Philisophical Questions For You All

[James]

Do you think some people are put on this earth with the purpose of having no purpose at all?

Do you think some people are born to be destructive?

[Emu]

1. I don't think anybody has a purpose, just a lot of time to think about it.

2. No, some people are just dicks.

[James]

You people suck.

[Big Papa Goat]

To be fair, your question was pretty gay.

[sspadowsky]

Originally Posted by James

Do you think some people are put on this earth with the purpose of having no purpose at all?

Do you think some people are born to be destructive?

I think some people are just happier being miserable, and make things way more difficult than they need to be.

And I agree, the level of gayness of that question is rather high.

[davinxtk]

James, your questions make the assumption that we all believe in predetermination.


It is not our fault that your inquiry is flawed.

[Dole]

1) Madrid

2) 1954, and again in 1987

[mesobe]

1) some people just cant accept the fact that they are a meaningless carbon-based lifeform on a meaningless little planet in a meaningless little galaxy in a meaningless little spec of time.

[James]

Originally Posted by Big Papa Goat

To be fair, your question was pretty gay.

I'm sorry. Next time, I'll incorporate Vince and/or Catholic Samurai so that my threads are more in line with the appropriate content for this forum.

[punkgrrrlie10]

Thought you should read this again.

Originally Posted by davinxtk

James, your questions make the assumption that we all believe in predetermination.


It is not our fault that your inquiry is flawed.

[James]

I wasn't making any assumption. If you don't believe in predetermination, then that's part of the discussion. Durr.

[Big Papa Goat]

Originally Posted by James

I'm sorry. Next time, I'll incorporate Vince and/or Catholic Samurai so that my threads are more in line with the appropriate content for this forum.

[Spectre X]

I don't know about everybody else here, but I believe that I exist for the sole purpose of ROCKING OUT!

[kellychaos]

Are you asking whether evil is inherent in people or that they learn it through experience ... i.e. they are born bad or that they are expressing rage because their mother made them mow the lawn naked in the November rain (Actual case, btw)?

[The One and Only...]

Originally Posted by James

Do you think some people are put on this earth with the purpose of having no purpose at all?

Obviously not, because that is self-contradictory.

[punkgrrrlie10]

It's only as contradictory as knowing you know nothing.

[James]

OK, let me rephrase the questions:

-If you believe in predetermined fate/destiny/purpose/etc, do you think it would also be logical that if it exists, that it could also mean that some people's fate is to pretty much do and be absolutely nothing?

-Do you think that some people can simply be born with negative natures - or destructive, as I put it - rather than it be learned or developed through situations and experiences they go through as they grow up?

[FartinMowler]

The question should be "does each indivual person have a purpose" and then I would be stumped because the history of man is so beautiful and interesting in it's crawl up the wall of evolution only to get to this point of Sadistic destruction and Jerry Springer that I'm really not sure any more.

[punkgrrrlie10]

I don't know there has been pretty much sadistic destruction throughout history. Where has it really been an ascendancy of beauty without being coupled with destruction?

James: don't really believe in predetermination. Mostly based on my own experiences mostly in the criminal justice system where the most destructive people were shaped by F'd up upbringings. I believe if I take the road to the left when I reach the fork it was my own choice. If everything were predetermined I would never get outta bed b/c I would be guaranteed to end up the same lawyer w/o taking the Bar or law school as if I slept for the next month?

The one thing I did learn from philosophy is there is no certain way to ever know the answers to these types of questions definitively. so it may be interesting to muse about it here and there, however, since you won't get a real answer, there are better things to do with your time such as attempting to fix the destruction and slowly end the cycles of nothingness among generations. I do believe that all of society is important at all levels and everyone is going to fit in it somewhere, but you have a choice as to where and your choice is not going to be any less than someone elses.

[FartinMowler]

Oops I farted

[Brandon]

Originally Posted by James

Do you think that some people can simply be born with negative natures - or destructive, as I put it - rather than it be learned or developed through situations and experiences they go through as they grow up?

Well, I think people are, by nature, self-interested and desire some measure of power over their surroundings. The "will to power" can be expressed constructively or destructively, depending on the person.

[Guderian]

Do you think some people are put on this earth with the purpose of having no purpose at all?

If you didnt' have a porpoise, then wouldn't your porpoise be to not have a porpoise?

Do you think some people are born to be destructive?

That assumes they have a porpoise at all. I suppose you could have a destructive porpoise, if you did in fact have a porpoise to begin with. Its unlikely though, because the porpoise is by its nature timid and gregarious.

[DamnthatDavid]

Is their a choice, a purpose in life? If it all is natural, and instinctive, what is the point of having intelligence.
This is a very theological subject you have touched upon.

If God knows everything, and knows what your entire life is going to be like, does that negate the choice of paths?

If it is a purpose driven life, what if you miss that purpose? Is your life worthless?

Animals live to procerate, and carry on their species. What for? Is life itself worth anything?

Life makes no sense, we live in a world of pain and suffering. Nature follows order, wouldn't it be nice and orderly if everything was just... gone?

Conclusion: Their is a God, but God is watching us like we watch Ants in a Antfarm. It is a bunch of fun for awhile. He might poke us with a stick, (Jesus) and then forgets about us, which is where we are now. We are going to die. We have been shuttered aside for the "Galactic Kitten" so to speak. And we will slowly waste away, feeding off ourselves until nothing remains.

[davinxtk]

Originally Posted by Guderian

...porpoise, ... porpoise ... porpoise?

... porpoise ... porpoise, ... porpoise ... porpoise...

Enough about the porpoise.



James: I don't buy much into predetermination. Everything surrounding us on this planet alone is too chaotic for all of this shit to be happening intentionally. I do, however, believe that there is intent and purpose in the universe on a much larger scale. I think all of reality exists with a purpose (and yes, there are qutie a few porpoises involved) but nothing contained therein will ever last long enough to learn what this porpoise is.



porpoiseporpoiseporpoise.

[Helm]

There's a girl with a watering can.