Originally posted by IngoB:
Your original assertion has been dealt with.
Where?
- "X does not say something about A."
- "To the contrary, X does say something about A. Namely B."
- "But B is wrong because of random crap C filling my head."
- "Your original assertion has been answered."
- "Where?"
For 3 clever points, can you show the questioner where? Write down the sentence number.
For 5 clever points, discuss briefly (<100 words) whether it would make a difference if C was brilliant insight instead of random crap.
For 3 clever points, estimate the likelihood that C is brilliant insight given the question in 5.
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You're still missing the link between existence per se and for the glory of another (God).
The only existent per se is God. When you worship God, who benefits?
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I take it Adam and Eve were created imperfectly in your view then?
Not at all. They were created naturally perfect, had the preternatural gifts of infused knowledge, absence of concupiscence and bodily immortality, and possessed the supernatural gift of sanctifying grace.
Yet the saints in heaven cannot sin, but Adam and Eve did. Try to understand why, and you will discover why I spoke of final beatitude, and what Adam and Eve were lacking.
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I think he said you and comet had brains. ... I'm sure the Martian and the Redhead got it straight away.
Are you in the habit of explaining things to people that they already understand, even if you are sure that they understand them?
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my Bingo-impressing massive, sexy brains
I would love to get my hands on your huge hemispheres, to slowly and systematically scan their structure, probe their functional responses gently with some gradient echoes, and trace their diffusive properties to find those elusive connections to deeper, much deeper centres of spontaneous activity...
...but unfortunately the MR scanner is all booked this week.
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Originally posted by comet:
my Bingo-impressing massive, sexy brains
I would love to get my hands on your huge hemispheres, to slowly and systematically scan their structure, probe their functional responses gently with some gradient echoes, and trace their diffusive properties to find those elusive connections to deeper, much deeper centres of spontaneous activity...
*fans self* you silver-tongued cerebral freak, you!
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Barnabas62
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Originally posted by Barnabas62:
I think he said you and comet had brains. ... I'm sure the Martian and the Redhead got it straight away.
Are you in the habit of explaining things to people that they already understand, even if you are sure that they understand them?
Only when it seems like a good opportunity to wind up your logical precision. Gently of course, in recognition of your Evensong squish. Nice move, that. But I do have my capricious moments. Need to relax from reading and writing mammoth posts in Purg.
Do carry on enticing the Redhead BTW. Now that looks likes a promising subtext ..
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Originally posted by Barnabas62:
Only when it seems like a good opportunity to wind up your logical precision. Gently of course, in recognition of your Evensong squish. Nice move, that.
I was squished was I?
Must've missed it.
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