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How is Life measured at Death?

by Monsieur in

recently an old friend died in an accident at the tender age of 35. the unfortunate event has been described from 'sad' to 'unfair' etc.. dying of old age is one thing, dying of sickness even.. but dying abruptly in an accident (or worse, being eaten by another creature, shark etc) is downright ludicrious.. if there is no afterlife in any shape or form, and one dies being struck by a surviving drunk driver or murdered at a theater, a tornado, or mauled by piranhas, what the hell is the point of that??.

what of all your work to raise a good family, helping your fellow man, doing good deeds, building something etc.??.

it's almost laughable to think that one can do all these things and in the broad spectrum of things death can make it all ultimately meaningless....

Monsieur

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AAWA- i was signed up w/out my consent??

by Monsieur in

i'm obvioulsy out of the loop here, i'm reading comments around that posters at jwn are being 'forced' signed up at this other site?.

is this correct?

?.

Monsieur

I'm obvioulsy out of the loop here, i'm reading comments around that posters at jwn are being 'forced' signed up at this other site?

is this correct??

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How is Life measured at Death?

by Monsieur in

recently an old friend died in an accident at the tender age of 35. the unfortunate event has been described from 'sad' to 'unfair' etc.. dying of old age is one thing, dying of sickness even.. but dying abruptly in an accident (or worse, being eaten by another creature, shark etc) is downright ludicrious.. if there is no afterlife in any shape or form, and one dies being struck by a surviving drunk driver or murdered at a theater, a tornado, or mauled by piranhas, what the hell is the point of that??.

what of all your work to raise a good family, helping your fellow man, doing good deeds, building something etc.??.

it's almost laughable to think that one can do all these things and in the broad spectrum of things death can make it all ultimately meaningless....

Monsieur

cofty,

you mention finding a meaning in life.

if we are to fully do this and fully allow it of any individual as his/her naturally given right, then can we criticize others for searching for said meaning?

in example, a terrorist/freedom fighter, Assad/kim yong-il like opressor, sexual predator, etc?

i know im going off subject on my own thread here (and i'm not arguing with you, the idea simply came into my head)

but this concept of living purely in the now seems to also underline the same frustrating 'futility'.

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How is Life measured at Death?

by Monsieur in

recently an old friend died in an accident at the tender age of 35. the unfortunate event has been described from 'sad' to 'unfair' etc.. dying of old age is one thing, dying of sickness even.. but dying abruptly in an accident (or worse, being eaten by another creature, shark etc) is downright ludicrious.. if there is no afterlife in any shape or form, and one dies being struck by a surviving drunk driver or murdered at a theater, a tornado, or mauled by piranhas, what the hell is the point of that??.

what of all your work to raise a good family, helping your fellow man, doing good deeds, building something etc.??.

it's almost laughable to think that one can do all these things and in the broad spectrum of things death can make it all ultimately meaningless....

Monsieur

Recently an old friend died in an accident at the tender age of 35. The unfortunate event has been described from 'sad' to 'unfair' etc.

Dying of old age is one thing, dying of sickness even.

But dying abruptly in an accident (or worse, being eaten by another creature, shark etc) is downright ludicrious.

If there is no afterlife in any shape or form, and one dies being struck by a surviving drunk driver or murdered at a theater, a tornado, or mauled by piranhas, what the hell is the point of that??

what of all your work to raise a good family, helping your fellow man, doing good deeds, building something etc.??

it's almost laughable to think that one can do all these things and in the broad spectrum of things death can make it all ultimately meaningless...

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Is 'evil' an invention of man??

by Monsieur in

recently i read some essays on animal behavorial patterns and i must say i'm shocked at how little difference (when you honestly consider it) there is between said animals and us, human beings.. this is a very new concept for me personally but here is my take on it (i'm sure its not so new, ex.

evolution) - what if humans in fact are mimicking animals, and not the other way around as we'd like to think.. displays of love and affection, clinginess, mourning etc, they all exist in the animal kingdom, but how are we so different?

a pack of wolves attack and kill a caribou for dinner and its considered nature, the same wolves hunt down a lost man in the woods and now its considered 'evil', and if there are any forest rangers around its guaranteed that they will shoot these wolves.. man's heartless treatment of man is considered 'evil', but if evolution is of any indication (in terms of survival of the fittest) is the 'term' evil just a word to appease our so called conscious?.

Monsieur

as a species, we are obviously more mentally advanced, thus the concept of God. Does our propensity for defining 'God' exist simply because our minds are capable enough to form a 'concept' of god and equally capable of communicating this concept?

in the same sense that we are capable enough to travel into outer space ( a far more complicated 'concept' to comprehend in my opinion).

so our minds are just capable enough for this type of thinking, nothing more and nothing less perhaps?

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Is 'evil' an invention of man??

by Monsieur in

recently i read some essays on animal behavorial patterns and i must say i'm shocked at how little difference (when you honestly consider it) there is between said animals and us, human beings.. this is a very new concept for me personally but here is my take on it (i'm sure its not so new, ex.

evolution) - what if humans in fact are mimicking animals, and not the other way around as we'd like to think.. displays of love and affection, clinginess, mourning etc, they all exist in the animal kingdom, but how are we so different?

a pack of wolves attack and kill a caribou for dinner and its considered nature, the same wolves hunt down a lost man in the woods and now its considered 'evil', and if there are any forest rangers around its guaranteed that they will shoot these wolves.. man's heartless treatment of man is considered 'evil', but if evolution is of any indication (in terms of survival of the fittest) is the 'term' evil just a word to appease our so called conscious?.

Monsieur

to me, the similarity that is becoming the most telling, is the occurrence of death in both animal and human.

Animals die simply because its 'the circle of life'

man dies because of his 'evil' actions

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Is 'evil' an invention of man??

by Monsieur in

recently i read some essays on animal behavorial patterns and i must say i'm shocked at how little difference (when you honestly consider it) there is between said animals and us, human beings.. this is a very new concept for me personally but here is my take on it (i'm sure its not so new, ex.

evolution) - what if humans in fact are mimicking animals, and not the other way around as we'd like to think.. displays of love and affection, clinginess, mourning etc, they all exist in the animal kingdom, but how are we so different?

a pack of wolves attack and kill a caribou for dinner and its considered nature, the same wolves hunt down a lost man in the woods and now its considered 'evil', and if there are any forest rangers around its guaranteed that they will shoot these wolves.. man's heartless treatment of man is considered 'evil', but if evolution is of any indication (in terms of survival of the fittest) is the 'term' evil just a word to appease our so called conscious?.

Monsieur

good points servant and jgnat,

and again, the animal kingdom is replete of examples where 'good' actions take place - animals can show affection, 'love', care and compassion, mourning. animals will defend their own with tooth and claw (literally), even sacrifice themselves for their young ones or the weak.

animals are also capable of feats of engineering, teamwork, productivity, communication and even language comprehension (talking to each even, ex. whales)

BUT, they also display the aforementioned 'acts of evil' because they ARE animals after all.

yet, the very same actions among humans are not 'nature', they are evil.

and so i beg the question, why is this? and are we honestly different?

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The July 15 Watchtower and all its new light is only...

by sosoconfused in

making people cling to the organization more.

when i found out it was up i told so many people frantically that there is a new study article up and that it had so many changes.

my mother started crying saying how happy she is to be a part of an organization that is truly directed by jehovah... only the true faithful and discreeet slave could have such insight.... another person began to say how great it is to see the celestial chariot on the move.. .

Monsieur

wtwizard wrote-

Truth is, Satan is nothing like what the xian crap teaches (let alone the washtowel). Satan is the one that wanted us free, and wants us to be able to see the real truth. Satan wants us questioning things, researching things, and making sure that things are the truth (including the fact that Satan is pxxxed at all those scumbags that destroyed ancient knowledge or locked it up in the vatican vaults to be used against us, binding us to accepting the xian lies). When they want you to reject blatant proof that the doctrine is wrong, even wrong according to their own LIE-ble (let alone wrong according to absolute truth), they are acting on behalf of joke-hova to help enslave that little group. And that group continues pouring psychic energy into the vatican via the washtowel, which the angels and joke-hova use to enslave mankind and bring on its Agends 21+.

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Hello Wizard,

question, i've read about this 'idea' of Satan as liberator of wisdom. But this notion that the Vatican had the power to lock up some incredible 'knowledge' that satan wanted out in the open is a little odd. However, it is also VERY interesting.

Can u please expand on this?

thanks

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Is 'evil' an invention of man??

by Monsieur in

recently i read some essays on animal behavorial patterns and i must say i'm shocked at how little difference (when you honestly consider it) there is between said animals and us, human beings.. this is a very new concept for me personally but here is my take on it (i'm sure its not so new, ex.

evolution) - what if humans in fact are mimicking animals, and not the other way around as we'd like to think.. displays of love and affection, clinginess, mourning etc, they all exist in the animal kingdom, but how are we so different?

a pack of wolves attack and kill a caribou for dinner and its considered nature, the same wolves hunt down a lost man in the woods and now its considered 'evil', and if there are any forest rangers around its guaranteed that they will shoot these wolves.. man's heartless treatment of man is considered 'evil', but if evolution is of any indication (in terms of survival of the fittest) is the 'term' evil just a word to appease our so called conscious?.

Monsieur

here is an better example,

on those essays the subject of a male lion came up. this lion had cubs and he proceeded to kill every single one of them supposedly in order to diminsh the chances that any of the cubs would grow and usurp the grown lion's position of dominance within the pride.

this is apparently very common in the animal kingdom (ex. gorillas etc.)

yet it's 'evil' for such things to happen among humans, why?

would humans not merely be reflecting the same 'nature' as its 'ecosystem' in which it simply lives in?? We ARE part of this EArth, after all, interacting and reacting with it and all. why does man want to differentiate itself from 'nature' when it's ovbious that it IS nature?

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Is 'evil' an invention of man??

by Monsieur in

recently i read some essays on animal behavorial patterns and i must say i'm shocked at how little difference (when you honestly consider it) there is between said animals and us, human beings.. this is a very new concept for me personally but here is my take on it (i'm sure its not so new, ex.

evolution) - what if humans in fact are mimicking animals, and not the other way around as we'd like to think.. displays of love and affection, clinginess, mourning etc, they all exist in the animal kingdom, but how are we so different?

a pack of wolves attack and kill a caribou for dinner and its considered nature, the same wolves hunt down a lost man in the woods and now its considered 'evil', and if there are any forest rangers around its guaranteed that they will shoot these wolves.. man's heartless treatment of man is considered 'evil', but if evolution is of any indication (in terms of survival of the fittest) is the 'term' evil just a word to appease our so called conscious?.

Monsieur

Hello all,

Recently I read some essays on animal behavorial patterns and I must say I'm shocked at how little difference (when you HONESTLY consider it) there is between said animals and us, human beings.

This is a VERY new concept for me personally but here is my take on it (I'm sure its not so new, ex. evolution) - What if humans in fact are MIMICKING animals, and not the other way around as we'd like to think.

displays of love and affection, clinginess, mourning etc, they all exist in the animal kingdom, but how are we so different? and why would we think so?

a pack of wolves attack and kill a caribou for dinner and its considered nature, the same wolves hunt down a lost man in the woods and now its considered 'evil', and if there are any forest rangers around its guaranteed that they will shoot these wolves.

man's heartless treatment of man is considered 'evil', but if evolution is of any indication (in terms of survival of the fittest) is the 'term' evil just a word to appease our so called conscious?